Hakeem Jeffries sends a provocative shot across FHFA chief Bill Pulte’s bow
The House Democratic leader referred to Pulte as “a malignant hack” and a “corrupt sycophant” who might be held criminally liable for his recent actions.
In the recent past, the Federal Housing Finance Agency was an obscure federal agency, and its directors were largely anonymous to the American mainstream. Bill Pulte, a presidential sycophant recently described by The Washington Post as “a prominent Trump sidekick,” has changed all of this, quickly and dramatically.
In theory, the incumbent FHFA chief should be on the defensive. Indeed, in recent weeks, Pulte has found himself at the center of an intensifying scandal, after having fired internal watchdogs who reportedly raised allegations about him improperly accessing the mortgage records of Donald Trump’s foes.