United States President Donald Trump has appointed housing official Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence after Tulsi Gabbard resigned to be with her husband, who is battling a serious illness.
Pulte’s appointment has raised concerns because he has no prior national security experience and is accused of pushing the Justice Department to open cases against Trump’s political enemies while he worked at the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
The 38-year-old chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also pushed the DoJ to open investigations into mortgage fraud allegations against New York Attorney General Letitia James, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Sen. Adam Schiff, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
All of the individuals cited are prominent critics or political opponents of Trump and have denied the allegations.
The Government Accountability Office also opened an investigation into Pulte for alleged abuse of power.
President Trump announced Pulte’s nomination via a post from Truth Social. He wrote: “I am appointing Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and Chairman of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, William J. Pulte, as Acting Director of National Intelligence. »
The 79-year-old Republican leader credited Pulte with his “deep experience” in handling sensitive issues; however, the Housing Officer has no prior experience related to national security affairs.
The 47th POTUS added that Pulte will remain director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and chairman of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, in addition to serving as acting DNI.
This comes after Tulsi Gabbard resigned from the firm to be by her husband’s side as he battles an extremely rare form of bone cancer.
