Rep. Eric Swalwell accused FHFA Director Bill Pulte of targeting him with a bogus criminal investigation because he is a critic of President Trump.
Pulte has previously defended his work probing mortgage documents of prominent Democrats, saying no one is above the law.
In a fiery rebuttal to allegations he’d criminally misrepresented facts in his mortgage documents, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) sued Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte on Tuesday — accusing him of criminally misusing government databases to baselessly target President Trump’s political opponents.
“Pulte has abused his position by scouring databases at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — two government-sponsored enterprises — for the private mortgage records of several prominent Democrats,” attorneys for Swalwell

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