《纽约时报》周三援引一名未具名的白宫官员的话报道，白宫已将针对美联储理事莉萨·库克涉嫌抵押贷款欺诈指控的听证会定于12月14日举行，这标志着总统唐纳德·特朗普解雇她的努力进入新阶段。
The White House has scheduled for December 14 a planned hearing into allegations of mortgage fraud by Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed White House official, in a new phase of President Donald Trump's effort to fire her.
库克的律师未回应置评请求，但此前曾对听证会的公正性提出质疑，并在同意日期之前向白宫索取有关听证程序的信息。
Cook's lawyer did not respond to a request for comment, but previously raised questions about the hearing's fairness and sought information from the White House about the hearing process before agreeing to a date.
特朗普一年多来一直试图解雇库克，这是他在第二个总统任期内为控制美联储而采取的几项史无前例的尝试之一。历史上从未有总统解雇过美国央行官员。库克否认有任何不当行为。
Trump has been trying to fire Cook for more than a year, one of several unprecedented attempts to exert control over the Fed during his second presidential term. No president has ever removed a US central banker. Cook denies any wrongdoing.
最高法院在6月裁定，特朗普不能“随意”解雇美联储理事，但如果他给库克为自己辩护的机会，则可能可以解雇她。
The Supreme Court in June ruled that Trump cannot fire a Fed governor "at will" but may be able to if he gives her a chance to defend herself.
特朗普的首席经济顾问凯文·哈塞特上周对彭博电视台表示，库克的律师已同意12月的某个日期，他称那将是一场公正的听证会。哈塞特是特朗普为举行听证会并就是否应解雇库克提出建议而成立的三人民委员会成员。
Trump's top economic aide, Kevin Hassett, told Bloomberg TV last week that Cook's lawyers had agreed to a date in December for what he said would be a fair hearing. Hassett is on a three-person committee Trump formed to hold the hearing and recommend whether she should be fired.
库克的律师阿贝·洛厄尔上月告知白宫，她无法出席白宫最初宣布的11月5日听证会日期，并且在美联储12月8日至9日的政策制定会议之前无法参加。
Cook's lawyer Abbe Lowell last month told the White House she would not be available for its initially announced November 5 hearing date and would be unable to attend until after the Fed's December 8 to 9 policy-setting meeting.