Eric Swalwell: “That is a rhetoric that the voters rejected, an extreme rhetoric that voters rejected last Tuesday.”

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.

After taking office, he wasted little time in following through on those threats.

Pulte has abused his position by scouring databases at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — two government-sponsored enterprises — for the private mortgage records of several prominent Democrats.