Swalwell drops lawsuit against FHFA director over using private information to attack opponents as California governor bid heats up
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Eric Swalwell drops suit alleging FHFA's Pulte used private information to hurt President Donald Trump’s critics, leaking details about Swalwell's family home.
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., has dropped his lawsuit against Bill Pulte which accused the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency of weaponizing mortgage fraud investigations to target critics of President Donald Trump.
Swalwell — a California gubernatorial candidate — filed the lawsuit in November, arguing that Pulte unlawfully accessed and disclosed his private mortgage records in violation of federal privacy law and the First Amendment's "bedrock prohibition on viewpoint-based retaliation."
"Director Pulte has combed through private records of political opponents. To silence them," Swalwell posted in a statement at the time on X.
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