美联储理事 Cook 起诉特朗普 要求法院宣告免职违法
2025年8月28日，美联储理事 Lisa D. Cook 向位于华盛顿的美国哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院提起诉讼，起诉总统特朗普、美联储理事会及主席 Jerome H. Powell，要求法院宣告特朗普8月25日将她免职的决定违法并予以禁止。案件由法官 Jia Cobb 审理。
Cook 在诉状中称，免职违反《联邦储备法》的正当理由条款：法律规定理事只能因正当理由被免职，而针对她的房贷指控涉及她2021年经参议院确认前办理的私人房贷，未经证实，不构成正当理由。诉状还称，免职违反宪法第五修正案的正当程序、通知与听证权利，并指出这是美联储理事会历史上第一次有在任理事被总统试图免职。
Cook 于2023年9月6日经参议院确认就任美联储理事，任期14年、至2038年1月31日届满。她同时向法院提交紧急动议，请求发布临时限制令，在诉讼期间维持其理事职务。
此事的源头是联邦住房金融局局长 William Pulte 的指控：Pulte 8月15日就 Cook 的房贷向司法部提出刑事转介，8月20日公开指控其房贷申报不实；特朗普8月20日要求 Cook 辞职，8月25日在社交平台 Truth Social 公布免职信。这起诉讼是本月美联储理事免职风波的最新进展。
关联：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
关联：美联储降息25个基点至4%至4.25% 为2025年首次降息
（来源：美国哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院）
Fed Governor Cook Sues Trump, Asking Court to Declare Her Removal Unlawful
On August 28, 2025, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against President Donald Trump, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Chair Jerome H. Powell, asking the court to declare Trump's August 25 removal of her from office unlawful and to block it. The case was assigned to Judge Jia Cobb.
In her complaint, Cook argues that the removal violates the Federal Reserve Act's for-cause provision: governors may be removed only for cause, and the mortgage allegations against her, concerning personal mortgage applications from 2021, before her Senate confirmation, and unproven, do not amount to cause. The complaint also argues that the removal violates the Fifth Amendment's guarantees of due process, notice and a hearing, and notes that this is the first time in the Federal Reserve Board's history that a sitting governor has faced an attempted removal by a president.
Cook was confirmed by the Senate on September 6, 2023, to a 14-year term running through January 31, 2038. She also filed an emergency motion the same day seeking a temporary restraining order that would preserve her seat while the case proceeds.
The dispute began with allegations by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, who made a criminal referral concerning Cook's mortgages to the Justice Department on August 15 and publicly accused her of misrepresenting mortgage information on August 20. Trump called for Cook's resignation on August 20 and published his removal letter on Truth Social on August 25. The lawsuit is the latest development in the removal fight.
Related: Trump Writes to Remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook, Citing the Federal Reserve Act's For-Cause Provision
Related: Federal Reserve Cuts Rates by a Quarter Point to 4% to 4.25%, Its First Reduction of 2025
(Source: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia)
来源：美国哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院
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图片来源：图：位于华盛顿的美国哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院 E. Barrett Prettyman 法院大楼正门，本案在此提起。Ajay Suresh 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。/ Photo: The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, home of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where this case was filed. Photo by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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