वाशिंगटन, 18 सितंबर (एपी) ट्रंप प्रशासन ने बृहस्पतिवार को उच्चतम न्यायालय से लिसा कुक को फेडरल रिजर्व के शासी बोर्ड से हटाने के लिए एक आपातकालीन आदेश देने का अनुरोध किया।


अपीलीय अदालत द्वारा कुक को हटाने से इनकार करने के बाद रिपब्लिकन प्रशासन ने न्यायालय का रुख किया। यह कदम राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप द्वारा फेडरल रिजर्व के सात-सदस्यीय शासी बोर्ड को नया रूप देने और उसकी स्वतंत्रता पर प्रहार करने के प्रयास का हिस्सा है।


कुक को हटाने के लिए व्हाइट हाउस का अभियान फेडरल रिजर्व के बोर्ड को नया रूप देने की एक अभूतपूर्व कोशिश है, जिसे रोजमर्रा की राजनीति से काफी हद तक स्वतंत्र रहने के लिए डिजाइन किया गया था। एजेंसी के 112 साल के इतिहास में किसी भी राष्ट्रपति ने फेडरल रिजर्व के किसी मौजूदा गवर्नर को अभी तक नहीं हटाया है।


डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टी के राष्ट्रपति जो बाइडन द्वारा बोर्ड में नियुक्त कुक ने कहा है कि वह अपना पद नहीं छोड़ेंगी और ट्रंप द्वारा ‘धमकाने’ से नहीं जाएंगी।


उनकी एक वकील एबे लोवेल ने कहा है कि वह सीनेट द्वारा अनुमोदित ‘शासी बोर्ड’ के सदस्य के रूप में अपने कर्तव्यों का निर्वहन करती रहेंगी।


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Separately, Senate Republicans on Monday confirmed Stephen Miran, Trump's nominee to an open spot on the Fed's board. Both Cook and Miran took part in Wednesday's vote in which the Fed cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point.


Trump sought to fire Cook on Aug 25, but a federal judge ruled last week that the removal probably was illegal and reinstated her to the Fed's board. Trump has accused Cook of mortgage fraud because she appeared to claim two properties, in Michigan and Georgia, as “primary residences” in June and July 2021, before she joined the board. Such claims can lead to a lower mortgage rate and smaller down payment than if one of them was declared as a rental property or second home.


“Put simply, the President may reasonably determine that interest rates paid by the American people should not be set by a Governor who appears to have lied about facts material to the interest rates she secured for herself - and refuses to explain the apparent misrepresentations,” Solicitor General D John Sauer wrote in his Supreme Court filing.


But Cook has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime. According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, Cook did specify that her Atlanta condo would be a “vacation home,” according to a loan estimate she obtained in May 2021. And in a form seeking a security clearance, she described it as a “2nd home.” Both documents appear to undercut the Trump administration's claims of fraud.


US District Judge Jia Cobb ruled that the administration had not satisfied a legal requirement that Fed governors can only be fired “for cause,” which she said was limited to misconduct while in office. Cook did not join the Fed's board until 2022.


Cobb also held that Trump's firing would have deprived Cook of her due process, or legal right, to contest the firing.


By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the federal appeals court in Washington rejected the administration's request to let Cook's firing proceed.


Trump's lawyers have argued that even if the conduct occurred before her time as governor, her alleged action “indisputably calls into question Cook's trustworthiness and whether she can be a responsible steward of the interest rates and economy.” Trump has previously won orders from the court's conservative majority to fire the presidentially appointed leaders of other independent federal agencies, including the National Labour Relations Board and the Federal Trade Commission, even as legal fights continue.


Those firings have been at will, with no cause given. The Supreme Court has distinguished the Federal Reserve from those other agencies, strongly suggesting that Trump can't act against Fed governors without cause.


In its new filing to the Supreme Court, the administration is asking Chief Justice John Roberts for a temporary order that would effectively remove Cook from the board and a more lasting order from the whole court that would be in place while her legal case continues.


The President notified Cook of the charges against her and waited five days for her to respond before removing her. Having declined to bring any defence to the President's attention or to dispute any material facts, Cook cannot complain about insufficient process. (AP)


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