President Donald Trump's attempt to fire one of the seven governors of the Federal Reserve will likely end up in court and could more clearly define the limits of the president's legal powers over the traditionally independent institution.

Donald Trump will soon meet his Cabinet, the day after he ramped up his battle with the US central bank The US president took to social media overnight to say he plans to "immediately" fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations Cook has since issued a statement saying Trump has no authority to remove her and she will not resign It's a major escalation of the president's ongoing attempts to get the Fed to lower interest rates Edited by Brandon Livesay in New York and Matt Spivey in London Bernd Debusmann Jr Reporting from the White House To Donald Trump's detractors,