Claim misleads about ‘mortgage fraud’ on Trump’s Cabinet

Claim misleads about ‘mortgage fraud’ on Trump’s Cabinet

A liberal commentator claimed on a CNN roundtable that three Trump Cabinet members committed ‘mortgage fraud’, but this claim is misleading.

According to ProPublica, an investigative media outlet, three Trump administration Cabinet members signed mortgages classifying separate houses as their principal residences, with the requirement to make them their principal residence for a year.

In a separate case, Federal prosecutors indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on charges related to mortgage fraud.

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Author's summary: Misleading claim about Trump's Cabinet members and mortgage fraud.

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