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Veteran journalist calls Bill Pulte 'a pit bull for the president'

The New York Times' Chief White House correspondent Peter Baker calls Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump's pick for acting Director of National Intelligence, "a pit bull for the President." Pulte, who has no military, national security or intelligence experience, currently leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency. "He went through mortgage files looking for ways to attack the president's opponents," Baker tells Willie Geist.

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