Oversight under Pressure: What the FHFA Watchdog Scandal reveals about U.S. Accountability
A recent Wall Street Journal investigation revealed an issue inside Fannie Mae and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) after Director Bill Pulte allegedly accessed confidential mortgage records belonging to prominent Democrats. One of the names mentioned in this context is New York Attorney General Letitia James. When Fannie Mae’s ethics team questioned whether the access of these records violated federal privacy laws and informed the Office of Inspector General (OIG), several...
