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Leaked Treasury Memo Raises Eyebrows About GSE Rescue

May 8, 2015
A 2011 document from the Treasury Department that was leaked last week has raised questions over whether or not all required documents pertaining to a dismissed suit against the Treasury were turned in.The suit stems from GSE shareholders suing over the Third Amendment profit sweep, which requires Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to turn over the bulk of their profits to the Treasury. The Jan. 4, 2011, memo, leaked to Insider Sources, is from Undersecretary for Domestic Finance Jeffrey Goldstein and has the subject line “Housing Refinance Reform Plan.” The memo to former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner outlined a number of issues to reform the two, including privatization and proposals to wind down the GSEs.
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