Bill Pulte, the head of President Donald Trump’s housing regulatory agency, said Wednesday that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will have to resign, or else be fired for cause, over what he claims is evidence of “mortgage fraud” by the central bank official. Pulte, who has aggressively backed Trump’s attacks on the Fed and its chairman, Jerome Powell, tore into Cook at length on social media earlier Wednesday morning. Read more: cnb.cx/4lVqFLz | CNBC

Bill Pulte, the head of President Donald Trump’s housing regulatory agency, said Wednesday that his investigation into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a Biden appointee, for alleged mortgage fraud would have occurred regardless of Cook's political affiliation. Earlier on Wednesday morning, Pulte wrote on social media, “Lisa Cooked is cooked." Read more: cnb.cx/4lVqFLz | CNBC