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Wicked Blue

(8,368 posts)
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 02:11 PM Yesterday

Trump official refers Rep. Eric Swalwell for a federal criminal probe over alleged mortgage fraud

Source: NBC

WASHINGTON — A top housing official in President Donald Trump's administration has referred California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Justice Department for a potential federal criminal probe, based on allegations of mortgage and tax fraud related to a Washington, D.C., home, according to a person familiar with the referral.

He is the fourth Democratic official to face mortgage fraud allegations in recent months.

Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, alleged in a letter sent to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday that Swalwell may have made false or misleading statements in loan documents.

The matter has also been referred to the agency's acting inspector general, this person said.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-administration-eric-swalwell-federal-criminal-probe-mortgage-rcna243518

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Trump official refers Rep. Eric Swalwell for a federal criminal probe over alleged mortgage fraud (Original Post) Wicked Blue Yesterday OP
Pathetic. CentralMass Yesterday #1
Next they will be popsdenver Yesterday #15
Pulte is out of control, as is Bondi. Fucking evil, criminal fascists. SunSeeker Yesterday #2
AND popsdenver Yesterday #16
It's a job requirement for the Trump administration. nt SunSeeker Yesterday #17
Distraction from the EPSTEIN FILES Raven123 Yesterday #3
He's always projecting dweller Yesterday #4
Fuck that guy, man. This is SO TRANSPARENT the way he's using DoJ to target those who oppose him!!! AZJonnie Yesterday #5
And what's with the F'n "mortgage fraud" charge! NCDem47 Yesterday #6
Pulte can pull the Mortgage docs on ANYONE. maxsolomon Yesterday #18
LOL ... and a mortgage fraud for you, and a mortgage fraud for you.... Add a mortgage fraud for everyone!!! ashredux Yesterday #7
Just fucking laughable anymore vapor2 Yesterday #8
Everybody knows... GiqueCee Yesterday #9
Yeah but BOSSHOG Yesterday #11
Tubby's running out of distractions... GiqueCee Yesterday #12
I saw that. "Some kind of referral." Ilsa Yesterday #10
Not sure angrychair Yesterday #13
Has Pulte received a pre-emotive pardon yet? Pathetic. All of these people should sue the DOJ to get their expenses back mjvpi Yesterday #14
More Projection! BidenRocks Yesterday #19
Right. Somebody look at his mortgages. catrose 22 hrs ago #21
I'm still waiting on his BidenRocks 22 hrs ago #22
Those too! catrose 22 hrs ago #23
Because that's worked so well before catrose 22 hrs ago #20
K&R BlueWavePsych 17 hrs ago #24
MaddowBlog-Trump official refers Eric Swalwell to the Justice Dept., adding to a radical list LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #25
How many times has this failed now? travelingthrulife 5 hrs ago #26

popsdenver

(998 posts)
15. Next they will be
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 04:46 PM
Yesterday

following all of Trump's critics and political enemies around and charging them for jaywalking.......

If you can DAZZLE them with BRILLIANCE, BAFFLE them with BULLSHIT.........

AZJonnie

(2,278 posts)
5. Fuck that guy, man. This is SO TRANSPARENT the way he's using DoJ to target those who oppose him!!!
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 02:18 PM
Yesterday

Esp. since the "charges" are the same sorts of charges he was subject to with the NY criminal probe, i.e. violating laws around documentation on loans.

I cannot BELIEVE he is getting away with this fucking bullshit. Any other POTUS would be impeached and removed. But the GQP just goes along with this abject corruption of the DoJ, and the media for the most part just reports it all matter-of-fact. Fucking infuriating

NCDem47

(3,217 posts)
6. And what's with the F'n "mortgage fraud" charge!
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 02:20 PM
Yesterday

Is this the absolute most low hanging fruit they can find just to get the headline a Dem has been indicted?

