Having put in the dumbest, most vicious loyalists in each nook of presidency, President Donald Trump can make sure that none of them will balk at his demand that they discover one thing, something, for use in opposition to his enemies. Federal Housing Finance Company Director William Pulte is just too completely satisfied to oblige. To this point, Pulte has dutifully produced allegations of mortgage fraud in opposition to California Senator Adam Schiff, New York Lawyer Common Letitia James, and Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook dinner.
Certainly it’s only a coincidence that each one of these are targets of Trump’s ire, proper? Pulte should have stumbled upon this hotbed of mortgage fraud within the regular course of his job as director of an company that investigates mortgage fraud. Yeah, probably not. FHFA does have a fraud prevention program, however that’s about sources for detecting and avoiding mortgage fraud, not about spelunking by way of the mortgage data of individuals Trump hates within the hopes of discovering one thing to threaten them over.
Ed Martin
In the midst of this noble endeavor, Pulte has teamed up with the Division of Justice as a result of whereas Pulte can fake that his job contains ferreting out mortgage fraud, he can’t fake he can criminally prosecute anybody. Enter Ed Martin, who was rewarded with a Division of Justice job as pardons lawyer after being so comically unhealthy at his interim United States lawyer job that Trump yanked his nomination.
Martin is now additionally the particular lawyer for mortgage fraud, and he’s so hyped about his new position that he determined to go stand outdoors James’ home final week, bringing alongside a New York Put up photographer to snap photos of his contemporary mid-August look: a trenchcoat over a darkish grey swimsuit.
This may be a weird factor for a DOJ lawyer to do below any circumstances. On condition that Martin is actively, personally, aggressively investigating James for alleged legal conduct and is aware of full effectively she is represented by counsel as a result of he despatched her lawyer an especially bizarre letter final week saying it will be an “act of good faith” if James would resign, displaying up at James’ home shouldn’t be precisely an moral transfer.
Additionally, dude, it’s simply creepy to lurch round somebody’s dwelling trying like an getting old Tucker Carlson impersonator with a digicam crew in tow.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook dinner
Martin doesn’t seem to have gone to Cook dinner’s home but, however give him time. Pulte solely made his legal referral to the DOJ public on Wednesday. Properly, form of public.
Within the really skilled trend that’s the hallmark of this administration, Pulte posted a screenshot of solely a part of the letter on X, so nobody can actually assess whether or not Pulte’s allegations about Cook dinner are true. Only for enjoyable, although, let’s fake every little thing Pulte alleges Cook dinner did is true, which is, at very worst, bought two mortgages based mostly partially on falsely claiming they have been each main residences.
Let’s distinction that with, oh, say, a decade-long scheme by the president and his sons to fraudulently inflate Trump’s internet value to get favorable mortgage phrases. Based on Trump, so long as you pay your loans again on time, there isn’t any sufferer and no crime if you misinform a financial institution to get higher mortgage phrases. Maybe Cook dinner can have Trump clarify that to Pulte.
Then once more, Cook dinner shouldn’t be an all-time Trump villain like Schiff or James. She’s dealing with prosecution solely as a result of Trump desires her out of the way in which so he can set up somebody extra keen to let Trump’s capricious whims drive American financial coverage. In the meantime, Martin can be standing prepared, although maybe he may have to take a fast break to memorize all 4 job titles he’s now acquired, none of which imply something besides that he’s answerable for making life hell for everybody not in thrall to Trump.
