U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was reported by Bloomberg to have listed two separate homes — one in New York and one in Massachusetts — as his “principal residence” when securing mortgages in 2007. The arrangement, similar to what President Donald Trump has controversially described as “mortgage fraud” in his push to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, was disclosed in filings with Bank of America.Mortgage specialists told Bloomberg there was no evidence of misconduct in Bessent’s paperwork, noting that such inconsistencies are not uncommon. Bank of America reportedly did not depend on Bessent’s pledges and never expected him to occupy both properties as primary homes. Bessent’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, dismissed the report, saying the documents were completed properly nearly two decades ago and that the article itself confirmed this. ---Bloomberg carried the report. I'm going to go out on not too much of a limb to wonder aloud if the guy Bessent threatened, Bill Pulte, Trump's director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, leaked this info as revenge for Bessent's bluster? This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.