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Rep. Swalwell Sues US Housing Official, Accuses Him of Abusing Position

The lawsuit calls the criminal referral of Swalwell ‘not only a gross mischaracterization of reality,’ but also ‘a gross abuse of power that violated the law.’
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Rep. Swalwell Sues US Housing Official, Accuses Him of Abusing Position
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 8, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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WASHINGTON—Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) has sued Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, alleging that he abused his position in making a criminal referral against him for mortgage fraud.

The lawsuit, filed on Nov. 25, accuses Pulte of scouring databases at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae for private mortgage records of prominent Democrats to “concoct fanciful allegations of mortgage fraud, which he referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution.”
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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