Trump taps housing finance director Pulte as acting director of national intelligence after Gabbard
Trump said Pulte will keep leading the Federal Housing Finance Agency while overseeing 18 intelligence agencies until a permanent director is named.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump appointed Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence, while Pulte retains his roles overseeing more than $10 trillion at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- Pulte replaces former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned last month after her husband's cancer diagnosis; the 38-year-old appointee has no prior intelligence or national security experience.
- Critics highlight Pulte's history of issuing criminal referrals against New York Attorney General Letitia James and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from his housing role, raising concerns he may weaponize intelligence authorities.
- Senate Intelligence Committee vice chairperson Mark Warner denounced the appointment, saying Pulte has shown "eagerness to use the authorities of government to pursue political retribution" rather than deliver independent judgments.
- The Director of National Intelligence post, created after 9/11 to coordinate 17 intelligence agencies, now faces scrutiny as Demand Progress executive director Vitka urged Democrats to oppose renewing Section 702 warrantless spying powers.
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President Trump taps housing regulator Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence
President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to be the acting director of national intelligence - elevating a real estate scion without any clear national security credentials to a key post as the U.S. remains at war with Iran.
Trump taps ally Bill Pulte as top intelligence chief after Tulsi Gabbard's exit
Donald Trump said Bill Pulte, 38, will temporarily replace the departing Tulsi Gabbard in the intelligence post but will also continue serving as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and chair of federally supported mortgage-backers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Trump appoints Bill Pulte as acting intelligence director to replace Gabbard | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
President Donald Trump appointed federal housing regulator Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence today, elevating a political loyalist with no national security experience to lead the sprawling U.S. intelligence community at a time of war and global tensions.
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