Trump’s Florida Mortgages Mirror the ‘Mortgage Fraud’ He’s Prosecuting, Investigation Finds
As of December 9, 2025, President Donald Trump is facing a fresh round of scrutiny after an investigation found that two Florida mortgages he signed in the 1990s closely resemble the very “mortgage fraud” his administration is now aggressively pursuing against political rivals.ProPublica+ 1 A joint investigation by ProPublica and USA TODAY Network, amplified by multiple national outlets, reports that Trump pledged two adjacent Palm Beach homes as his “principal residence” on separate mortgages — even though he appears never to have lived in either property and used them as rentals instead.ProPublica+ 1
