Darrell Issa

Cummings Accuses Issa Of Protecting Republicans Caught In Countrywide VIP Loan Program

Ryan J. Reilly | January 18, 2012, 5:32AM

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Back in early 2011, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued his first subpoena for information about members of Congress who received sweetheart mortgage deals under the Countrywide VIP program called "Friends of Angelo." By doing so he abandoned the historical practice of referring matters involving members of Congress directly to the House Ethics Committee, an approach he previously criticized, and instead made it clear he wanted his committee to probe the members' files.

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