Sen. Schumer defends comments on IndyMac

Seeded on Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:56 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday defended himself against claims by regulators that he was partially to blame for a run on IndyMac Bancorp Inc. that led to the bank's takeover by the government Friday.

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