Bill Pulte, appointed to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has used his office to comb through public officials' mortgage records and target perceived enemies including Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. A nonprofit watchdog alleges Pulte retained financial ties to Palantir Technologies while using the company's software in his mortgage-fraud investigations. Early-year disclosures show capital gains between $15,001 and $50,000 from his Class A Palantir shares. Pulte's ethics agreement did not show a divestment of Palantir interests despite his claim to divest potential conflicts. Pulte also promoted the use of Palantir's artificial intelligence in compiling allegations and appointed himself chairman of the boards for Fannie Mae and Fred.
In government, however, Pulte has gained more notoriety as an eager Trump hatchet man, using his office to comb through public officials' mortgage records and weaponize hazy details against those deemed to be enemies of the president-including, most recently, Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook, as part of the president's mission to compromise the integrity of the United States' long-independent central bank.
The nonpartisan investigative nonprofit Accountable.US shared a report with Slate regarding a potentially vast conflict of interest on Pulte's part: retaining his financial entanglements with the controversial data broker Palantir Technologies, while employing the company's software in his mortgage-fraud crusade. The investigation from Accountable.US points out how Pulte's early-year financial disclosures reveal that he recently earned anywhere from $15,001 to $50,000 in capital gains from his Class A shares in Palantir.
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