House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers
may be concerned about the FBI and Department of Justice's
seeming lack of zealous investigation into the home mortgage
industry, but Conyers has steadfastly refused to do his own part.
Conyers has thus far blocked committee investigators from seeking
information about the activities of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
executives in the run up to the home mortgage industry's
shakeout, and has refused to hold hearings that would expose
longtime Democrats in the House or Senate, or their friends at
Fred and Fan, to embarrassment.
"He wouldn't do it before the election. He says he won't do it
after the election. He just won't do it," says a current
Republican Judiciary Committee aide.
