CREW URGES HOUSE AND SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO COUNTRYWIDE LOAN PROGRAM

Wall Street Journal Eyeballing Dodd's Promise

SOURCE: Jesse A. Hamilton // Hartford Courant blog

9 Jan 2009 // In case you missed it, I wanted to mention that the Wall Street Journal made it clear that it hasn't forgotten Sen. Chris Dodd's now-venerable promise to release documents pertaining to his 2003 mortgages with Countrywide. More»

Waiting for Dodd

SOURCE: (Editorial Board) // Wall Street Journal

7 Jan 2009 // With the opening of the 111th Congress yesterday, all of Washington is tingling with the allure of a fresh start. Not so fast. We've got some leftover business from the 110th Congress -- namely, Chris Dodd's July 2008 promise to release the details of his sweetheart loans from Countrywide Financial.

Prosecutors Look at Countrywide VIP Loans

SOURCE: Janell Cole // Dickinson (ND) Press

10 Nov 2008 // BISMARCK — A federal criminal investigation into possible wrongdoing by mortgage giant Countrywide Home Loans now includes scrutiny of Countrywide’s VIP program that gave special mortgage deals to government officials including Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Chris Dodd, D-Conn.

Feds Interview Countrywide Whistleblower

SOURCE: Derek Kravitz // Washington Post

31 Oct 2008 // Federal investigators have interviewed a former loan officer with Countrywide Financial, the fallen home lender that allegedly gave high-profile clients discounts on their personal home mortgage loans, NBC News reports today.

Feds probe Countrywide's 'V.I.P.' program

SOURCE: Lisa Myers & Amna Nawaz // NBC News

30 Oct 2008 // The wide-ranging criminal investigation into wrongdoing at Countrywide - once the nation's largest mortgage originator - now includes serious scrutiny of a loan program that provided special mortgage deals to the well-connected and powerful, including two U.S. senators.

Stonewalling on Countrywide’s Loans to Congressmen

SOURCE: Elizabeth MacDonald // Fox Business

14 Aug 2008 // After being stonewalled for nearly a month, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Rep. More»

Countrywide's PAC closing amid inquiries

SOURCE: Jim McElhatton // Washington Times

2 Jul 2008 // The political arm of embattled Countrywide Financial Corp., which has donated more than a half-million dollars to candidates and political groups since 2005, is shutting down amid a corporate buyout and ongoing inquiries into whether lawmakers got sweetheart deals from the California-based subprime lender.

Senators' mortgages under microscope

SOURCE: Eamon Javers and Martin Kady II // The Politico

24 Jun 2008 // Amid a brewing scandal over special mortgage deals given to two U.S. senators, Politico last week asked the offices of all 100 senators to describe the circumstances under which they obtained their own home loans. Seventy-seven senators have complied so far. Twenty-three have not.

US Republicans among lawmakers with Countrywide loans

SOURCE: Karey Wutkowski // Reuters

23 Jun 2008 // It wasn't only Democratic senators who got loans from Countrywide Financial Corp (nyse: CFC - news - people ), according to financial disclosure documents that show two Republicans on a key U.S. House committee also had loans with the troubled mortgage lender.

Two Senators' Loans Prompt Complaint

SOURCE: Drew Armstrong and Bart Jansen // Congressional Quarterly Weekly

21 Jun 2008 // Two Senate committee chairmen have been identified as having received unusually favorable loans from Countrywide Financial Corp. and may face an Ethics Committee investigation.