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Goldman Hearings -- A Political Show Trial

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Congress already created the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Shouldn’t Congress at least wait for its report before rushing to regulate?

By Phil Kerpen - FOXNews.com

Today’s Senatorial grilling of Goldman Sachs executives comes, not coincidentally, in the midst of the Democrats’ stalled push for their so-called regulatory reform bill. The SEC’s inspector general is already investigating whether the timing of the commission’s civil charges against Goldman were politically orchestrated.

Now the Senate is piling on, giving the Democrats a badly needed opportunity to portray themselves as the good guys willing to take on Wall Street, and ratchet up pressure for their so-called reform bill.

One minor problem: it isn’t true.

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Probe Shouldn't Stop With Goldman Sachs

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Goldman acted improperly, but what about the other players in the scheme?

By Phil Kerpen - FOXNews.com

You might think the breaking scandal swirling around Goldman Sachs gives Democrats one more talking point in their push for regulatory reform. However, if we look just below the surface of the scandal there are explosive revelations that implicate some of the central players who support the legislation being pushed by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd – who is retiring in disgrace over his connection to the earlier Countrywide scandal.

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