So whether it's criminal, whether it's intentional or not, we know that this is a person, I think, who doesn't meet the standard that we should expect for the Federal Reserve, which is why The President fired [Lisa Cook], and he does have the legal right to fire her. And this goes into a second, I think, a much more fundamental question. Let's just say for the sake of argument that Lisa Cook had done absolutely nothing wrong. (01:09–01:13)
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