boy, the feds say goldman sachs raked in billions by selling mortgage investments they knew were on the brink of collapse, designed them to be on the brink of collapse, bet they would collapse and told their investors these are great. toxic assets at the heart of the country s financial crisis. today the senate demanded answers from top executives at goldman. lawmakers are trying to figure out whether they knowingly tricked investors but goldman, a firm rolling stone magazine journalist referred to as the giant vampire squid, claims it was just following the rules. senators, however, are not buying that. two things, number one, nobody done anything wrong. was a a natural disaster, the mortgage market fell and nobody knew it and second, these things just happened.