Lawyers for Fed governor accuse Trump administration of ‘cherry-picking’ facts in fraud case

Lisa Cook’s lawyer details defense against accusations she misrepresented residences to get better mortgage rateLawyers for Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor, called Trump administration allegations of mortgage fraud against her “baseless” on Monday and accused the administration of “cherry-picking” discrepancies to bolster their claims.After accusing Cook of misrepresenting multiple residences as her primary residence to get a better mortgage rate, Donald Trump briefly fired Cook from her role as a Fed governor and as one of 12 voting members of the Federal Reserve board that sets interest rates. The supreme court reinstated her back into her position and will be hearing arguments over Cook’s removal in January. Continue reading…