特朗普致信免职美联储理事Lisa Cook 援引《联邦储备法》有正当理由条款
2025年8月25日，美国总统特朗普在首都华盛顿公布致美联储理事Lisa Cook的信函，援引美国宪法第二条与《联邦储备法》，宣布即刻免除Cook在美联储理事会的职务。这是美国总统首次宣布免职一名美联储理事，Cook是首位担任美联储理事的非裔女性。
信函写明，《联邦储备法》规定理事可由总统基于正当理由免职，并援引该法条文12 U.S.C. 242，特朗普称已认定存在充分的正当理由将其免职。
信函的依据是联邦住房金融局局长William J. Pulte于2025年8月15日向司法部长Pam Bondi提交的刑事转介。信函称，有充分理由相信Cook可能在一份或多份按揭协议上作了不实陈述：她曾签署文件称一处位于密歇根州的房产将在未来一年作为其主要住所，两周后又签署另一份文件，称一处位于佐治亚州的房产将作为其主要住所。
Cook当晚发表声明称，特朗普声称以正当理由将她免职，但法律上并不存在这样的正当理由，总统也没有免职的权力，她不会辞职。
本稿只报道2025年8月25日免职信函公布时点的事实；Cook其后提起的诉讼与法院进展，见本站关联报道。
关联：特朗普设立委员会调查美联储理事库克，11 月 5 日将在白宫举行听证
（来源：白宫）
Trump Writes to Remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook, Citing the Federal Reserve Act's For-Cause Provision
On August 25, 2025, President Donald Trump released in Washington, D.C., a letter to Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, invoking Article II of the Constitution and the Federal Reserve Act to remove her from her position on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, effective immediately. It was the first time a U.S. president had announced the removal of a sitting Federal Reserve governor; Cook is the first African-American woman to serve as a Federal Reserve governor.
The letter states that the Federal Reserve Act provides that a governor may be removed by the President for cause, citing 12 U.S.C. 242, and that Trump had determined there was sufficient cause to remove her.
The letter rested on a criminal referral dated August 15, 2025, from William J. Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to Attorney General Pam Bondi. The letter says there is sufficient reason to believe Cook may have made false statements on one or more mortgage agreements: she signed a document attesting that a property in Michigan would be her primary residence for the next year, and two weeks later signed another document for a property in Georgia stating that it would be her primary residence for the next year.
Cook said in a statement that evening that Trump had purported to fire her for cause when no cause exists under the law, that he had no authority to do so, and that she would not resign.
This report covers only the facts as of the August 25, 2025 removal letter; Cook's subsequent lawsuit and the court proceedings are covered in the related GSM report linked below.
Related: Trump Forms Committee to Probe Fed Governor Lisa Cook; White House Hearing Set for Nov. 5
(Source: The White House)
来源：白宫
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图：位于华盛顿特区的美联储总部Eccles大楼侧立面。美联储理事在该大楼办公。Farragutful 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A side view of the Eccles Building, the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, D.C., where Federal Reserve governors work. Photo by Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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