Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

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This is gold! Page 307 and 308 of Mario Ugoletti's deposition!


Q. Do you know whether Treasury wanted to ensure that these companies did not reemerge well capitalized in the form that they had had before 2008?
MS. HOSFORD: Objection; calls for speculation.
THE WITNESS: Well, I'll speculate on that. I think Treasury had been pretty clear that they -- I mean, they were pretty clear all along from a legislative perspective that they wanted to see a wind-down and they wanted to see a new housing finance structure. I think Secretary Paulson was clear before that.

BY MR. THOMPSON
Q. And was that an objective that FHFA shared?
A. FHFA also believed, and I think Director DeMarco said this many times, the, the strategic plan, the second strategic plan was the next chapter in a story that needs an ending, right. The ending was for Congress to pass legislation. The ending was not for Fannie and Freddie Mac to emerge from conservatorship.