FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Weiss Jerry

(Last)(First)(Middle)
8200 JONES BRANCH DRIVE

(Street)
MCLEANVA22102

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/18/2008
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP [FRE]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director10% Owner
XOfficer (give title below)Other (specify below)
SVP-Cpl-Reg Affs & Chf Cpl Off
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 49,467
D
 
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Common Stock-Options  (1)08/08/2014 Common Stock 4,970 $ 64.36 D  
Common Stock-Options  (2)05/05/2015 Common Stock 5,640 $ 62.69 D  
Common Stock-Options  (3)06/04/2016 Common Stock 5,980 $ 60.45 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. The option vested in four equal installments. The first installment vested on August 9, 2005 and the last three installments vested on each of April 1, 2006, April 1, 2007, and April 1, 2008.
2. The option is exercisable in four equal annual installments. The first three installments became exercisable on each of May 6, 2006, May 6, 2007 and May 6, 2008 and the final installment becomes exercisable on May 6, 2009.
3. The option is exercisable in four equal annual installments. The first two installments became exercisable on each of June 5, 2007 and June 5, 2008 and the next two installments become exercisable on each of June 5, 2009 and June 5, 2010.
/s/ Claudia Jaques as attorney-in-fact for Jerry Weiss07/18/2008
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY 

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Philip Bjorlo, Claudia
Jaques and John Dye signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to: 

(1)     prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a Form
ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC; 

(2)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer of The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie
Mac"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Freddie Mac Policy 7-109, or any
successor policy thereto or related procedure ("Freddie Mac Policy") and Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and related rules and any other
forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the
undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of Freddie
Mac; 

(3)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, or other form or report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form or report with Freddie Mac and the SEC and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and 

(4)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Special Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion. 

          The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Special Power of Attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Freddie Mac assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Freddie Mac Policy and Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 

          This Special Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by Freddie Mac, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. 

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Special Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 9th day of April, 2008. 

/s/  Jerry Weiss 


Signature 

Jerry Weiss 


Print Name 
 



 
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