Dodd was speaking in favor of legislation on mental health at the Institute of Living in Hartford.
The Hartford Courant quoted Dodd as saying, "That's probably what I should have explained earlier and didn't, and I apologize to you for not laying this out. 'Why wasn't he willing to turn over documents? What's the reason?' The reason is, of course, there's this ongoing inquiry."
The Courant reported that he denied any wrongdoing. "I never sought any special treatment. I never was offered any special treatment," he said.
Last week the Senator
told Fox 61's Shelly Sindland he was tired of answering questions about the
mortgages he received from Countrywide Financial, a major player in the
subprime mortgage crisis. Dodd said, "I understand there are some other
questions and we'll get to it at another time."
Senator Dodd also said he thought people are more worried about the economy than what's in his mortgage documents.
However, critics
like State Republican Party Chair Chris Healy said his sweetheart deal, could be
part of the problem. Healy said last week, "Countrywide Financial spent a lot of money
trying to win friends in Washington and
what they did is they got many people like Senator Dodd---not to be paying
attention, as many banks were falling and
failing." Healy continued, "There must be something there---there
must be something there either embarrassing to him or something much
worse."
