Trump's 'mini-me' official orchestrated wild campaign against Powell with 'wanted' posters

President Donald Trump's Federal Housing Finance Agency director resorted to a bizarre stunt to persuade the president to go all in on a criminal investigation of Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, Politico reported on Monday.

"Pulte, who spent months last year lambasting Powell on social media and on television, recently pitched Trump on ousting Powell, going so far as to bring 'wanted' posters of the Fed chief along with him, according to three of the people familiar," said the report.