ENOUGH ALREADY!!

maxsolomon

(37,820 posts)
18. Pulte can pull the Mortgage docs on ANYONE.
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 07:09 PM
Yesterday

they're combing through the EOT (Enemies of Trump) to find dirt to throw.

harassment and RW propaganda content. Ad hominem.

ashredux

(2,807 posts)
7. LOL ... and a mortgage fraud for you, and a mortgage fraud for you.... Add a mortgage fraud for everyone!!!
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 02:21 PM
Yesterday

GiqueCee

(3,021 posts)
9. Everybody knows...
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 02:29 PM
Yesterday

... Pulte is a low-IQ toady with the moral compass of a rabid hyena. That's why he's a fucking Republican.

BOSSHOG

(44,136 posts)
11. Yeah but
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 02:42 PM
Yesterday

he’s a “TOP HOUSING OFFICIAL IN THE TRUMP ADMINSTRATION.” So he’s got that going for him. And in a brilliant move by trump everyone will now be talking about pulte instead of that sex pervert guy who was a good friend of trump.


GiqueCee

(3,021 posts)
12. Tubby's running out of distractions...
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 02:56 PM
Yesterday

... and ain't nobody distracted. The more he tries to cover it all up, the more people are saying, "Now wait just a goddamned minute, Tubby!"

Ilsa

(63,610 posts)
10. I saw that. "Some kind of referral."
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 02:37 PM
Yesterday

Giving him shit for having his California home, but also having a home in DC. Swalwell was on the impeachment team. So pathetic.

angrychair

(11,484 posts)
13. Not sure
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 03:17 PM
Yesterday

If we should laugh or be worried that these people continue to take actions that, once Democrats retake the House, will subject them to intense legislative review

This level of recklessness and malicious persecution is shocking and should be cause for serious concern.

mjvpi

(1,813 posts)
14. Has Pulte received a pre-emotive pardon yet? Pathetic. All of these people should sue the DOJ to get their expenses back
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 04:09 PM
Yesterday

LetMyPeopleVote

(172,613 posts)
25. MaddowBlog-Trump official refers Eric Swalwell to the Justice Dept., adding to a radical list
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 02:21 PM
9 hrs ago

Last edited Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:14 PM - Edit history (1)

The Trump administration's campaign to weaponize mortgage fraud allegations against the president’s perceived political enemies has a new target.

Trump demands prosecutions of those who opposed or successfully prosecuted him. And his corrupt DOJ leadership team rushes to fulfill his criminal desires.

Trump official refers Eric Swalwell to the Justice Dept., adding to a radical list www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

@jimrissmiller.bsky.social 2025-11-13T22:37:50.063Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-official-refers-eric-swalwell-justice-dept-adding-radical-list-rcna243774

With this in mind, few will be surprised by this new report from NBC News.

A top housing official in President Donald Trump’s administration has referred California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Justice Department for a potential federal criminal probe, based on allegations of mortgage and tax fraud related to a Washington, D.C., home, according to a person familiar with the referral. He is the fourth Democratic official to face mortgage fraud allegations in recent months.


.....Indeed, Bill Pulte, the Trump loyalist who leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), has taken it upon himself to target one White House foe after another. NBC News’ report added, “Pulte previously sent criminal referrals to the Justice Department for two other prominent Democratic critics of Trump, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., as well as Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook — who was nominated by then-President Joe Biden — on allegations of mortgage fraud.”

All of Pulte’s targets have denied wrongdoing. What’s more, Pulte himself is at the center of his own scandal, after having fired internal watchdogs who reportedly raised concerns about improperly accessing the mortgage records of Trump’s foes.


.....The high-profile Democratic lawmaker, rumored to be eyeing a gubernatorial campaign in the Golden State, concluded, “As Mark Twain said, ‘Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.’ Mr. President, do better. Be better.”

Whether Trump’s Justice Department intends to do anything with Pulte’s referral remains to be seen. Watch this space.
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