Claim About 'Mortgage Fraud' in Trump's Cabinet Misleading
A recent claim on a CNN roundtable suggested that three Trump Cabinet members committed 'mortgage fraud.' However, this assertion is misleading.
According to documents published by ProPublica, an investigative media outlet, these Cabinet members signed mortgages stating that separate houses were their principal residences. The documents required them to make these homes their principal residence for a year, but there is no information indicating they failed to comply.
- ProPublica published documents showing the mortgage classifications.
- No government officials' statements or news reports indicate these Cabinet members were targeted for prosecution.
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In a separate case, Federal prosecutors indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on charges related to mortgage fraud stemming from how she classified a Norfolk, Virginia, house on a document.
Author's summary: Misleading claim about Trump's Cabinet and mortgage fraud.