The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI have opened a probe into Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte for potential misconduct in the criminal investigations of President Trump’s political enemies.
ABC News, citing input from unnamed “sources familiar with the matter,” reports that the probe is seeking to determine if Pulte and US Pardon Attorney Ed Martin enlisted individuals from outside the DOJ to investigate allegations of mortgage fraud amid ongoing investigations into New York Attorney Letitia James and Sen. Adam Schiff of California. ABC News is reporting that at least one witness in the Schiff investigation received a grand jury subpoena to hand over any correspondence with Pulte and with Martin’s associates.
Martin, who holds “special attorney” status within the DOJ to handle mortgage fraud cases, is also alleged to have shared sensitive grand jury information about the James case with at least one unauthorized individual while working with another person outside of the federal government to examine evidence in the James and Schiff investigations.
Senior Trump administration officials are worried that the potential actions by Pulte and Martin could jeopardize their efforts against James and Schiff, two longtime foes of Trump who claimed the mortgage fraud cases are politically motivated.
Pulte issued criminal referrals against James and Schiff over alleged mortgage fraud. He also issued similar referrals against Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook and Rep. Eric Swalwell of California. Watchdogs within Fannie Mae who raised concerns over Pulte’s demands for the mortgage records used in the referrals were fired.
Pulte did not issue any public response to the story.
I am hoping that the supporters of this very corrupt administration will condemn this unprecedented abuse of office and the powers given under the American constitution.
When they fire the ‘watchdogs’, it isn’t a good look.
Not quite as bad as trying to withhold files with your name in them thousands of times, but still, pretty bad.
Wow. I am in the real estate business. Since day one of my 48 (so far) year career it has always been illegal to lie on mortgage applications. I was led to believe that committing fraud on any level with mortgages was seriously bad.
Hard to believe that no matter how the information was brought to light would have anything to do with prosecution of the crime.
Do not remember anything in the constitution about lawmakers or prosecutors have special rights to commit crimes without prosecution.
Sort of sounds like this is what the author suggests.
How did James get mortgage application information for Trump charges she made? How was that not politically biased. She ran for office promising to find a way to charge Trump for something.
Actual criminal behavior should be charged. And she should go to jail. If her primary residence is in another state, how can she be elected to a New York office? Sort of seems she was lying about one or the other.
I have been in the mortgage business for 40 years and seen SARS reports for blatant customer fraud filed and not once have I seen the party prosecuted. Was told an isolated case of fraud by one borrower would not draw the attention, even in the case where the borrower provided falsified income documents to obtain the loan. The only reason these individuals are being pursued is they are the enemies of one person. I can’t wait until the other party wins and they do the same thing to their enemies.