Kevin Hassett
Role at the time: Director of the National Economic Council and committee member, in a Bloomberg TV interview reported by Reuters
Defended or excused
Response to this claim
Lisa Cook claimed homes in Atlanta and Michigan as her primary residence on separate mortgage agreements and later rented out the Atlanta property, allegations Trump's committee is to weigh as possible cause to remove her from the Federal Reserve Board.
“The president has asked a small set of his people to run a completely fair process that puts all the information on the table, and then the president will decide next steps”
Open source (opens in a new tab)White House hearing on Fed's Cook delayed to December, Hassett says · ReutersFull article, Reuters copy published by WHBL
Why we used this label
The reference point is the committee of inquiry Trump created to decide whether Cook made false statements on mortgage documents and should be removed from the Fed board. Hassett, who sits on the committee, describes its process as completely fair, which defends it.