close to a $7 million deal with citigroup because of shoddy mortgages sold. it s about $30 billion now that a handful of banks are having to pay out to uncle sam. charlie gas gasp reno says it won t end there either. he s out where the big wigs gather. charlie, what do you make of this? i m still reeling from joe grano saying he ll throw somebody down a flight of stairs. do you that every day. it s in our blood. water both italians. i d say this, jpmorgan paid, citigroup paying out, probably hit b of a again. one of the things you get the feeling from the obama administration one of the reasons why they bailed out these banks is to hit them up as political pawns whenever an election comes around. did the the banks do bad things? yes. were they prodded by the government to do bad things? yes. was fannie and freddie involved?