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Jose Garcia

(3,450 posts)
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 09:02 AM Jan 2017

New Senator from California can't explain why she didn't prosecute Trump's Treasury pick

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Source: Boing Boing

New Senator from California can't explain why she didn't prosecute Trump's Treasury pick when she was AG

Kamala Harris was just sworn in as a senator from California, but her last gig was as California's Attorney General, and in that role, she decided not to prosecute Trump Treasury Secretary pick Steve Mnuchin, whom her office had identified as presiding over "widespread misconduct" in foreclosing on Californians -- that is, stealing their houses.

Harris's campaign received large donations from Mnuchin and from shareholders in Onewest, the crooked bank that Mnuchin ran.

After a leaked memo from Harris's office showed that her staff believed there was "widespread misconduct," The Hill asked Harris why she didn't take action. She had no explanation, apart from, "It’s a decision my office made" and "We pursued it just like any other case. We go and we take a case wherever the facts lead us."

Mnuchin's bank ordered its contractors not to comply with California subpoenas about its foreclosure mills.

Read more: http://boingboing.net/2017/01/06/new-senator-from-california-ca.html

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New Senator from California can't explain why she didn't prosecute Trump's Treasury pick (Original Post) Jose Garcia Jan 2017 OP
locking - analysis, not breaking news OKNancy Jan 2017 #1

OKNancy

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1. locking - analysis, not breaking news
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 09:10 AM
Jan 2017

plus editorializing, and the source is not mainstream

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