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in the United States and around the world. I'm Pamela Brown. Wolf Blitzer is off today and you're

in the situation room.

And new this morning, President Trump escalates his battle with the Federal Reserve and the independence of the nation's central banking system.

The president says he is firing Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook

over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud. Cook denies any wrongdoing and says she will

fight this dismissal. The case could go all the way up to the Supreme Court. Seenons,

Elena Trean is at the White House and senior reporter Matt Egan, business reporter Matt Egan, is in New York.

Elena, tell us more about the basis of the president's accusations here.

Yeah, Pamela, we are in uncharted territory here.

U.S. president has never moved to fire a Fed governor before.

But this is what he said on true social yesterday.

He essentially said he's attempting to fire her and said it was on the basis of allegations of mortgage fraud. Now, CNN did do a review and found that she listed two properties as primary residences. And this is relating to a 2021 mortgage application. I would note that was before she was appointed to serve on the Fed as a Fed

governor. Now, in the letter that the president posted to True Social, he essentially questioned

Cook's competence and trustworthiness as a financial regulator. But a key question, of course,

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