fort to meet those conditions.

Under the law governing the Fed, the president can only fire a Fed governor  for cause,  but the Supreme Court didn't address whether Cook's actions met that standard. The committee of inquiry will ultimately recommend whether there is cause to fire Cook, a White House memo last week said.

Lowell also said in the Tuesday letter that  we have significant concerns regarding the objectivity and fitness of the committee for its assigned purpose. 

One of its three members, Kevin Hassett, a top economic adviser to Trump, has already said the president has  cause  to fire Cook, the letter noted. The other two members - Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling and chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Andrea Rich - are also Trump appointees.

 A hearing with demonstrably biased members, unspecified additional allegations, and an unclear schedule for the disclosure of any additional evidence - with no explanation for why it was not previously produced - is not a process that respects the appearance or history of independence,  Lowell's letter said.