If Trump has a smoking gun in the Lisa Cook mortgage fraud case, we haven’t seen it yet
- Posted on September 25, 2025
- By CNN
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If Trump has a smoking gun in the Lisa Cook mortgage fraud case, we haven’t seen it yet

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is accused of falsely claiming two homes as her primary residence to secure better mortgage terms. But documents reviewed by CNN show that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer did the same — taking out two mortgages in one year, appearing to list both homes as primary residences.