For whatever reason, mortgage fraud has become the weird ammo of choice in Trump's attempt to weaponize the Justice Department against his enemies. And he has his handpicked guy at the FHFA, Bill Py, ready to help him target them. But it's not exactly proven to be a great or successful strategy.Earlier this month, ProPublica reported that three of Trump's cabinet secretaries did the exact same thing that Schiff, Cook, and James have been accused of doing. Labor Secretary Lorie Chavez Dramer, Transportation ...

So today, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court for permission to immediately fire the only black woman serving on the Federal Reserve's board of governors, a woman who was appointed by Joe Biden. Now, this is part of Donald Trump's unprecedented attempt to just get control of the Federal Reserve Board so he can personally dictate the country's monetary policy in violation of the entire structure of the independent central bank that we've had for over 100 years. Trump claims that he legally can f ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was reported by Bloomberg to have listed two separate homes — one in New York and one in Massachusetts — as his “principal residence” when securing mortgages in 2007. The arrangement, similar to what President Donald Trump has controversially described as “mortgage fraud” in his push to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, was disclosed in filings with Bank of America.Mortgage specialists told Bloomberg there was no evidence of misconduct in Bessent’s paperwork, n ...

Donald Trump wants you to believe that his administration is being tough on crime. That that is their one of their big pursuits. And if there is one crime that the Trump administration says it absolutely will not tolerate, one crime that they will go to the ends of the earth to prosecute, it's this one.>> My main focus is on getting rid of mortgage fraud and finding mortgage fraud. No matter who commits it, Democrats, Republicans, it doesn't matter. >> If it's a Republican who's committing mortgage fraud, w ...

Regulatory Scrutiny - The U S Department of Justice is reportedly investigating Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud [1] Financial Industry Implication - Potential impact on the Federal Reserve's credibility and decision-making if the allegations are substantiated [1]

This tip came from where. Well, you have to understand, of course, as part of a federal investigation, I'm not going to explain our sources and methods, where we get tips from, who are whistleblowers. This is exactly why you have whistleblower protections. This is exactly why you don't intimidate people who are your sources who give you information.So, it would be reckless for me to do that. No, but this goes to the political weaponization issue because if for example the tip came from inside uh the adminis ...

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill PY ready uh and waiting joining us uh now this morning. Mr. . uh PY, it's good to have you on.Thanks. >> Good to see you, Joe. >> So, Bill, you had a news conference uh scheduled for later this morning.It's postponed, but I don't know whether that matters from what we already know. There's just a lot going, a lot of questions, a lot of differing viewpoints, and as you know, everything nowadays is is very political. And I've noted, you have noted and tweeted about ...

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill PY ready uh and waiting joining us uh now this morning. Mr. . uh PY, it's good to have you on.Thanks. >> Good to see you, Joe. >> So, Bill, you had a news conference uh scheduled for later this morning.It's postponed, but I don't know whether that matters from what we already know. There's just a lot going, a lot of questions, a lot of differing viewpoints, and as you know, everything nowadays is is very political. And I've noted, you have noted and tweeted about ...

From @WSJopinion: If Bill Pulte is serious about tackling mortgage fraud, he’ll focus on cleaning up Fannie and Freddie and expose loan liars regardless of party https://t.co/8P3IfMacLD ...

From @WSJopinion: If Bill Pulte is serious about tackling mortgage fraud, he’ll focus on cleaning up Fannie and Freddie and expose loan liars regardless of party https://t.co/akA4bKi6yW ...