The Department of Justice launches a business investigation into the governor of the Fed Trump wants to say goodbye

September 4 (Reuters) – The United States Department of Justice has launched an investigation of criminal mortgage fraud to the governor of the Lisa Cook Federal Reserve and has issued citations of the Great Jury of Georgia and Michigan, according to documents seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the matter.

The investigation followed a criminal derivation of the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill About, and is being carried out by Ed Martin, who was taken advantage of by the Attorney General Pam Bondi as the special assistant of the United States prosecutor to help with the investigations of mortgage fraud that involves public officials, together with the offices of the United States prosecutors in the Northern District of Georgia and the Eastern district of Michigan, according to the person, according to the person, according to the person, according to the person, according to the person The person, according to the person.

About, who was appointed by Trump, accused Cook of committing fraud by listing more than one property as the main residence when he requested mortgages, potentially to ensure lower interest rates. Cook has properties in Michigan, Georgia and Massachusetts.

Trump ended Cook for the accusations of mortgage fraud against him, which led her to file a lawsuit challenging her effort to expel her.

The case, which will probably end before the United States Supreme Court, has ramifications for the ability of the Fed to establish an interest rates policy without taking into account the wishes of politicians, widely considered critical for the ability of any central bank to maintain inflation under control.

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Trump has demanded that the Central Bank of the United States reduce the rates immediately and aggressively, rebuking the president of the Fed Jerome Powell for his administration of monetary policy.

In one of his recent legal presentations that challenge Trump’s actions, Cook said he listed mortgages in three properties in the forms presented to the White House and the United States Senate in the research process for appointing the Fed in 2022. Any inconsistency was known when it was confirmed and cannot give Trump land to say goodbye now.

Cook is the third public official to be attacked in a criminal investigation into the accusations of mortgage fraud.

Martin, who also presides over the “weapon working group” and serves as a forgiveness lawyer, is also studying criminal probes about the United States Democratic Senator, Adam Schiff, as well as New York Attorney General, Letitia “Tish” James. There are also great jurors convened in those two cases, which began before Martin’s new appointment as the Prosecutor of the United States special assistant, according to the source and the documents seen by Reuters.

(Shivani Tanna report in Bengaluru; Chizu Nomiyama and Paul Simao) edition)