‘Doesn’t seem qualified’: Who is Bill Pulte, acting US intelligence chief?
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have questioned the credentials of President Trump's latest appointee.
‘Doesn’t seem qualified’: Who is Bill Pulte, acting US intelligence chief?
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have questioned the credentials of President Trump's latest appointee. Grouped from 8 articles across 7 sources.
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Trump appoints housing regulator Bill Pulte as acting U.S. intelligence director
U.S. President Donald Trump appointed federal housing regulator Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence on Tuesday, elevating a political loyalist without national security experience to lead the country’s sprawling intelligence community.
Trump names housing chief Bill Pulte acting intelligence director, replacing Tulsi Gabbard
Pulte has alleged wrongdoing related to mortgages against Trump's foes, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Housing Finance Director Pulte tapped to be acting director of national intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard is set to leave her post on June 30.
Trump names housing official Bill Pulte as acting US spymaster
The head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who pushed for criminal charges against Trump's foes, will step in as acting Director of National Intelligence.
Trump appoints real estate heir Bill Pulte as national intelligence chief
Housing industry executive and staunch ally of the president to take up role in acting capacity
Pulte appointment as spy chief would give a Trump attack dog access to a trove of intelligence
In his role atop the housing finance agency, Bill Pulte has used his access to mortgage records to refer some top Trump opponents for prosecution.
‘Americans will be less safe’: alarm as Trump picks loyalist as intelligence chief
Bill Pulte, who does not have any national intelligence experience, is nicknamed ‘Little Trump’ among some Donald Trump’s decision to appoint Bill Pulte as the acting director of national intelligence has set off alarm bells in Washington, as a staunch Trump loyalist with little government experience who has shown an eagerness to retaliate against the president’s political rivals will now sit atop the US intelligence apparatus. Pulte, whose grandfather started PulteGroup, a major residential homebuilder, had no government experience before Trump appointed him to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), an under-the-radar regulator that oversees the government lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Shortly after arriving at the agency, he began to gut it, firing sizable chunks of the boards of both and appointing himself as chair. Pulte had no government experience before being appointed to the role and does not have national intelligence experience. Continue reading...
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