Cook’s lawyers, the Doj trade blows to confrontations with high stakes on the Fed shot

A federal judge in Washington, DC, roasted lawyers on Friday for the Ministry of Justice and Lisa Cook for the historic attempt by President Donald Trump to dismiss her since the Federal Reserve.

The historical affair is almost sure to be launched at the Supreme Court for examination. Despite the nature of the high issues of the legal dispute, Friday’s audience ended after more than two hours without clear resolution.

American district judge Jia Cobb, named by Biden, refused to immediately grant the temporary prohibition order requested by the lawyers of Lisa Cook, who would maintain her in his role in the Fed Governors’ Council.

Cook’s lawyers included the request for a temporary ban order in the trial brought by the Federal Court on Thursday, which questions Trump’s attempt to dismiss her from the independent committee due to allegations of mortgage fraud.

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President Donald Trump speaks with journalists from the White House Oval Office on August 22, 2025 in Washington, DC (Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo)

Instead, COBB judge ordered both parties to submit additional memories to court on Tuesday, shortly before rejecting lawyers for the long weekend.

COBB noted the novelty of the case before her, which implies the first attempt at an in -office president to oust a governor of the federal reserve “for good”.

The allegations of fraud were first launched by Bill Pulte, one appointed against the Federal Agency which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He accused COOK of claiming two main residences In two separate states in 2021, with the aim of obtaining more favorable loan conditions.

Trump followed by publishing a letter on Truth Social earlier this week that he had determined “a sufficient cause” to draw Cook, a dismissal which, according to him, was “immediately”, which prompted his lawyers to file the emergency trial.

The node of Friday’s arguments was centered on the definition of what the provisions “for the cause” must imply the revocation of the board of directors under the law of the federal reserve, or FRA, a law designed to protect the members of the political whims of the commander -in or the members of the congress.

The arguments also focused on Cook’s claims in his trial that Trump’s attempt to fire is an illegal effort to withdraw it from the Fed long before his mandate ended in January 2038 to install his own candidate.

Cook’s lawyers argued that his dismissal was only a “pretext” for Trump to obtain a majority on the Fed board of directors, an assertion that COBB admitted “uncomfortable”.

They also tried to unravel holes in the allegations of mortgage fraud, which, according to them, were made on social networks and “in return”.

The case “obviously raises important questions” on the Federal Reserve Board, said COBB shortly before the adjournment court.

She also noted that she had not yet determined the alleged “irreparable damage”, which prompted her to fix the deadline for deposit on Tuesday.

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Cook’s lawyers argued on Friday that Trump’s attempt to dismiss her violates her regular procedural rights under the fifth amendment, as well as his statutory right to note and a hearing under the Federal Reserve Act.

His lawyer, Abbe Lowell, noted several times that there was no “investigation or accusation” of the administration before Trump’s abrupt announcement that he pulled Cook.

Lowell also vehemently disputed the allegations of the Ministry of Justice according to which Cook had an “opportunity” to respond to the accusations of mortgage fraud leveled by Bill Pulte, noting that they were made only before Trump calls Cook to be removed.

He told COBB that it was the Trump’s last attempt to “plead by tweet”.

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Abbe Lowell in 2024 arriving at the federal building J. Caleb Boggs in Wilmington, Delaware. Lowell, the former lawyer of Hunter Biden, now represents Lisa Cook in her legal case centered on Trump’s attempt to dismiss her from her role in the Fed Governors’ Council. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Lawyers from the Trump administration, for their part, argue that the president had a wide latitude to determine the provision “for the cause”.

The prosecutor of the Ministry of Justice, Yakoov Roth, told COBB that the determination of knowing when invoking the provision was to be left to the president, that it was considered by others as “pretextual”.

“It resembles me the quintessence of a discretionary determination, and it is at this moment that the power of the president is (his) Apex,” said Roth.

MJ lawyers have also noted that Cook, to date, has not challenged any of the allegations in question and argued that there was “nothing that she said” on the allegations that would not make her fire.

“What if the declared cause is manifestly false?” COBB asked, by continuing to quote hypothetical concerns that the president could theoretically use allegations to stack federal advice with majorities.

As for the question of “irreparable damage”, the lawyers of the Ministry of Justice argued that it would be more harmful for Cook to remain in office, arguing that the “prejudice of having someone in office which is wrongly there … prevails over the damage of a person who is wrongly dismissed”.

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Cook’s lawyers said on Friday that by examining the trial, the court does not need to establish a definition of what “cause” means under the Federal Reserve Act.

Instead, Lowell suggested, the court should rather work upside down to determine whether the charges leveled by Pulte were in fact “overturned” by Trump to form the base of his dismissal.

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“It is very difficult to find a definition of 11 pages of what it is,” Lowell said on Friday of the definition of “cause”, adding that it is much easier to find a definition of a page of “what it is not”.

“Anyway, that’s not,” said Lowell.