President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Bill Pulte, who leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to serve as acting director of national intelligence, succeeding outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard.

Pulte, who has served as an attack dog against Trump's foes, has no known prior intelligence experience.

But in his new role, he will oversee the sprawling U.S. intelligence community, which includes the CIA and National Security Agency.

Pulte at the same time will continue working as FHFA director and chairman of the mortgage groups Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post announcing the decision.