The Trump administration is attempting to oust another Federal Reserve official, and the attack is being led by a familiar figure: top housing regulator Bill Pulte. The big picture: Pulte accused Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook of mortgage fraud,

If Lisa Cook is forced off the Fed's governing board, it would provide President Donald Trump an opportunity to appoint a loyalist.

Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is alleging that Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook has claimed two homes as her principal residences — one in Georgia, the other in