Trump targets another political enemy as his team refers Eric Swalwell to DOJ for mortgage fraud

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A top housing official in Donald Trump’s administration is referring Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Department of Justice for a potential criminal probe for mortgage fraud.

The California congressman is the fourth Democratic official and Trump opponent to face allegations of mortgage fraud in recent months.

Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, accused Swalwell of making false of misleading statements in a referral letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday. NBC News first reported the referral.

“As the most vocal critic of Donald Trump over the last decade and as the only person who still has a surviving lawsuit against him, the only thing I am surprised about is that it took him this long to come after me,” the congressman said in a statement Thursday.

“Like James Comey and John Bolton, Adam Schiff and Lisa Cook, Letitia James and the dozens more to come — I refuse to live in fear in what was once the freest country in the world,” he added.

“Of course, I will not end my lawsuit against him. And I will not stop speaking out against the President and speaking up for Californians,” Swalwell said. “As Mark Twain said, ‘Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.’ Mr. President, do better. Be Better.”

This is a developing story