Courts & Justice · Report · File No. 261105-484
White House hearing on firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook moved to Dec. 14
A Trump-created committee will hold its hearing on Fed Governor Lisa Cook on Dec. 14, after a delay. The case could decide whether a president can remove officials at the independent central bank.
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A White House committee has pushed its hearing on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from Thursday to Dec. 14, a White House official said Wednesday evening. The committee is looking into whether allegations of false statements on mortgage applications give President Donald Trump grounds to fire her 1.
The official said Cook asked for the delay. It was unclear whether she will attend 1.
What the committee is doing
Trump set up the committee in early October. It is to investigate claims that Cook made false statements about "one or more mortgage instruments" and to tell him whether there is "cause" to remove her 1.
The three members are Kevin Hassett, Trump's economic policy adviser, Andrea Lucas, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Keith Sonderling, director of the Office of Government Ethics 1.
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Cook's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said last month that questions about the committee's fairness and objectivity must be answered before any hearing. He also said she could not attend until December at the earliest 1.
will be executing her official duties as Governor at financial and monetary policy meetings in Europe.
Hassett said on Bloomberg TV on Oct. 29 that Cook's team had worked with the White House counsel. He said he believed the two sides had settled on a December date. Cook's lawyers declined the next day to confirm any date 2.
agreed to a date in December to meet together and talk these things through.
The court fight behind it
Trump first tried to fire Cook in August 2025. In June, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked her removal. It kept a lower court's order in place while her lawsuit goes forward 1.
The justices did not decide whether a president can fire a Fed board member. They said Cook could stay for now because she was not given due process, meaning a fair chance to answer the charges 1.
Cook argues the mortgage claim is a pretext. She says the real reason is that she has refused Trump's demands to vote for lower interest rates 1. She and her lawyer deny wrongdoing 2.
Why it matters
The committee may be designed to show the Supreme Court that Cook has now had due process 1. That is an inference from the reporting, not something the White House has said.
The pattern is worth watching. If a president can remove a Fed governor over a disputed accusation, the board that sets interest rates answers to the White House. Rates affect mortgages, savings accounts and credit card bills. Cook's lawyer says she will be at monetary policy meetings in Europe before the hearing 1. A Fed policy meeting is set for Dec. 8-9 2.
What happens next is Dec. 14, if Cook attends. The committee would then report to Trump on whether it finds cause. Any firing would likely go back to the courts, where the Supreme Court's June ruling lets Trump remove her for cause only after she gets a chance to respond 12.
The Record
- Trump unsuccessfully tried to fire Cook in August 2025 1.
- The Supreme Court ruled in June that Cook could stay on the Fed board while her lawsuit proceeds, because she was not given due process 1.
- Trump set up a three-member committee in early October to examine allegations about Cook's mortgage statements 1.
- A White House official said the committee's hearing was moved from Nov. 5 to Dec. 14 1.
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Sources
- CNBC, “Trump committee hearing on Fed Governor Lisa Cook rescheduled to Dec. 14” (2026-11-05). cnbc.com/2026/11/04/trump-federal-reserve-lisa-cook-hearing.
- Reuters (via WSAU), “White House delays hearing on mortgage fraud allegations against Fed's Cook until December” (2026-10-30). wsau.com/?p=1031744
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