Washington — The Government Accountability Office is opening an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte's recent actions, the watchdog arm of Congress confirmed to CBS News.

The probe stems from a letter from top Senate Democrats, who wrote to GAO requesting an investigation of Pulte's actions as head of the FHFA. They asked the congressional investigative arm to look into "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." NBC News was first to report that GAO had agreed to the request.

File: William Pulte testifies at his confirmation hearing to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency before S

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