Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Pulte’s Criminal Referral
39. The Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, William Pulte, was confirmed to his role in March 2025. The FHFA’s stated mission is to “ensure the regulated entities fulfill their mission by operating in a safe and sound manner to serve as a reliable source of liquidity and funding for the housing finance market throughout the economic cycle.”
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40. Since his confirmation, Director Pulte, often through social media postings, has used his office to allege mortgage wrongdoing against public officials, now turning his sights on Governor Cook. Each of Director Pulte’s criminal referrals have notably been, at one time or another, political targets of President Trump’s ire prior to any mortgage fraud allegations.
41. Director Pulte has also parroted President Trump’s criticisms of the Federal Reserve. On June 18, 2025, Director Pulte posted on X that Chairman Powell “is hurting the housing market by being Too Late to lower rates. He needs to resign, effective immediately.”
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42. On July 16, 2025, Director Pulte reportedly gave President Trump a draft of a letter firing Chairman Powell. 17 That same day, Director Pulte posted on X that renovations to the building that houses the Federal Reserve are “riddled” with fraud, 18 and President Trump stated that Chairman Powell may be fired for fraud, noting that “I mean it’s possible there’s fraud involved with the $2.5 billion renovation.”
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15 U.S. Federal Housing, FHFA At-A-Glance, www.fhfa.gov/about (last visited Aug. 27, 2025). Bill Pulte (@pulte), Χ (June 2025, 2:40 PM) https://x.com/pulte/status/1935407350556561775.
17 Maggie Haberman and Colby Smith, Trump Has Draft of Letter to Fire Fed Chair. He Asked Republicans if He Should Send It., N.Y. Times (July 16, 2025),
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/politics/trump-powell-firing-letter.html.
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Pulte (@pulte),
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https://x.com/pulte/status/1945562005777293795.
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Bloomberg Podcasts, Trump Says Firing Powell ‘Unlikely’ (Full Q&A), YouTube (July 16, 2025), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-OCc31Wfs.
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