Donald Trump tries again to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

Donald Trump is renewing his efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook after the US Supreme Court previously blocked him from dismissing her.

The White House told Ms Cook in a letter this week that the US president was "considering" removing her and demanded she respond to ​unproven mortgage fraud allegations within three weeks, which her lawyer said were "baseless".

It marks the second time this week Mr Trump has attempted to take actions that the Supreme Court blocked earlier this year.

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The letter to Ms Cook, seen by Reuters news agency, was signed by his deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino and alleged that ​she committed crimes that could lead to a 30-year prison sentence.

It said her conduct constituted negligence that called into question her trustworthiness as a Fed governor, according to ABC News.

Abbe Lowell, who is acting as her legal representative, said in a statement "there is no valid cause" for firing Ms Cook, adding they will challenge any attempts to remove her.

The Federal Reserve did not reply to ​a request for comment and the White House also did not give a response.

Last year Mr Trump cited mortgage fraud in his attempt to fire Ms Cook, the ‌first black ⁠woman to serve as a Fed governor. Ms Cook denied the allegations, arguing they were a pretext to remove her for monetary policy differences.

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The US Supreme Court refused in June to allow the firing, blocking Mr Trump in a 5-4 ruling from removing Ms Cook on that attempt, and providing a safeguard for the Fed.

No other president since the central ​bank's founding in 1913 has tried ​to oust a Fed governor.

Conservative ⁠chief justice, John Roberts, who authored the high court ruling, said Mr Trump had "failed to afford Ms Cook the procedural protections to which she was entitled by statute".

He added: "Without such protections, she could not properly dispute the charges ​the president laid against her."

CJ Roberts and fellow conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the court's three liberal ​justices in the ⁠ruling, while Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett dissented.

The ruling has since returned the ⁠case to ​lower courts. Mr Roberts wrote that Ms Cook must be able to respond to the charges made against ​her.

Mr Trump ⁠previously repeatedly threatened to fire former Fed Chair Jerome Powell for refusing to lower interest rates.

His hand-picked successor, Kevin Warsh, took over in May, and Mr Trump has redirected his criticisms at other members of the Fed board, a majority of whom ‌were appointed by his predecessor, Joe Biden.

Interest rates have remained at the same level despite this pressure from the president.

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