Trump ally probing rivals' 'mortgage fraud' speaks directly with the president - and skips typical DOJ hierarchy

Source: The Independent

Trump ally probing rivals’ ‘mortgage fraud’ speaks directly with the president - and skips typical DOJ hierarchy

EXCLUSIVE: Trump and ‘Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud’ Ed Martin are speaking as often as four times per week as the GOP activist prepares to seek indictments against prominent Democrats

Andrew Feinberg
in Washington, D.C.
Friday 29 August 2025 18:34 BST

A series of investigations into some of President Donald Trump’s political adversaries run by “Stop the Steal” organizer turned Justice Department “special attorney” Edward Martin is being conducted outside the normal DOJ chain of command with regular input from the president himself, The Independent has learned.

The GOP activist attorney, who simultaneously serves as the U.S. Pardon Attorney, head of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “Weaponization Working Group,” and as a “Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud,” has become the tip of the spear in the president’s campaign of retribution with the aid of fellow administration official Bill Pulte.

Pulte, the 37-year-old ex-private equity executive and Trump campaign donor turned federal mortgage regulator, has been lobbing attacks against prominent Democrats, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, California senator Adam Schiff and Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook. Pulte has referred all three to the department for investigation and prosecution, and Martin has picked up the baton with gusto while remaining in constant contact with Trump, speaking with him by phone multiple times a week.

Each of the accused has strenuously denied any wrongdoing, and none of the officials targeted by Pulte and the Trump administration have been charged with any crime.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-doj-mortgage-fraud-martin-b2816228.html

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-ally-probing-rivals-mortgage-173422862.html