With Fed Governor Lisa Cook under attack by Trump and advisor Bill Pulte for mortgage fraud, Reuters has seen documentation that undercuts accusations she claimed more than one primary residence.
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Cook shows that she claimed the property as a “vacation home.”
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.
Cook has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing regarding her properties , which also include a home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and an investment property in Massachusetts.
The Trump administration led by Pulte have used documentation from the Atlanta property along with the residence in Michigan to accuse Cook of claiming two primary residences, referring her to the Trump DOJ, and receiving orders from Trump to resign.
Cook has resisted.
As an additional point of support, property records and a Fulton County tax official say that Cook has never requested a tax exemption for the Atlanta home.
Last week, Reuters reported that Pulte’s own father and stepmother had declared two homes in two different states as their primary residence, prompting a town in Michigan to remove a tax exemption for their home there and charge the couple for back taxes. Pulte and his parents didn’t respond to requests for comment about the matter.