In a move that smacks of retaliation, #FHFA director #BillPulte is moving to slash next year’s budget for the agency’s inspector general’s office by more than 60% after it was involved in an earlier investigation of him.

The surprise draconian cuts to that office would eviscerate...

by David Kurtz

#BillPulte, Trump’s posterboard-carrying golden retriever, didn’t just abuse his office as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to gin up mortgage fraud cases against Trump foes. He also reportedly used it to target one of his rivals in the administration: AG Todd Blanche

by David Kurtz