Trump sets a closed White House hearing for Nov. 5 on whether he has cause to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook

The three judges are his own appointees: economic adviser Kevin Hassett, the EEOC chair and the federal ethics director. The date is two days after the Tuesday, Nov. 3 midterms.

Trump created a "committee of inquiry" to examine mortgage-fraud allegations against Fed Governor Lisa Cook and to report whether there is "cause" to remove her from the Federal Reserve Board. It follows a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling in June that let Cook keep her seat because she had not been given due process (notice and a fair chance to defend herself before being fired). The hearing. It runs up to four hours at the White House on Thursday, Nov. 5, two days after the Tuesday, Nov. 3 midterms. It is closed to the public, and a transcript will be published afterward. Cook must file a written statement three days before. Cook's side. Her lawyers, Abbe Lowell and Norm Eisen, wrote that "we have grave doubts that this 'hearing' is a legitimate one," but said she may still appear.

What Cook's own paperwork in this case says about the Atlanta house:

Standard loan forms listed both her Michigan and Atlanta homes as primary residences, per Reuters.
An Atlanta loan estimate dated May 28, 2021 labeled the house a vacation home.
A December 2021 security-clearance form listed it as a second home.

ContextTrump moved to remove Cook, a Federal Reserve governor. No president had tried that in the Fed's 113-year history. The Fed is the central bank that sets U.S. interest rates. In June the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to let Cook stay. It did not rule on whether Trump had cause to fire her. It ruled that she had not been given due process (notice and a fair chance to defend herself before being fired). The White House hearing follows that ruling. In his memo creating the panel, Trump wrote that "it is my job to ensure the laws are faithfully executed, including by firing subordinates who cannot be trusted to tell the truth and follow the law." All three panel members serve under Trump. They are his assistant for economic policy, the chair of the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal job-discrimination agency) and the director of the Office of Government Ethics.