President Donald Trump’s director of federal housing Bill Pulte referred Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Justice Department for a criminal investigation.

The potential probe stems from allegations of mortgage and tax fraud related to a Washington, DC home, according to a report from NBC News.

Swalwell, a fierce Trump critic, is the fourth Democrat accused of mortgage fraud by a Trump official.

He responded by slamming the Trump administration for targeting the president’s political opponents.

“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,” Swalwell said in a statement.

Swalwell was one of the lawmakers appointe

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