Trump v. Cook · ¶110

The President responded by removing Cook from office. He wrote to her: “Pursuant to my authority under Article II of the Constitution of the United States and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, as amended, you are hereby removed from your position on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, effective immediately.” ECF Doc. 1–3, Exh. B, p. 2. He explained that “there is sufficient reason to believe that you may have made false statements on one or more mortgage agreements” because “you signed one document attesting that a property in Michigan would be your primary residence for the next year,” then “[t]wo weeks later, you signed another document for a property in Georgia stating that it would be your primary residence for the next year.” Ibid. “It [was] inconceivable that you were not aware of your first commitment when making the second,” the President said, and “[i]t [was]…

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