""Pulte has abused his position by scouring databases at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - two government-sponsored enterprises - for the private mortgage records of several prominent Democrats," attorneys for Swalwell wrote in a federal lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C. "He then used those records to concoct fanciful allegations of mortgage fraud, which he referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution.""
"Pulte's attack, Swalwell's attorneys wrote, "was not only a gross mischaracterization of reality" but "a gross abuse of power that violated the law," infringing on Swalwell's free speech rights to criticize the president without fear of reprisal, and violating the Privacy Act of 1974, which they said bars federal officials from "leveraging their access to citizens' private information as a tool for harming their political opponents.""
Rep. Eric Swalwell sued Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte in federal court, accusing him of criminally misusing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac databases to access private mortgage records of prominent Democrats. Swalwell's lawyers allege Pulte used those records to fabricate mortgage fraud claims and referred them to the Department of Justice. The lawsuit says the referral coincided with Swalwell's California governor campaign and that Pulte's actions amounted to an unlawful abuse of power, violating the Privacy Act of 1974 and Swalwell's free speech rights. Pulte has defended his probes, saying no one is above the law. The FHFA and White House did not comment.
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