By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and BRIAN SLODYSKO, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a letter to Attorney General Pam Biondi on Monday, lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook disputed allegations by a Trump administration official that she committed mortgage fraud.

President Donald Trump used the accusation as a basis to seek her firing .

It was the first time a president has sought to remove a Fed governor in the central bank’s 112-year history. Cook sued to keep her job, and the Supreme Court ruled last month that she could remain in the position while she fights the administration in court. The Supreme Court has said it would hear arguments in the case in January.

The letter to Bondi was the first comprehensive response to a criminal referral in August by Bill Pulte, directo

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