Title: What happens now?
Post by Jonny on Nov 6th, 2008 at 9:12pm
With the Justice Department investigating companies involved in the mortgage and financial meltdown, executives around the country are hiring defense lawyers. Like many large companies, Fannie and Freddie had contracts promising to cover legal bills for their executives.
When the Treasury Department delivered a $200 billion bailout to Fannie and Freddie, that obligation passed to the government, which may find itself paying for the lawyers defending the executives against the government's own prosecutors.START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to  or  END PRINTPAGE What will "The One Do?"
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