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Trump's fraud allegations on Lisa Cook challenged

A signed loan estimate tied to Lisa Cook’s Atlanta home is now threatening to blow a hole straight through Trump’s fraud ￰0￱ document, reported by Reuters, clearly shows Cook told her lender in May 2021 that the property was a “vacation home,” not her main ￰1￱ puts her in direct conflict with claims by Trump officials that she lied to gain favorable mortgage terms by declaring two different homes as her primary residence. Lisa, who is still holding her position as a Federal Reserve governor, completed the purchase of the Atlanta home shortly after receiving that loan estimate from Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union, based in ￰2￱ details written in that document stand in contrast to the accusation that she listed both her Ann Arbor, Michigan home and the Atlanta one as primary ￰3￱ Trump camp says that would violate mortgage ￰4￱ the estimate issued to Lisa describes the Atlanta home’s use as “Vacation Home,” plain and ￰5￱ orders dismissal, Cook sues to keep seat The fight didn’t stay at ￰6￱ Federal Housing Finance Agency, led by Bill Pulte, used mortgage filings to accuse Lisa of breaking the ￰7￱ flagged the matter to the Department of Justice, triggering a federal ￰8￱ was followed by a direct order from Trump, now back in the White House, telling Lisa to pack up and leave the ￰9￱ didn’t.

Instead, she filed a lawsuit against him, refusing to step down. Bill’s claims are backed by federal mortgage forms that list both homes as “primary residences.” But those forms also include a clause that says that designation applies “unless Lender otherwise agrees in writing.” The loan estimate given to Lisa was in ￰10￱ says “Vacation Home.” Two real estate experts, neither of whom represent Lisa, told Reuters that this matters—because it shows she told her lender upfront about her ￰11￱ hasn’t commented ￰12￱ she’s denied all accusations in the past, saying she’s done nothing ￰13￱ also owns an investment property in Massachusetts, not part of this controversy.

There’s no word on whether Bill or other Trump officials saw this loan estimate before moving forward with legal ￰14￱ didn’t answer when Reuters asked for a ￰15￱ lender, Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union, also stayed ￰16￱ filings and clearance forms support Cook’s version Property records in Fulton County, where the Atlanta home sits, show Lisa never applied for a tax break for primary residents. A county tax official confirmed ￰17￱ she had really tried to call this place her main home, claiming that exemption would’ve been the ￰18￱ didn’t. And it doesn’t end ￰19￱ Lisa filled out her security clearance paperwork in December 2021 to join the Fed, she listed the Atlanta house as a “2nd home.” That detail appeared on a government form known as SF-86, which deals with national security background ￰20￱ not tied to the mortgage directly, that declaration lines up with the loan estimate she gave her lender earlier in the ￰21￱ case isn’t just about one person’s mortgage forms.

It’s part of a wider push by Trump to take tighter control of the Federal Reserve, which traditionally operates outside the president’s ￰22￱ taking office again in early 2025, Trump has gone after Fed members who resisted interest rate ￰23￱ Cook is among those who’ve stood firm. Meanwhile, scrutiny over financial records of government officials is ￰24￱ isn’t the only one under the ￰25￱ last week, Reuters revealed that Bill’s own father and stepmother had declared two properties in two different states as their primary ￰26￱ cost them. A Michigan town pulled their tax exemption and billed them for back ￰27￱ and his family didn’t reply to ￰28￱ while Trump’s team is pointing fingers at Lisa, documents from her lender and local tax offices are pushing back ￰29￱ hangs on who signed what, and ￰30￱ whether Trump’s team actually did their homework before they called it ￰31￱ Difference Wire : the secret tool crypto projects use to get guaranteed media coverage

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