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Trump's intel pick targeted Todd Blanche with mortgage-fraud microscope: report
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be attorney general, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 15, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
The Mortgage Police Turn Their Lens Inward
A Regulator With a Political Target List
The Wall Street Journal reports that Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte scrutinized mortgage records tied not only to Donald Trump’s political adversaries, but also to Todd Blanche, then the Justice Department’s second-ranking official. The reported review occurred…
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