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  1. Top #Trump housing official, #BillPulte, issues new #criminal referral for New York AG #LetitiaJames after several previous attempts failed

    According to a person familiar with the matter, Pulte, the director of the #FHFA, issued 2 referrals to the #DOJ, one to the #USAttorney for Northern District of Illinois & another to the US Attorney for Southern District of Florida.

    Both alleged “suspected homeowners insurance fraud.”

    #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
    cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/bi

  2. Top #Trump housing official, #BillPulte, issues new #criminal referral for New York AG #LetitiaJames after several previous attempts failed

    According to a person familiar with the matter, Pulte, the director of the #FHFA, issued 2 referrals to the #DOJ, one to the #USAttorney for Northern District of Illinois & another to the US Attorney for Southern District of Florida.

    Both alleged “suspected homeowners insurance fraud.”

    #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
    cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/bi

  3. Top #Trump housing official, #BillPulte, issues new #criminal referral for New York AG #LetitiaJames after several previous attempts failed

    According to a person familiar with the matter, Pulte, the director of the #FHFA, issued 2 referrals to the #DOJ, one to the #USAttorney for Northern District of Illinois & another to the US Attorney for Southern District of Florida.

    Both alleged “suspected homeowners insurance fraud.”

    #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
    cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/bi

  4. Top #Trump housing official, #BillPulte, issues new #criminal referral for New York AG #LetitiaJames after several previous attempts failed

    According to a person familiar with the matter, Pulte, the director of the #FHFA, issued 2 referrals to the #DOJ, one to the #USAttorney for Northern District of Illinois & another to the US Attorney for Southern District of Florida.

    Both alleged “suspected homeowners insurance fraud.”

    #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
    cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/bi

  5. Top #Trump housing official, #BillPulte, issues new #criminal referral for New York AG #LetitiaJames after several previous attempts failed

    According to a person familiar with the matter, Pulte, the director of the #FHFA, issued 2 referrals to the #DOJ, one to the #USAttorney for Northern District of Illinois & another to the US Attorney for Southern District of Florida.

    Both alleged “suspected homeowners insurance fraud.”

    #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
    cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/bi

  6. FHFA Director Bill Pulte, a close Trump ally, announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will implement Trump's order to purchase mortgage-backed securities, signaling a potential shift in U.S. housing finance policy.
    #YonhapInfomax #FHFA #FannieMae #FreddieMac #MortgageBackedSecurities #BillPulte #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  7. The US GAO has launched an audit into FHFA Director Bill Pulte, a Trump ally, over allegations of procedural violations and political retaliation in mortgage fraud investigations, raising concerns about regulatory oversight and political abuse in the US housing finance sector.
    #YonhapInfomax #GAO #BillPulte #FHFA #MortgageFraud #PoliticalRetaliation #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  8. The US GAO has launched an audit into FHFA Director Bill Pulte, a Trump ally, over allegations of procedural violations and political retaliation in mortgage fraud investigations, raising concerns about regulatory oversight and political abuse in the US housing finance sector.
    #YonhapInfomax #GAO #BillPulte #FHFA #MortgageFraud #PoliticalRetaliation #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  9. The US GAO has launched an audit into FHFA Director Bill Pulte, a Trump ally, over allegations of procedural violations and political retaliation in mortgage fraud investigations, raising concerns about regulatory oversight and political abuse in the US housing finance sector.
    #YonhapInfomax #GAO #BillPulte #FHFA #MortgageFraud #PoliticalRetaliation #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  10. The US GAO has launched an audit into FHFA Director Bill Pulte, a Trump ally, over allegations of procedural violations and political retaliation in mortgage fraud investigations, raising concerns about regulatory oversight and political abuse in the US housing finance sector.
    #YonhapInfomax #GAO #BillPulte #FHFA #MortgageFraud #PoliticalRetaliation #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  11. Rep. Eric Swalwell accuses FHFA chief Bill Pulte of illegally accessing and leaking his private mortgage records before his campaign launch, alleging a breach of privacy laws and the First Amendment. This lawsuit raises concerns on the misuse of personal data for political retaliation. Read more from CNBC. #Swalwell #Pulte #FHFA #PrivacyRights cnbc.com/2025/11/26/swalwell-m

