"Three days after President Trump publicly accused Sen. Adam Schiff of committing mortgage fraud, an attorney for Schiff wrote privately to the Department of Justice that there was "no factual basis" for the claims - but "ample basis" to launch an investigation into Bill Pulte, the Trump administration official digging into the mortgage records of the president's most prominent political opponents."
""We are disturbed by the highly irregular, partisan process that led to these baseless accusations; the purposeful, coordinated public disclosure of these materials containing confidential personal information, without regard to the security risks posed to the Senator and his family; and Mr. Pulte's role in this sordid effort," attorney Preet Bharara wrote in the July 18 letter reviewed by The Times."
"The Federal Housing Finance Agency, where Pulte serves as director, did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday. A Justice Department spokesperson said Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi has directed Ed Martin - a Trump loyalist and director of the department's "Weaponization Working Group" - to "commence a probe" into criminal referrals from the housing agency, and Martin "will make public statements regarding the matter when appropriate.""
President Trump publicly accused Sen. Adam Schiff of committing mortgage fraud. An attorney for Schiff told the Department of Justice there was no factual basis for the claims and said there was ample basis to investigate Bill Pulte, the Trump administration official who reviewed mortgage records of the president's prominent political opponents. The attorney criticized a partisan process, the coordinated public disclosure of confidential personal information and highlighted security risks to the senator's family and Pulte's role. The Federal Housing Finance Agency did not comment. The Justice Department said Attorney General Pam Bondi directed Ed Martin to begin a probe into criminal referrals from the housing agency.
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