Donald Trump’s secretary of Commerce on Tuesday tried to join in the pile-on against Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve board of governors. Instead, he handed the president’s critics a tailor-made attack line.
Howard Lutnick appeared on CNBC, where he was asked about the president’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook, who is the board’s only Black member and in recent days has come under accusations of committing mortgage fraud from William Pulte, the Trump-appointed head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
