House panel votes to subpoena Corzine on MF Global

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Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- A congressional panel has voted to subpoena former Sen. Jon Corzine to compel him to testify at a hearing next week about his role leading the investment firm MF Global, which collapsed after a disastrous bet on European debt.

The House Agriculture Committee voted Friday to issue the subpoena. Committee Chairman Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said Corzine hadn't yet confirmed that he would come and "his testimony is essential to fulfill our objectives."

It would be a rare appearance by a former member of Congress asked to testify under oath about a matter under federal investigation in which he was involved.

Regulators are investigating whether MF Global used money from customers' accounts for its own purposes as its financial condition worsened.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/02/4095234/house-panel-votes-to-subpoena.html#ixzz1fOKUBagi


Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/02/4095234/house-panel-votes-to-subpoena.html

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1. his big mistake was not being a republican- now he might have a problem

[McCamy Taylor]

2. The fed is trying to set up a perjury indictment. Means they probably can not get him for anything

else so they are going to try to get him to lie before Congress and go after him for that. He ought to just take the 5th on everything they ask, since every question will be a perjury trap.