The Government Accountability Office said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Authority Director Bill Pulte , who has served as an attack dog against President Donald Trump' s enemies.

The congressional watchdog's probe was requested by a group of Senate Democrats , who had asked the GAO to determine whether Pulte and other FHFA employees "misused federal authority and resources" in pursuing information about targets of Trump.

"Specifically, we request an investigation into Director Pulte's recent referrals of New York Attorney General Letitia James , U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook , and Congressman Eric Swalwell to the U.S. Department of Justice for mortgage fraud," the Democrats wrote the GAO on Nov.

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