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Nevilledog

(54,512 posts)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:14 PM 8 hrs ago

Guess what? They fucking lied about Lisa Cook committing mortgage fraud

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fed-governor-cook-declared-her-atlanta-property-vacation-home-documents-show-2025-09-12/


WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

The document, dated May 28, 2021, was issued to Cook by her credit union in the weeks before she completed the purchase and shows that she had told the lender that the Atlanta property wouldn’t be her primary residence. The document appears to counter other documentation that Cook’s critics have cited in support of their claims that she committed mortgage fraud by reporting two different homes as her primary residence, two independent real-estate experts said.

Reuters was unable to reach Cook for comment. She has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing regarding her properties , which also include a home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and an investment property in Massachusetts.

Administration officials led by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, have used mortgage documents from her Atlanta and Michigan properties to accuse Cook of claiming both as her “primary residence.” The allegedly false claims of residence, which could improve mortgage and tax implications for a homeowner, led Pulte to refer the matter to the Department of Justice, prompting a federal investigation and an order by President Donald Trump to dismiss her.

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Guess what? They fucking lied about Lisa Cook committing mortgage fraud (Original Post) Nevilledog 8 hrs ago OP
Didn't trump commit mortgage/loan fraud? Silent Type 8 hrs ago #1
Yes. And don't Bill Pulte's parents have multiple homes listed as a primary residence? jls4561 8 hrs ago #4
And more BlueWaveNeverEnd 6 hrs ago #20
If course they did Srkdqltr 8 hrs ago #2
Too bad can't sue the government, but no average American will be able to sue Eliot Rosewater 8 hrs ago #3
That was projection on the part of a bunch of maga Klarkashton 8 hrs ago #5
She should sue Trump for defamation Johonny 8 hrs ago #6
He didn't earn shit. He's a thief. live love laugh 6 hrs ago #24
It's great Cook is putting put up a fight oasis 8 hrs ago #7
To repost blm 8 hrs ago #8
... Solly Mack 8 hrs ago #9
She should sue Pulte for defamation. nt SunSeeker 8 hrs ago #10
"Black women do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously.." Deuxcents 7 hrs ago #11
That would make the people that Trump hired, character assassins ffr 7 hrs ago #12
Still have a convicted felon as President? multigraincracker 7 hrs ago #13
The DC Circuit sets an ultra-fast briefing schedule on the bid by Trump to fire Lisa Cook LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #14
Of course they did. This fucking scum party lies about EVERYTHING. LymphocyteLover 7 hrs ago #15
They thought they could shame her into resigning would be my guess. the nelm 6 hrs ago #23
WHY didn't she just issue a statement telling us this on DAY ONE of trumps tirade? Callie1979 7 hrs ago #16
Her point as I understand is that Trump couldn't fire her for this Raven123 6 hrs ago #18
She's getting the truth recorded and revealing them Ilsa 6 hrs ago #19
"Reuters was unable to reach (Lisa) Cook for comment." Grins 6 hrs ago #17
Like I always say, if a republican's mouth is moving, they're lying MerryBlooms 6 hrs ago #21
I'm shocked...shocked, I say. yellow dahlia 6 hrs ago #22
Right. And Haitian immigrants B.See 6 hrs ago #25

Eliot Rosewater

(33,939 posts)
3. Too bad can't sue the government, but no average American will be able to sue
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:24 PM
8 hrs ago

Any corporation or MAGA official as soon as the corrupt Supreme Court says it’s OK to get rid of tort liability

Klarkashton

(3,903 posts)
5. That was projection on the part of a bunch of maga
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:27 PM
8 hrs ago

Real estate goons. Where that shit is routine.

Johonny

(24,582 posts)
6. She should sue Trump for defamation
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:28 PM
8 hrs ago

Every person he lies about should sue his ass. Take every Shitcoin wealth he earned from him.

blm

(114,309 posts)
8. To repost
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:29 PM
8 hrs ago

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

The document, dated May 28, 2021, was issued to Cook by her credit union in the weeks before she completed the purchase and shows that she had told the lender that the Atlanta property wouldn’t be her primary residence.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fed-governor-cook-declared-her-atlanta-property-vacation-home-documents-show-2025-09-12/

Deuxcents

(23,935 posts)
11. "Black women do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously.."
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:03 PM
7 hrs ago

Ms Cook didn’t steal anything..not even a more favorable interest rate. I deliberately put that comment up because besides Ms Cook, Ms James is being accused of the same crime 🤬

ffr

(23,239 posts)
12. That would make the people that Trump hired, character assassins
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:10 PM
7 hrs ago

Straight out of the mobster playbook. What a mess tRump voters have unleashed!

LetMyPeopleVote

(169,519 posts)
14. The DC Circuit sets an ultra-fast briefing schedule on the bid by Trump to fire Lisa Cook
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:43 PM
7 hrs ago

There will be some briefs to read. The fact that Gov. Lisa Cook did not commit mortgage fraud will be discussed in these briefs



the nelm

(162 posts)
23. They thought they could shame her into resigning would be my guess.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:40 PM
6 hrs ago

This from the ass that has no shame whatsoever.

Callie1979

(913 posts)
16. WHY didn't she just issue a statement telling us this on DAY ONE of trumps tirade?
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:48 PM
7 hrs ago

it would've fizzled out immediately.

Raven123

(7,013 posts)
18. Her point as I understand is that Trump couldn't fire her for this
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:13 PM
6 hrs ago

As I understand her argument is that a “for cause” firing is related to on the job infractions.

Should she have to “show her papers” because of some incompetent Trump administrator acting on a tip from another MAGA?

I hope she humiliates Pulte and the entire administration.

Ilsa

(63,266 posts)
19. She's getting the truth recorded and revealing them
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:18 PM
6 hrs ago

for the petty little shits they are. They may try to find something else, but I bet they can't.

Grins

(8,814 posts)
17. "Reuters was unable to reach (Lisa) Cook for comment."
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:07 PM
6 hrs ago

Cook? Who cares about her comments?

PULTE was the putz they should have contacted! He was the primary cause of this shittery.

MerryBlooms

(11,995 posts)
21. Like I always say, if a republican's mouth is moving, they're lying
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:25 PM
6 hrs ago

It's not rocket science, it's republican science 🙄🙄🙄

B.See

(6,432 posts)
25. Right. And Haitian immigrants
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:55 PM
6 hrs ago

were eating "the cats and the dogs" (a lie, incidentally, first uttered by Kirk).

Trump and his MAGAS LIE because they know any complete fabrication they utter will be taken as canon by their willfully deluded sycophants.

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