Powell Not Holding Lisa Cook Accountable, Pulte Says

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is not holding Governor Lisa Cook accountable, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte says on Fox Business.

• Allegations against Cook appear to be “blatant mortgage fraud, and Jerome Powell is silent, if anything, he’s showing the lack of independence of the Fed,” Pulte says

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