Bill Pulte

And I believe that she committed mortgage fraud.

Obviously, while I respect the question, anything that has to do with the federal investigation, I am not going to comment on.

However, I would say, well, what is within the confines of the referral letter of which I'm willing to speak about.

What is your involvement in the investigation, Bill?

Well, as you know, I'm the regulator of Fannie and Freddie as well as the conservator of Fannie and Freddie.

And so this is right in the bullseye of what my job is.

I promised before the Senate, before I was confirmed by the Senate, that I would investigate mortgage fraud.

And I'm not going to be intimidated by anyone.

I'm not going to be intimidated by the media, the politicians.

They can say whatever they want.

If it's a Republican who's committing mortgage fraud, we're going to look at it.

If it's a Democrat, we're going to look at it.

If it's a wealthy politician or a lawyer, we're going to look at it.

So we're not just looking at everyday people.

And I'd say the one thing, Romaine, which is that we refer people almost every day.

I refer people daily.

every week on a minimum to the Department of Justice for mortgage fraud.

This is literally what I am required to do underneath the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which is to ensure the safety and soundness of the mortgage market.

We look at fraud generally.

We say, look, if everybody and anybody who knows about mortgage fraud, they can go to fraudtips at fhfa.gov.