Bill Pulte said he would look at Republicans and Democrats that have committed fraud.
Bill Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said he would look at both Republicans and Democrats that have committed fraud.
But while Pulte has sent referrals for Adam Schiff, Latisha James and Lisa Cook, he has not apparently taken any steps in response to a July report from the Associated Press that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed three primary residences in mortgage documents.
Per AP:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million house in a gated community outside Dallas. In 2015, they snapped up a second home in Austin. Then another.
The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records. The lower rates will save the Paxtons tens of thousands of dollars in payments over the life of the loan, legal experts say.
The records also revealed that the Paxtons routinely flouted lending agreements on some of their other properties.
So while the charges against Schiff, James, and Cook are alleged, with no proof shown at this point to substantiate
the claims of wrongdoing, it's obvious that Ken Paxton should be investigated as well.
Trump and Pulte are being selective in their targets for fraud. Democrats bad, but Republicans? Nothing to see here...move on.
Trump should recognize fraud when he sees it. Trump University, anyone? Trump Charity, anyone?
NY v. Trump Organization.
While the NYSC tossed the $500m fine, it did not rule that the defendents were innocent of fraud.
In the lengthy ruling the judges on the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division stated that while Trump was liable for the fraud, the fine of nearly half a billion dollars was excessive and probably violated constitutional protections against severe punishment.
"While harm certainly occurred, it was not the cataclysmic harm that can justify a nearly half billion-dollar award to the state," wrote Judge Peter Moulton.
The New York Attorney General's Office, which brought the case against Trump, framed the decision as a win, as it upheld Trump's fraud liability and the judges did not throw out other penalties that were not financial. The office plans to appeal against the decision on the fine to the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals.
But while Pulte has sent referrals for Adam Schiff, Latisha James and Lisa Cook, he has not apparently taken any steps in response to a July report from the Associated Press that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed three primary residences in mortgage documents.
Per AP:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million house in a gated community outside Dallas. In 2015, they snapped up a second home in Austin. Then another.
The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records. The lower rates will save the Paxtons tens of thousands of dollars in payments over the life of the loan, legal experts say.
The records also revealed that the Paxtons routinely flouted lending agreements on some of their other properties.
So while the charges against Schiff, James, and Cook are alleged, with no proof shown at this point to substantiate
the claims of wrongdoing, it's obvious that Ken Paxton should be investigated as well.
Trump and Pulte are being selective in their targets for fraud. Democrats bad, but Republicans? Nothing to see here...move on.
Trump should recognize fraud when he sees it. Trump University, anyone? Trump Charity, anyone?
NY v. Trump Organization.
While the NYSC tossed the $500m fine, it did not rule that the defendents were innocent of fraud.
In the lengthy ruling the judges on the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division stated that while Trump was liable for the fraud, the fine of nearly half a billion dollars was excessive and probably violated constitutional protections against severe punishment.
"While harm certainly occurred, it was not the cataclysmic harm that can justify a nearly half billion-dollar award to the state," wrote Judge Peter Moulton.
The New York Attorney General's Office, which brought the case against Trump, framed the decision as a win, as it upheld Trump's fraud liability and the judges did not throw out other penalties that were not financial. The office plans to appeal against the decision on the fine to the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals.
