The left claims that this is now the Trump path as a Official Push on Mortgage Fraud to Give himself a Political Weapon against his political rivals, and we don't shed a tear. This is why I voted for him 3 times to drain the swamp, clean up the border, get the economy moving again, and protect us from WARS, and keep our country safe. So far so good.
Now as the director of Federal Housing Finance Agency this could win the president an opening on the Federal Reserve board. Bill Pulte finally may have captured a head at the Fed. For weeks, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has publicly called for the firing of Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, and issued warnings on social media about a crackdown on mortgage fraud.
After Mr. Trump announced that Ms. Cook was fired, Mr. Pulte celebrated on social media. “Thank you President Trump for your commitment to stopping mortgage fraud and following the law,” Mr. Pulte wrote on X. “If you commit mortgage fraud in America, we will come after you, no matter who you are.”
The claims against Ms. Cook come as Mr. Trump has railed against the central bank for being slow to cut interest rates and has looked to staff the central bank with loyalists. He has already picked Stephen Miran, a top economic adviser, to fill a seat that recently opened up after another governor, Adriana Kugler, left her post months before her term was up. Mortgage occupancy fraud can be used to help buyers get lower interest rates or down payments when purchasing a home. According to Cotality, a real estate data provider, mortgage fraud increased slightly in the second quarter of 2025, but just 0.86 percent of all mortgage applications contained fraud.
A 2023 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found that on average, between 2 and 3 percent of borrowers misrepresent their occupancy status when applying for a mortgage, though it was significantly higher during the run-up to the financial crisis. Most cases of occupancy fraud are uncovered when a borrower defaults on a mortgage, and it tends to be more common with investor-owned homes. In 2024, Mr. Trump was found liable in a New York civil case of fraudulently inflating his net worth in order to get better rates on bank loans.
The role of director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency is usually a low-profile one, but that has not been the case for Mr. Pulte, who has transformed the agency into a weapon for Mr. Trump. Mr. Pulte, 37, came to run the housing agency with little housing policy experience. A grandson of William Pulte, who was the founder of PulteGroup, one of the largest American home builders, he did not play an active role at the company, though he did serve as a board member from 2016 to 2020.
In a post on Sunday, Mr. Pulte said reducing fraud was critical to improving the mortgage firms. “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are getting stronger each and every day,” Mr. Pulte wrote. “And once we eliminate mortgage fraud, will be even stronger!” On Monday, he reposted copies of Mr. Trump’s firing letter and hailed the president for becoming the first to ever remove a Federal Reserve governor. He also issued an ominous warning about Ms. Cook’s potential legal fate. “Mortgage fraud can carry up to 30 years in prison,” Mr. Pulte said.
As more drops we will keep you informed. More of these libs will keep getting busted of using the same tactics they lied and tried to lock up Trump on... Payback is a bitch.