(The Hill) — The White House is continuing its push to remove Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook, filing a response in a federal appeals court ahead of a 3 p.m. deadline on Sunday.

The brief, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, argues that it is within President Donald Trump's discretion to remove Cook for cause and that the Fed governor's claim that her due process is being violated is "meritless."

The filing doubled down on the president's arguments, saying that Cook's removal "is a matter of discretion and not reviewable."

"The public and the Executive share an interest in ensuring the integrity of the Federal Reserve, and that requires respecting the President’s statutory authority to remove Governors 'for cause' when such cause arises," the cou

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