California Rep. Eric Swalwell filed a lawsuit against Bill Pulte, the Trump-appointed director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency on Tuesday.

The lawsuit argues that Pulte violated both the Privacy Act and the First Amendment in order to access his mortgage records and refer him to the Justice Department, and that Pulte was motivated by Swalwell’s vocal opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies.

In a statement shared to social media, Swalwell said, “Today I have filed a civil lawsuit against FHA director Bill Pulte for violating the Privacy Act and First Amendment. Director Pulte has combed through private records of political opponents. To silence them. There’s a reason the First Amendment - the freedom of speech - comes before all others.”

”As George Orwell said, ‘If libert

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