Cook Lawyer Lowell Calls Trump Fraud Claims `Weapon': The Brief

LISA COOK’S lawyer, Abbe Lowell, told a federal court in Washington today that President Donald Trump’s fraud allegations against the Federal Reserve governor are his “weapon of choice” in seeking to remove officials who are obstacles to his agenda, Erik Larson, Zoe Tillman, and David Voreacos report.

• Lowell argued at the first hearing in Cook’s lawsuit challenging her firing that Trump’s repeated public statements criticizing the Fed’s work signaled a willingness to remove governors who refused to vote to lower interest rates. US District Judge Jia Cobb heard arguments from both sides and suggested she may not rule ...