Fannie Mae watchdogs probed how Pulte obtained records, WSJ says

Fannie Mae (FNMA) watchdogs who were recently removed from their job were probing if Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte improperly obtained mortgage records from Democratic officials, Gina Heeb, Brian Schwartz, and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The company’s ethics and investigations group received several internal complaints alleging the senior officials improperly directed staff to access the mortgage documents, the sources added. Investigators at Fannie Mae were probing to determine who made the orders, whether authority was used to seek the documents, and whether proper procedure was followed, the sources said.