Overview
- President Trump tapped FHFA Director Bill Pulte as acting national intelligence director on Tuesday, June 9, and the choice drew criticism for Pulte’s limited public national security experience.
- Journalist Jonathan Larsen reported that public records show Pulte’s family maintained extensive ties over two generations to leaders and financial backers of the Fellowship Foundation, also called The Family.
- Larsen’s reporting highlights that Pulte’s grandfather was a major philanthropist who was friends with longtime Fellowship leader Doug Coe and that Pulte’s father has funded charities linked to the group.
- The Fellowship Foundation is a low‑profile evangelical network that runs the National Prayer Breakfast and the C Street residence and has been described in documents as conducting informal diplomacy and building access to politicians.
- Reporters stress they found no public evidence that Bill Pulte is personally a member of The Family, but they warn the family ties could create perceptions of indirect influence and say the next steps to watch are disclosures, ethical reviews, and any formal probes.