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Sen. Chris Dodd's huge credibility gap widened Monday with The Washington Times' report detailing how an AIG executive pressured colleagues to make campaign donations to the Connecticut Democrat in November 2006. That, as he prepared to assume the chairmanship of the Senate Banking Committee.
The story reinforces conflict-of-interest concerns fueled by Mr. Dodd's conflicting statements about his role in legislation that allowed American International Group to pay more than $218 million in bonuses while receiving taxpayer dollars. Dodd also issued conflicting statements after the public learned he received two cut- rate mortgages from Countrywide Financial, a major culprit in the subprime mortgage mess.See the full content of this document
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Dodd's Conflicts
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