Countrywide Gave Discount Loans To Lawmakers, Report Says

By Ian Thoms · July 5, 2012, 4:25 PM EDT

Subprime lender Countrywide Financial Corp., a major contributor to the foreclosures crisis, bought influence on Capitol Hill by giving hundreds of discounted loans to current and former lawmakers, their staff members...

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