  12. Rep. Eric Swalwell accuses FHFA chief Bill Pulte of illegally accessing and leaking his private mortgage records before his campaign launch, alleging a breach of privacy laws and the First Amendment. This lawsuit raises concerns on the misuse of personal data for political retaliation. Read more from CNBC. #Swalwell #Pulte #FHFA #PrivacyRights cnbc.com/2025/11/26/swalwell-m

  13. She said she kept trying to steer ofcls back toward #AdamSchiff’s records. But they appeared more interested in learning who had contacted her about her findings, what they asked her & how they identified themselves….

    Bish said she started digging into Schiff’s mortgage records years ago when she was running for #Congress in Sacramento & conducting opposition research on other politicians.​

    #law #Trump #LegalEthics #DOJ #BillPulte #FHFA #RevengePolitics #MafiaState

  14. Bish—who has spent years gathering evidence through public records against #AdamSchiff & other [Democrat] politicians who she believes are defrauding voters because they spend too much time in Washington [& she likely consumes a lot of right wing media] — said she was shocked that investigators didn’t ask her more questions about the case.

    #law #Trump #LegalEthics #DOJ #BillPulte #FHFA #RevengePolitics #MafiaState

  15. #AdamSchiff, #LetitiaJames & #LisaCook all deny wrongdoing.

    The cases have been controversial within the #DOJ. In the Eastern District of Virginia — where James was indicted — multiple prosecutors were pushed out, including Trump’s pick to run the office, in part because they did not believe there was sufficient evidence to bring charges….

    #law #LegalEthics #Trump #BillPulte #FHFA #RevengePolitics #MafiaState

  16. Bish’s brief visit to Washington — & accompanying media blitz — showed how #BillPulte, #EdMartin & their confidants are operating, with direct messages to strangers on social media & out-of-the-blue phone calls. And it revealed weaknesses in the mortgage fraud case against #AdamSchiff, one of the president’s Democratic foes.

    #Trump #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #FHFA #RevengePolitics #MafiaState

  17. Bish’s brief visit to Washington — & accompanying media blitz — showed how #BillPulte, #EdMartin & their confidants are operating, with direct messages to strangers on social media & out-of-the-blue phone calls. And it revealed weaknesses in the mortgage fraud case against #AdamSchiff, one of the president’s Democratic foes.

    #Trump #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #FHFA #RevengePolitics #MafiaState

  18. #EdMartin & #BillPulte are not being investigated by a grand jury, according to a person familiar with the investigation…. Grand jury probes are just one way that officials can investigate conduct, though they are a necessary step in securing indictments.

    Yet the interactions highlight the unconventional & sometimes erratic nature of the #Trump admin’s attempt to prosecute #Democrats on charges of mortgage fraud.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #FHFA #RevengePolitics #MafiaState

  19. #EdMartin & #BillPulte are not being investigated by a grand jury, according to a person familiar with the investigation…. Grand jury probes are just one way that officials can investigate conduct, though they are a necessary step in securing indictments.

    Yet the interactions highlight the unconventional & sometimes erratic nature of the #Trump admin’s attempt to prosecute #Democrats on charges of mortgage fraud.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #FHFA #RevengePolitics #MafiaState

  20. Prosecutors spent >1 hr questioning Bish Thursday about her communications with #DOJ ofcl [& #Jan6 advocate] #EdMartin, #FHFA Dir #BillPulte & others. They appeared to focus on whether these ofcls divulged information about the criminal investigation into #AdamSchiff to unauthorized people & repeatedly asked Bish whom she talked to….A subpoena issued to Bish…also shows that investigators appear focused on anyone she communicated with who claimed to be affiliated with Martin & Pulte.

    #law #Trump

  21. Prosecutors spent >1 hr questioning Bish Thursday about her communications with #DOJ ofcl [& #Jan6 advocate] #EdMartin, #FHFA Dir #BillPulte & others. They appeared to focus on whether these ofcls divulged information about the criminal investigation into #AdamSchiff to unauthorized people & repeatedly asked Bish whom she talked to….A subpoena issued to Bish…also shows that investigators appear focused on anyone she communicated with who claimed to be affiliated with Martin & Pulte.

