The White House told Cook in a letter this week that the president was “considering” removing her from her role and demanded she respond to unproven mortgage fraud allegations within three weeks – allegations her lawyer called “baseless”. The salvo against Cook is the second time this week Trump has restarted an effort to take actions that ‌the Supreme Court blocked earlier this year. Trump earlier this week also issued another order attempting to limit birthright citizenship after the high court ruled against his previous effort to limit who is automatically considered a US citizen. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino attends the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington in July. Photo: AFPIn a statement, Cook’s lawyer said “there is no valid cause” for removing Cook from her position.