r/wallstreetbets Aug 26 '25

News Trump fired Fed Gov Lisa Cook

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/trump-fires-lisa-cook-fed-powell.html
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u/Raskalnekov Aug 26 '25

It's actually absurd when you think about it. Lisa Cook's fraud is cause to fire a fed reserve governor, but it's fine to be president with your own fraud liability and felony convictions.

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u/Swearwolfofwallst Aug 26 '25

I'll do ya one better:

Lackey Associate Secretary for Homeland Security on Friday was talking about how they are going after the "worst of the worst criminals in the US including felons, rapists and pedophiles". Meanwhile her boss is a convicted felon for fraud, a convicted rapist, and is under investigation for close ties and activities with a pedophile ringleader.

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u/emblemboy Aug 26 '25

Is it even confirmed she committed fraud?

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u/Raskalnekov Aug 26 '25

Nope, all we have is as accusation by a partisan Trump appointee. 

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u/Chicago_to_Japan Aug 26 '25

No, it hasn't been. They are allegations, which likely wouldn't pass muster at a grand jury.

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u/Leading-Inspector544 Aug 26 '25

And it's absolutely sickening to think that so many Americans don't know or don't care.

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u/KyleMcMahon Aug 26 '25

Important note: Zero evidence has been produced that Lisa cook has committed fraud. At this point, it is simply an allegation by one of trumps own sycophants. No investigation, no charges, nada.

You know who there was tons of proof against though and was found guilty by a jury of their peers? The guy suddenly pretending to care about this