Senator Inhofe: Henry Paulson Behind Threat of Martial Law

November 20, 2008 at 3:03 pm

by: Allison Bricker

In an interview with Pat Campbell of KFAQ out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Senator Inhofe (R-OK) revealed Secretary of the Treasury, Hank Paulson as the person who was feeding Congress threats of Martial Law in America if the bailout failed to pass. This also sheds new light on Representative Brad Sherman’s (D-CA) comments on the house floor.

During the KFAQ radio interview, Pat Campbell said:

“Somebody in D.C. was feeding you guys quite a story prior to the bailout, a story that if we didn’t do this we were going to see something on the scale of the depression, there were people talking about martial law being instituted, civil unrest….who was feeding you guys this stuff?,”

Senator Inhofe responded saying:

“That’s Henry Paulson, we had a conference call early on, it was on a Friday I think – a week and half before the vote on Oct. 1. So it would have been the middle … what was it – the 19th of September, we had a conference call. In this conference call – and I guess there’s no reason for me not to repeat what he said, but he said – he painted this picture you just described. He said, ‘This is serious. This is the most serious thing that we faced.’”

Audio Clip of interview of Senator Inhofe (R-OK):

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Source(s): KFAQ 1170 am • C-Span