GOVERNOR HE JUST FIRED, WHO WAS IN COURT TODAY SUING TO
KEEP HER JOB IN A
FIGHT THAT COULD
DETERMINE THE FUTURE
OF THE FEDERAL
RESERVE.
HERE’S GABE
GUTIERREZ.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
AN INCREASINGLY TENSE
SHOWDOWN.
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP
MOVES TO RESHAPE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES
TRADITIONALLY SEEN AS
NONPOLITICAL.
FEDERAL RECEIVE
GOVERNOR LISA COOK IN
COURT THIS MORNING
SUING TO KEEP HER JOB
AFTER THE PRESIDENT
FIRED HER OVER
ALLEGATIONS SHE LIED
ON A MORTGAGE
APKASHDZ, LISTING TWO
HOMES AS HER PRIMARY
RESIDENCE TO GET
BETTER LOAN TERMS
WHICH SHE DENIES.
>> HE HAS THE CAUSE
THAT HE NEEDS TO FIRE
THIS INDIVIDUAL.
SO WE’LL CONTINUE TO
FIGHT THIS BATTLE.
>> Reporter: COOK’S
LAWYER TELLING THE
JUDGE, THIS
ALLEGATION OF FRAUD
HAS BECOME THE WEAPON
OF CHOICE FOR THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
THE JUDGE NOT RULING
TODAY, LEAVING THE
FED IN LIMBO.
BUT IT COMES AS
PRESIDENT TRUMP
PRESSURES THE CENTRAL
BANK TO LOWER
INTEREST RATES.
>> THAT’S
FUNDAMENTALLY WHAT
THIS IS ABOUT.
WHO MAKES THE
DECISIONS ABOUT THIS
COUNTRY?
IS IT THOSE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ELECT
OR IS IT UNELECTED
BUREAUCRATS?
>> WHILE OVERNIGHT,
HEALTH SECRETARY
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.
EMAILS STAFF AFTER A
FIRING OF CDC
DIRECTOR DR. SUSAN
MUNARIS.
I’M COMMITTED TO
WORKING WITH YOU TO
RESTORE TRUST,
TRANSPARENCY, AND
CREDIBILITY TO THE
CDC, KENNEDY WRITES.
NAMING TOP DEPUTY JIM
O’NEILL, ACTING CDC
DIRECTOR.
O’NEAL IS A FORMER
INVESTMENT EXECUTIVE,
NOT A DOCTOR.
KENNEDY PUSHING TO
REVAMP THE CDC AFTER
HE SAYS IT MADE
MISTAKES DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
>> THE CDC HAS
PROBLEMS.
>> Reporter: BUT HER
LAWYER SAYS SHE WAS
TARGETED BECAUSE SHE
REFUSED TO RUBBER
STAMP UNSCIENTIFIC
RECKLESS DIRECTIVES.
>> SHE SAID SHE WOULD
NEVER DO ANYTHING
ILLEGAL AND SHE WOULD
NEVER DO ANYTHING
THAT RAN COUNT TOORER TO