    #law #Trump

  22. Until then, Bish wasn’t sure if her April email caught anyone’s attention in Washington, she told WaPo on Friday. But she knew Trump’s post drew from her files because of the highlights marking up the page.

    #Trump had posted the document with “the most yellow on it,” she said.
    
Now Bish’s experience is providing an unexpected window into how inexperienced Trump loyalists in top admin positions are wielding their power.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #BillPulte #FHFA #RevengePolitics #MafiaState

  23. When #Trump accused Sen #AdamSchiff (D-CA) of mortgage fraud in July, he posted a document on Truth Social that he said proved Schiff was a “thief.” That quickly blew up the phone of a GOP congressional candidate & real estate agent from California, Christine Bish — who recognized the document as one of hundreds she sent to an admin tip line collecting info about alleged mortgage fraud.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #BillPulte #FHFA #RevengePolitics #MafiaState

  24. Witness exposes “unusual” tactics used to prop up mortgage fraud cases against #Trump perceived enemies
    
A witness in the Sen #AdamSchiff (D-CA) case exposed surprising revelations about Trump ofcls & their attempts to “reach” an indictment.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #BillPulte #FHFA #RevengePolitics #MafiaState
    washingtonpost.com/business/20

  25. Bish added later: “Something’s not adding up. And I haven’t gotten to the bottom of it yet, but I will.”

    #EdMartin holds 4 titles at the #DOJ: US Pardon Attorney, Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud, Associate Deputy Attorney General, & director of the Weaponization Working Group. #BillPulte is the director of the #FHFA.

    #law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #DOJ #Trump #AdamSchiff

  26. Bish added later: “Something’s not adding up. And I haven’t gotten to the bottom of it yet, but I will.”

    #EdMartin holds 4 titles at the #DOJ: US Pardon Attorney, Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud, Associate Deputy Attorney General, & director of the Weaponization Working Group. #BillPulte is the director of the #FHFA.

    #law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #DOJ #Trump #AdamSchiff

  27. Bish added later: “Something’s not adding up. And I haven’t gotten to the bottom of it yet, but I will.”

    #EdMartin holds 4 titles at the #DOJ: US Pardon Attorney, Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud, Associate Deputy Attorney General, & director of the Weaponization Working Group. #BillPulte is the director of the #FHFA.

    #law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #DOJ #Trump #AdamSchiff

  28. Bish added later: “Something’s not adding up. And I haven’t gotten to the bottom of it yet, but I will.”

    #EdMartin holds 4 titles at the #DOJ: US Pardon Attorney, Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud, Associate Deputy Attorney General, & director of the Weaponization Working Group. #BillPulte is the director of the #FHFA.

    #law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #DOJ #Trump #AdamSchiff

  29. Bish added later: “Something’s not adding up. And I haven’t gotten to the bottom of it yet, but I will.”

    #EdMartin holds 4 titles at the #DOJ: US Pardon Attorney, Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud, Associate Deputy Attorney General, & director of the Weaponization Working Group. #BillPulte is the director of the #FHFA.

    #law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #DOJ #Trump #AdamSchiff

  30. Cuz they are on such a winning streak /s

    #DOJ is investigating handling of perceived #Trump enemy #AdamSchiff “mortgage fraud” probe led by #Jan6 advocate #EdMartin & #FHFA dir #BillPulte

    One witness, a #Republican from California named Christine Bish, spoke to a federal grand jury in Maryland Thursday morning.

    #law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics
    cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/ju

  31. Cuz they are on such a winning streak /s

    #DOJ is investigating handling of perceived #Trump enemy #AdamSchiff “mortgage fraud” probe led by #Jan6 advocate #EdMartin & #FHFA dir #BillPulte

    One witness, a #Republican from California named Christine Bish, spoke to a federal grand jury in Maryland Thursday morning.

