The Trump administration has accused several political rivals of mortgage fraud, but an explosive new investigation has found President Donald Trump may have committed the same crime himself.

The bombshell report from ProPublica reporters Justin Elliot, Robert Faturechi, and Alex Mierjeski points to a 1993 mortgage Trump signed on a Palm Beach home that he claimed would be his primary residence.

But less than two months later, Trump was given another mortgage on a nearby property he also claimed would be his primary residence, the ProPublica report found.

What’s more — it appears Trump, who was living in New York at the time, never moved into either home.

If those actions sound familiar, it’s because Trump and some administration officials have accused four political foes of similar crimes: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), and former Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA).

All four have denied wrongdoing.

Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter when asked if the Florida mortgages were obtained similarly to the ones in which he’s claimed wrongdoing.

A White House spokesperson told the outlet there “was no defraudation” in the Trump mortgages, saying: “This is yet another desperate attempt by the left-wing media to disparage President Trump with false allegations.”

The spokesperson added: “President Trump has never, or will ever, break the law.”

See below for a summary of the mortgage fraud cases against the Trump foes:

Lisa Cook

Trump’s then-Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte accused Cook of mortgage fraud in a series of social media posts back in August 2025. He referred his findings to the Department of Justice, which has not yet brought a case against her.

Nevertheless, Trump used the allegations in an attempt to fire Cook from the Fed. A back-and-forth legal battle made it as far as the Supreme Court, which denied Trump’s request to dismiss her.

Cook can now remain in her position until a decision is reached in the ongoing case.

Despite the court defeat, Pulte declared on CNBC in May Cook will be indicted “no matter what the Supreme Court does.”

Adam Schiff

In July 2025, Trump attacked Schiff, who led the first impeachment case against Trump, as a “THIEF” while sharing an apparent tax document to make his case.

In a Truth Social post, he accused “scam artist” Schiff of committing mortgage fraud, adding that Fannie Mae’s Financial Crimes Division was after him.

No charges have been brought against Schiff.

Letitia James

James was charged with mortgage fraud in October by the president’s former attorney and his handpicked appointee for U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan. The case was later dropped when it was found that Halligan was unlawfully appointed.

Attempts to reindict James have since failed.

Eric Swalwell

In November, Pulte referred Swalwell to the Justice Department for a federal criminal probe related to a Washington, D.C., home, NBC News reported at the time.

Swalwell later filed a lawsuit against Pulte, accusing him of weaponizing the probe. The suit was dropped when the Department of Justice declined to pursue the case against Swalwell.

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