October 7, 2009 11:08AM # Eyewitness to Government’s Robbery of Chrysler Creditors By [Daniel J. Ikenson](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-j-ikenson) --- SHARE Further to Ilya Shapiro’s [post](https://www.cato.org/2009/10/07/the-government-robbed-chrysler-creditors/) this morning, let me also point you to a concise chronology of events culminating in the government’s robbery of Chrysler creditors. The [story](http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Mourdock090722.pdf) is that of Richard Mourdock, Treasurer of the State of Indiana and the man responsible for stewardship of the state’s pension funds, some of which were victimized by the Obama administration’s pre-packaged and then forced-fed bankruptcy deal for Chrysler. I strongly urge you to read Mr. Mourdock’s testimony, which is at once revealing, sobering, compelling and, regrettably, a frightening sign of the times. Mourdock will be speaking on this very topic at Cato, along with bankruptcy law expert [David Skeel](http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Skeel090521.pdf), on Thursday, October 15 at noon. [Reserve your seat now.](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6495) ##### Related Tags [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).