James Fishback, CEO of investment firm Azoria, told Newsmax on Tuesday that he filed a 14-page amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to affirm President Donald Trump’s authority to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
Appearing on “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE,” Fishback cast the dispute as a basic question under Article II of the Constitution: “Either the president is the chief executive, or he isn’t,” he said, arguing Cook should be removable over alleged mortgage-fraud conduct.
Fishback’s brief, filed earlier Tuesday, argued that alleged misrepresentations on mortgage documents meet the Federal Reserve Act’s “for cause” removal standard for governors, who otherwise serve 14-year terms.
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