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Dodd RAT-CONN says his mortgages were standard (Chris still being investigated by the DOJ)
Politicom ^ | 10/23/08

Posted on 11/02/2008 2:06:44 PM PST by Libloather

Dodd says his mortgages were standard

Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., says he did not receive special treatment from Countrywide Financial in obtaining nearly $780,000 in mortgages in 2003.

These transactions were standard transactions at standard rates, Dodd said Wednesday, adding he could say little about the two mortgages on his home because of an ongoing bipartisan Senate ethics inquiry.

Dodd said he would at the appropriate time publicly release documents related to the mortgages he received when he was a senior Democrat on the Senate banking committee of which he now is chairman, the Hartford (Conn.) Courant reported Thursday.

In June, Portfolio magazine reported Countrywide allegedly waived some mortgage fees and costs for Dodd, a possible violation of Senate rules on gifts, the Courant reported.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: 110th; bailout; chrisdodd; dodd; frank; meltdown; mortgage; perks
Dodd said he would at the appropriate time publicly release documents...

What's wrong with NOW?

1 posted on 11/02/2008 2:06:44 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

One of the Countrywide Six..

half of a Teddy and a waitress sandwich


2 posted on 11/02/2008 2:09:15 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "You know, when you can't ask a question of your leaders anymore, that gets scary,")
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To: Libloather

By “standard” he means “business as usual.”


3 posted on 11/02/2008 2:11:15 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Libloather

DOJ investigation? Good, hang the rat


4 posted on 11/02/2008 2:12:29 PM PST by realcleanguy
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To: realcleanguy

DOJ investigation is nothing but a code word for Clinton Appointed Lawyers will do nothing...


5 posted on 11/02/2008 2:14:08 PM PST by woodb01 (ANTI-DNC Web Portal at ---> http://www.noDNC.com)
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To: woodb01

I want to see him dragged away in handcuffs


6 posted on 11/02/2008 2:14:50 PM PST by realcleanguy
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To: Libloather

He’s pretty confident by lying BEFORE an Obama win, isn’t he? The loans will no doubt be standard then. These people are disgusting.


7 posted on 11/02/2008 2:16:11 PM PST by Melinda
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To: Libloather

Indict the fat bastard.


8 posted on 11/02/2008 2:16:55 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: Libloather

Are they going to investigate Barney too?


9 posted on 11/02/2008 2:19:36 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: Libloather

Does that include proof of repayment


10 posted on 11/02/2008 2:21:17 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Ferengi?.....Probably not, but he sure has the lobes)
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To: freekitty
Are they going to investigate Barney too?

No, Barney likes to be probed.
11 posted on 11/02/2008 2:22:01 PM PST by WorkingClassFilth ($750 billion is nothing - surrender your children, wealth and gold fillings now to avoid the rush.)
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To: Libloather

"Never send a monkey to do a man's job."
~ Captain Leo Davidson

12 posted on 11/02/2008 2:29:09 PM PST by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Libloather

The DOJ will spend the next 6 months “investigating” this and come back with the same dim line as always:

There’s nothing here folks, move along.

You know, if Jeffrey Dahmer had been a card carrying dim, the DOJ would have cleared him too.

But I’m not saying that Dahmer is in the same league as Dodd. No, Dahmer just ate his sex partners, while Dodd devours whole institutions and sh#ts on the public.


13 posted on 11/02/2008 2:32:42 PM PST by mapmaker77
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To: WorkingClassFilth

lol


14 posted on 11/02/2008 2:51:59 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: NormsRevenge

In 2007, while General Counsel of Fannie Mae, Beth Wilkinson contributed the max to SENATOR “Sweetheart of a Deal” CHRIS DODD.

How cute.

from here:

http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=Wilkinson&fname=Beth

Beth Wilkinson
Attorney
Fannie Mae Updated
Q2/2007
Christopher Dodd
$2,300 4540 DEXTER ST
Washington DC


15 posted on 11/02/2008 3:10:35 PM PST by fightinJAG (Click on the source link of stories that deserve "legs.")
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To: fightinJAG
Beth Wilkerson is married to David Gregory of NBC News.
So do you think that the Washington Bureau personnel knew Ms. Wilkerson's job? Conflict of interest for Mr. Gregory to report on the situation? Ms. Wilkerson made $3,000,000 last year($460,000 base with $1.7M+ bonus). Why would he report on an issue that is directly related to his family income? Shouldn't NBC disclose this information to their viewing audience? What happens if she received a similar deal to Senator Dodd?
16 posted on 11/02/2008 3:48:47 PM PST by matilda
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To: Libloather
"What's wrong with NOW?"

Obviously not the "appropriate time"! Can't do anything to harm the Democrat Party, don't ya know.

17 posted on 11/02/2008 4:22:00 PM PST by fuzzthatwuz
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QUESTION ”Did Sen Dodd make any payments on the VIP Countrywide mortgages he got?”

REFERENCE Since June, Sen Dodd has faced an ethics inquiry over allegations that he received preferential treatment on two mortgages in 2003 from major lender, Countrywide Financial. And then came the dramatic financial meltdown last month, placing Dodd at the center of a controversial $700 billion financial rescue plan.

As a member and later chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Sen. shoulders a good deal of the blame for the collapse of the national housing market, the subprime-mortgage-market meltdown and the convulsions on Wall Street.

Reams of legislation Dodd has written or advocated affecting the housing, lending, insurance and securities industries have drained hundreds of billions out of the economy, ballooned the federal debt, cost tens of thousands of people their jobs and driven hundreds of thousands of homeowners into foreclosure, bankruptcy or both.

For his efforts, Sen. Dodd has been rewarded in the 2008 election cycle alone with $7.65 million in campaign contributions (he took in $11.7 million in all) from the securities, insurance, real-estate and commercial-banking industries. With $165,400, Sen. Dodd also tops the list of members of Congress who took campaign cash from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since 1989. Sen. Barack Obama, the self-styled agent of change, is a distant second at $126,000....

SEN DODD'S CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS
Citigroup, $310,294;
SAC Capital Partners, $282,000;
United Technologies, $263,400;
AIG, $224,678;
Bear Stearns, $205,600;
St. Paul Travelers, $205,400;
Royal Bank of Scotland, $203,750;
Goldman Sachs, $175,600;
Morgan Stanley, $155,000;
Credit Suisse, $154,550;
Merrill Lynch, $134,950;
The Hartford, $94,350;
Bank of America, $91,300;
JPMorgan Chase, $129,150;
USB, $101,900;
Hartford Finance Services, $101,500
Lehman Brothers, $128,400;
KPMG, $113,100;
General Electric, $108,250;
Deloitte Touche, $108,000

18 posted on 11/02/2008 6:06:54 PM PST by Liz (Q. How long does a US Congressman serve? A. Until he gets caught. Carnac (Johnny Carson))
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