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"Dodd and Conrad cleared of ethics violations; No evidence found of sweetheart mortgage deals" by Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press | August 8, 2009
WASHINGTON - The Senate ethics committee cleared Senators Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad of breaking rules by getting mortgages through a VIP program, even as it scolded them yesterday for not being more careful to avoid the appearance of sweetheart deals.
Oh, CLEARED THEIR OWN of CRIMES? What a shock. If they ever convicted one they would all face conviction (except maybe Paul and Kucinich).
The Select Committee on Ethics told Dodd of Connecticut and Conrad of North Dakota in separate letters that it found “no substantial credible evidence’’ after a yearlong investigation that their mortgages from Countrywide Financial Corp. broke Senate gift rules. The two Democrats got their mortgages through a VIP program for those designated as “friends’’ of then-Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo....
The ethics panel of three Democrats and three Republicans said it heard testimony and pored through 18,000 pages of documents from Countrywide - which has since been bought by
Melanie Sloan, executive director of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics that filed a complaint against the two senators, all but called the panel’s findings a whitewash.
“As is its practice, the Senate Ethics Committee has cleared the senators of any wrongdoing despite the fact that the senators participated in a program the committee found ‘offered quicker, more efficient loan processing and some discounts,’ ’’ she said in a statement.
Yeah, the senators accused the guy who testified UNDER OATH (something the senators are not under, seeing as they disregard the Constitution all the time) of being a LIAR!
Now THAT'S CHUTZPAH!
"Dodd’s prostate surgery considered a success
WASHINGTON - Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut underwent surgery for prostate cancer yesterday and was recuperating at a New York hospital....
Dodd, 65, is expected to remain at the hospital for a few days before returning home to Connecticut....
He expects to return to a full Senate schedule later this month, and he has said the cancer will not affect his plans to seek a sixth term next year as he faces his toughest reelection fight in nearly 30 years in the Senate.
--more--"What, as if that is somehow going to make the public overlook the corruption and give him sympathy votes?
Also see: Dodd Deleted AIG Restrictions
AIG: Insults and Arrogance
Dodd's Done
Dodd's Financial Friends Fly to Campaign's Rescue
The Healthy and Hearty Voice of the Healthcare Lobbyists
Oh, Dodd's wife is a lobbyist for the pharmaceutical industry, huh?
Aaaaah, the incestuousness of it all.
