The Supreme Court stopped President Donald Trump from firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook on Wednesday, pausing her removal until the court can hear the case. The president can only fire a Fed governor for cause, and generally has little power to influence the independent body. Pulte accused Cook of declaring both a home in Michigan and one in Georgia as her primary residence, which would constitute fraud. Pulte says that her mortgage documents represented both homes as her primary residence. McCarthy went on to shred Trump for firing Cook based on Pulte’s allegations, which had yet to result in any kind of indictment or legal process: “Trump relied entirely on Pulte’s information to rationalize firing Cook.