This Claim Fails on 2 Counts

Disgraced Ex-Fed Governor Lisa Cook filed a brief today in U.S. District Court for D.C. arguing, among other things she threw at the wall, that “private conduct before taking office does not amount to cause.” That claim fails on 2 counts.

First, the alleged conduct (mortgage… pic.twitter.com/LvkmpAy1SD

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… fraud!) goes to the core of her responsibilities: you cannot credibly serve as the nation’s top bank regulator tasked with stopping mortgage fraud when you yourself are credibly accused of mortgage fraud.

Second, this is not merely pre-appointment conduct. By obtaining two mortgages under false “primary residence” claims, Cook secured artificially low monthly payments that continue for 15 and 30 years. Each month those payments are made at a fraudulent rate, the fraud persists.

This cannot stand.