    #law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics
    cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/ju

  32. Cuz they are on such a winning streak /s

    #DOJ is investigating handling of perceived #Trump enemy #AdamSchiff “mortgage fraud” probe led by #Jan6 advocate #EdMartin & #FHFA dir #BillPulte

    One witness, a #Republican from California named Christine Bish, spoke to a federal grand jury in Maryland Thursday morning.

    #law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics
    cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/ju

  33. Cuz they are on such a winning streak /s

    #DOJ is investigating handling of perceived #Trump enemy #AdamSchiff “mortgage fraud” probe led by #Jan6 advocate #EdMartin & #FHFA dir #BillPulte

    One witness, a #Republican from California named Christine Bish, spoke to a federal grand jury in Maryland Thursday morning.

    #law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics
    cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/ju

  34. Cuz they are on such a winning streak /s

    #DOJ is investigating handling of perceived #Trump enemy #AdamSchiff “mortgage fraud” probe led by #Jan6 advocate #EdMartin & #FHFA dir #BillPulte

    One witness, a #Republican from California named Christine Bish, spoke to a federal grand jury in Maryland Thursday morning.

    #law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics
    cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/ju

  35. Nonilex
    (@)nonilex(@)masto.ai

    Um, buryd in the emails btwn #Epstein & Michael Wolff z n account of how z #Kremlin disguisd a $100 million paymt 2 #Trump in z form of a brokered real estate deal. Involved n z deal: Russn oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev & both Jeffrey Epstein & Trump’s #FHFA director #BillPulte who hs bn referring BS mortgage fraud claims about Trump’s perceived enemies to the #DOJ.
    #law #Russia #EpsteinFiles #corruption #MafiaState #Krasnov
    2016 CNN story: cnn.com/2016/07/27/news/donald

  36. Rep #EricSwalwell (D-CA), one of Trump’s most vocal critics in the #House, said Thurs that he was being targeted by the #Trump admin after news reports that he had been referred to the #DON for a potential #criminal investigation.

    An accusation that Swalwell had committed #mortgage & #tax #fraud was made on Wednesday by #BillPulte, director of the #FHFA. Pulte, a Trump crony, has made similar allegations against Trump’s other perceived enemies.

    #law #RevengePolitics
    nytimes.com/2025/11/14/us/poli

  37. Um, buried in the emails between #Epstein & Michael Wolff is an account of how the #Kremlin disguised a $100 million payment to #Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal. Involved in the deal: Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev & both Jeffrey Epstein & Trump’s #FHFA director #BillPulte who has been referring BS mortgage fraud claims about Trump’s perceived enemies to the #DOJ.

    #law #Russia #EpsteinFiles #corruption #MafiaState #Krasnov

    2016 CNN story: cnn.com/2016/07/27/news/donald

  38. Allegations against #FederalReserve Governor #LisaCook, which she denies, prompted #Trump to try to remove her from the central bank. The #DOJ has brought charges of mortgage fraud against #NYAG #LetitiaJames. James also denies the accusations & has pleaded not guilty.
    #BillPulte has also remained close with Trump, at one point handing him a draft letter to fire Fed Chair #JeromePowell, whom Pulte repeatedly attacks on social media for not lowering interest rates.

    #law #ethics #FHFA

  39. #Housing official #BillPulte fired #ethics workers who were looking into his ally
    
The actions have also sowed uncertainty & undermined confidence in Pulte across the #mortgage industry.

    …Relatively unknown before joining the #Trump admin, Pulte has built tremendous influence since he was sworn in in March. He has also raised unproven claims of mortgage fraud against several of Trump’s perceived enemies.

    #law #FHFA
    washingtonpost.com/business/20

  40. Other career prosecutors in the office had also reached that conclusion, some of whom have since been fired. #Comey & James are both also pursuing motions seeking the dismissal of their cases on grounds that #LindseyHalligan’s appointment was #illegal. A judge has scheduled a hearing next week to weigh arguments on that front.

    #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #retribution #FHFA #fraud #Trump #LetitiaJames

  41. “Since his second inauguration, the President & his handpicked Department of Justice officials exhausted every avenue to secure the payback the President demanded,” defense attorneys Abbe Lowell & Andrew Bosse wrote. “The charges against AG James constitute unconstitutional vindictive & selective prosecution.”

