AG Kamala Harris Subpoenas BofA
Original Author:
Brian Leubitz
In another setback for troubled bank, Attorneys look into possibly false claims
by Brian Leubitz
It's not easy being Bank of America these days. Oh sure, you get to have the pride of advertising on Hulu and well, everywhere, but are there people out there that don't hate you? You have those Occupy Wall Street folks, the people who hate you over the ridiculously greedy $5 debit card charge, and, oh right, their sketchy dealings in the foreclosure crisis.
Add a different (but related) worry onto the pile:
Investigators with the state attorney general's office have subpoenaed Bank of America Corp. in connection with the sale and marketing of troubled mortgage-backed securities to California investors, according to a person familiar with the probe.
The state is trying to determine whether the bank and its Countrywide Financial subsidiary sold investments backed by risky mortgages to institutional and private investors in California under false pretenses...
Harris has created a mortgage fraud strike force with a mandate of looking into all aspects of mortgage fraud, including securitization. Many of these investments plunged in value as the housing market collapsed.
Screw voter ID, Wisconsin needs to clean up its real voting-security problems
We are all GOP nowBev Harris of the excellent not-for-profit group Black Box Voting has been doing some serious research nationwide over the past few months on widespread threats to election integrity in Wisconsin and other states. The results of her work will appear in a five-part weekly report to be released on http://www.blackboxvoting.org throughout the month of September.
Wisconsin Republicans have "fixed" a virtually non-existent vote fraud problem by forcing upon state citizens an elaborate and complex voter ID requirement. Most experts say Wisconsin's recently enacted voter ID law will serve to make it harder for at-risk populations, students and Democratic-leaning voters in general to choose their elected officials.
The roll call for HB 176
Voting in favor (56 total):
Belcher; Blair; Bolon; Book; Boyd; Brown; Carney; Celeste; Chandler; DeBose; DeGeeter; Dodd; Dolan; Domenick; Driehaus; Dyer; Foley; Garland; Garrison; Gerberry; Goyal; Hagan; Harris; Harwood; Heard; Hite; Koziura; Lehner; Letson; Luckie; Lundy; Mallory; McGregor; Moran; Murray; Newcomb; Okey; Otterman; Phillips; Pillich; Pryor; Sayre; Schneider; Skindell; Slesnick; Stewart; Sykes; Szollosi; Ujvagi; Weddington; Williams B.; Williams S.; Winburn; Yates; Yuko; & Budish.
Voting against (39): Representatives Adams J.; Adams R.; Amstutz; Bacon; Baker; Balderson; Batchelder; Blessing; Bubp; Burke; Coley; Combs; Daniels; Derickson; Evans; Gardner; Goodwin; Grossman; Hackett; Hall; Hottinger; Huffman; Jordan; Maag; Mandel; Martin; McClain; Mecklenborg; Morgan; Oelslager; Ruhl; Sears; Snitchler; Stautberg; Stebelton; Uecker; Wachtmann; Wagner; Zehringer-39. The bill passed.
Representative Stewart moved to amend the title as follows: Add the names: "Bolon, Dyer, Garrison, Murray, Otterman, Pillich, Slesnick, Szollosi, Weddington.
So that confirm my squinty eye-reading that Garrison is now officially a co-sponsor of this bill.
Will Mandel's opposition to this bill haunt him in the general election? Sadly, I'm skeptical.
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