Senate Democrats are pressing Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump’s firebrand housing finance official, for information on how authorities are investigating claims of mortgage fraud by the White House’s political adversaries and raising questions about how personal documents became a key political and legal weapon.

In a Friday letter to Pulte, obtained by The Washington Post, a group of six leading Democrats wrote that Pulte has “abused” his role running the Federal Housing Finance Agency to pursue political goals rather than protecting the housing market. Pulte and the Trump administration have accused three prominent Democrats — New York Attorney General Letitia James, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-California) and Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook — of mortgage fraud, and Pulte has publicly highl

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