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Trump Creates Panel to Probe Fed's Cook at Hearing

Is this simple due process or a power grab by Trump over the central bank?
Trump Creates Panel to Probe Fed's Cook at Hearing
Above: U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in Moran, Wyoming on Aug. 28. Image credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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Pro-Trump narrative

A Fed governor accused of fudging mortgage paperwork deserves the same scrutiny any other American would get. SCOTUS demanded that Cook receive due process and now she's getting the chance to answer for possible misdeeds. Confidence in the truth means showing up and making the case for it, not hiding behind the Fed's independence.

Anti-Trump narrative

Inventing a tribunal with no basis in law to haul in a Fed governor stretches presidential power past the breaking point. The real prize here is control of the central bank, and a Fed bent to political demands would mean higher costs for American families. Funny how identical mortgage paperwork draws no scrutiny at all when it belongs to the accuser.


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