    #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #retribution #FHFA #fraud #Trump #LetitiaJames

  42. In a court filing Friday, #LetitiaJames’ attorneys maintained that the mortgage fraud case she’s facing in Virginia is nothing more than an effort at retaliation for the staggering civil #fraud judgment she won against #Trump & his real estate organization last year.

    #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #retribution #FHFA

  43. #NYAG #LetitiaJames urges court to toss her case, calling it #Trump’s #revenge
    
New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the list of #DOJ targets seeking to dismiss criminal charges by arguing vindictive prosecution — because, let’s face it, it is.

    #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #retribution #FHFA
    washingtonpost.com/national-se

  44. …[In addition to hiring the #SexOffender Zarkin,] #BillPulte hired Aaron Kofsky, a former advisor to Senator #JDVance before Vance became VP, & later put him in charge of the #FHFA’s Division of Housing Mission & Goals. Last year, Vance fired Kofsky for posting online about using drugs including #cocaine & #opiates, according to a story in Wired magazine, which first reported his posts.

    [Only the best people]

    #law #LegalEthics #Republicans #Trump

  45. Reuters couldn’t determine exactly when Zarkin was recruited, under what terms, or the specific tasks assigned to him in the role.

    In recent weeks, acc/to internal documentation reviewed by Reuters, Zarkin still had a Freddie Mac email & was described internally as a “consultant.” The role, …has alarmed some employees at the #FHFA as well as at Fannie & Freddie, the 2 government-sponsored mortgage enterprises overseen by the federal agency.

    #law #LegalEthics #Republicans #Trump #SexOffender

  46. Because of course

    The political appointee leveling fraud accusations against enemies of #Trump tapped a former registered #SexOffender for the #federal role as a consultant to mortgage giants Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, acc/to 6 people….

    #BillPulte, director of the #FHFA, appointed Mark Zarkin, a Michigan restaurateur & prominent Detroit-area Trump supporter, as a consultant to the 2 mortgage companies….

    #law #LegalEthics #Republicans
    reuters.com/world/us/trump-off

  47. Lackeys for #DonaldTheDeplorable have fired one of the last remaining Inspector Generals. #JoeAllen was investigating the broad daylight #corruption of #BillPulte , Director of the Federal Housing Finance Authority #FHFA.

    #Pulte needed to be unleashed to continue hounding #NewYork Attorney General #LetishaJames on behalf of the spiteful felon that she indicted and convicted on 34 counts, #DonaldTrump.
    huffpost.com/entry/trump-housi

    #Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.

  48. Lackeys for #DonaldTheDeplorable have fired one of the last remaining Inspector Generals. #JoeAllen was investigating the broad daylight #corruption of #BillPulte , Director of the Federal Housing Finance Authority #FHFA.

    #Pulte needed to be unleashed to continue hounding #NewYork Attorney General #LetishaJames on behalf of the spiteful felon that she indicted and convicted on 34 counts, #DonaldTrump.
    huffpost.com/entry/trump-housi

    #Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.

  49. Lackeys for #DonaldTheDeplorable have fired one of the last remaining Inspector Generals. #JoeAllen was investigating the broad daylight #corruption of #BillPulte , Director of the Federal Housing Finance Authority #FHFA.

    #Pulte needed to be unleashed to continue hounding #NewYork Attorney General #LetishaJames on behalf of the spiteful felon that she indicted and convicted on 34 counts, #DonaldTrump.
    huffpost.com/entry/trump-housi

    #Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.

  50. Lackeys for #DonaldTheDeplorable have fired one of the last remaining Inspector Generals. #JoeAllen was investigating the broad daylight #corruption of #BillPulte , Director of the Federal Housing Finance Authority #FHFA.

    #Pulte needed to be unleashed to continue hounding #NewYork Attorney General #LetishaJames on behalf of the spiteful felon that she indicted and convicted on 34 counts, #DonaldTrump.
    huffpost.com/entry/trump-housi

    #Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.