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B.See

(8,505 posts)
Wed Dec 10, 2025, 05:02 PM Dec 2025

Mortgage Fraud (?) Trump had two mortgages he claimed were primary dwellings, records show

Trump had two mortgages he claimed were primary dwellings, records show -The Guardian Trump did same thing his administration is now calling ‘mortgage fraud’ in case against Fed governor Lisa Cook


Donald Trump signed mortgage documents in the 1990s claiming two separate Florida properties would each serve as his principal residence – the same thing his administration is calling “mortgage fraud” when done by political rivals, records show.

ProPublica unearthed documents demonstrating that within seven weeks of each other in late 1993 and early 1994, (Trump) obtained loans for neighboring Palm Beach homes, pledging each would be his primary dwelling. Instead of living in them, though, he rented both out as investment properties.

There is no suggestion that the activity is or was illegal, and proving intent is key in fraud cases. Yet Trump has called the same behavior – having two primary dwelling mortgages – “deceitful and potentially criminal” in relation to mortgage fraud charges against the Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.

The Trump administration is bringing several similar cases against the New York attorney general, Letitia James, the senator Adam Schiff and the congressman Eric Swalwell.

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Mortgage Fraud (?) Trump had two mortgages he claimed were primary dwellings, records show (Original Post) B.See Dec 2025 OP
Projection WmChris Dec 2025 #1
Exactly Bottom line, if you oppose him B.See Dec 2025 #2

WmChris

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1. Projection
Wed Dec 10, 2025, 05:59 PM
Dec 2025

All he knows about the law is how to get around it and now the subprime court has given him free reign to accuse any body of anything even crimes he has committed in the past.

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