WashingtonTrump’s panel will hear Lisa Cook for up to 4 hours.
No president has removed a sitting Fed governor in the central bank’s 113-year history.
After the Supreme Court ruled a president needs cause and a clear process, the committee must report whether cause exists.
Cook, whose term runs to 2038, denies the allegations from the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s director.
The White House hearing is set for 5 November, after which the committee must report.
How each outlet framed it
- Reuters
- details the three-member committee's makeup and the November 5 four-hour hearing
- Al Jazeera Online
- names the three committee members and notes the Supreme Court's 'cause' and process ruling that kicked the case back to district court
- TRT World
- notes no president has removed a Fed governor in 113 years and that Cook rejects the fraud allegations
Sources: Reuters, Al Jazeera Online, TRT World