By Melissa Nann Burke, MediaNews Group

Before she was nominated as a Federal Reserve governor, Michigan’s Lisa Cook signed two separate mortgage documents two weeks apart that identify her Ann Arbor home and her Atlanta condominium each as her primary residence — documents at the heart of President Donald Trump’s firing of her.

The relevant paragraphs in each document are identical, pledging that she’d live in the home for a year as her principal residence unless the lender “otherwise agreed in writing” or if “extenuating circumstances” arose beyond her control, according to mortgage records obtained by The Detroit News.

A top ally of President Donald Trump ― who moved to fire Cook this week ― has been excoriating Cook in recent weeks over the revelation, alleging that she falsified ban

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