House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Tuesday launched an investigation into Bill Pulte, the Trump administration housing official targeting some of the president's political enemies.

Why it matters: Democrats lack potent investigative tools as the minority party in Congress, but Raskin's probe signals that this will be an avenue of inquiry for the party if they retake the House next year. • Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has accused Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), New York attorney general Letitia James and Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook of alleged mortgage fraud. • "Your decision to use the FHFA to selectively—and publicly—investigate and target the President's designated political enemies gives rise to the unmistakable impression

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