WASHINGTON – This afternoon, Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) joined The Evening Edit on Fox Business Network to discuss Fed Governor Lisa Cook's mortgage fraud allegations as the Trump Administration looks to hold her accountable.

Watch the full interview here.

"She defrauded a mortgage company. She said it was a primary residence - it was not":

"Yeah, that’s basically an admission, trying to pass the buck on somebody else. Look, here’s the deal, she, she defrauded a mortgage company. She said it was a primary residence - it was not. And I think it’s important for people to understand the difference between a primary residence and a secondary residence is the amount of money you have to put down to buy the property. Under, you know, current law, you know, primary residence you can put down 3%, 5% towards the purchase of the home. But when it’s secondary property, you got to put down at least 20%. So we’re talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars that she did not put down when she lied on a mortgage app saying that it was another primary residence. The fact that the Biden Administration didn’t catch her or didn’t question it just demonstrates, once again, how inept the Biden Administration was. But that does not mean that the President of the United States Donald J. Trump does not have cause to remove her."

"So the Trump Administration, which is holding everybody accountable, caught it, and they’re holding her accountable as well":

"Look, let’s just be honest, she knows how to read an application. What she did, she pulled a fast one because she didn’t want to put out more money to have a second and a third home. That’s what she did. So the Trump Administration, which is holding everybody accountable, caught it, and they’re holding her accountable as well. No more, no less. The reason why she’s upset is because she got caught. That's why she's upset."

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