An ethics watchdog is calling for an investigation into acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney for allegedly misleading Congress about a foreclosure on an investment property he owns in South Carolina. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on Monday asked the Federal Reserve's inspector general to investigate whether Mulvaney misled the Senate Budget Committee by claiming he had paid off his debts on a 17-acre parcel of undeveloped land in Indian Land, S.C. Mulvaney is also the permanent director of the Office of Management and Budget, and faced questioning from the Budget Committee as part of his confirmation process.
