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FuzzyRabbit

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54. Million dollar fines are merely part of the cost of doing business for these banks.

Mon May 5, 2014, 05:38 PM

May 2014

Historically, this justice department does not prosecute individual bankers who broke the law, but merely fines the banks. The fines are tiny compared to the profits the banks made by breaking the law.

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Holder: Big banks may face criminal cases soon... says, no such thing as 'too big to jail.' [View all] bigtree May 2014 OP

I'll believe it when I see it BlindTiresias May 2014 #1

The only "empty rhetoric" I ever hear regarding Holder... tridim May 2014 #7

Holder himself BlindTiresias May 2014 #9

What is it about these two that makes you see the opposite of reality? tridim May 2014 #11

I am not sure what you are insinuating BlindTiresias May 2014 #12

I just asked a question. tridim May 2014 #26

What? BlindTiresias May 2014 #29

Don't bother engaging that one Aerows May 2014 #38

Thanks for the heads up BlindTiresias May 2014 #45

I have no idea, either Aerows May 2014 #52

That baby *wanted* to be eaten! n/t QC May 2014 #56

Of course it did. Aerows May 2014 #58

yes Whisp May 2014 #21

Great point. LeftOfWest May 2014 #70

You hit the nail on the head, tridim. Those who don't know what they're talking about but Cha May 2014 #47

Agreed Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2014 #8

Million dollar fines are merely part of the cost of doing business for these banks. FuzzyRabbit May 2014 #54

... Zorra May 2014 #2

lol, I don't blame ya. n/t Jefferson23 May 2014 #5

Bookmarking, thank you for posting. n/t Jefferson23 May 2014 #3

maybe lsewpershad May 2014 #4

LOL .... Um, they got away, sheriff. 1000words May 2014 #6

I'll believe it when I see it! newfie11 May 2014 #10

Even if we all see it, some will still not believe it! Whisp May 2014 #23

Well sure he says that DJ13 May 2014 #13

Five years, right? BlindTiresias May 2014 #14

Depending on the charge ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #37

some exceptions bigtree May 2014 #15

Seven years? BlindTiresias May 2014 #17

strategy involves a shift away from the 'securities fraud' charge to 'bank fraud' bigtree May 2014 #19

That is encouraging BlindTiresias May 2014 #22

I wouldn't count on it Aerows May 2014 #36

Good information in both your posts. sheshe2 May 2014 #53

Thanks for the info DJ13 May 2014 #28

Thank you for posting this ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #39

My uneducated guess is that they have been building their case. sheshe2 May 2014 #61

Exactly ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #63

How convenient. nt woo me with science May 2014 #16

Now he can swagger Aerows May 2014 #34

Just out of curiosity how much legal experience do you have? giftedgirl77 May 2014 #57

Just out of curiosity Aerows May 2014 #59

So are we to assume that means nil? giftedgirl77 May 2014 #60

Which I assume means nil. n/t Aerows May 2014 #65

Seriously? This thread is regarding AG Holder giftedgirl77 May 2014 #66

I pretty much just went to the last sentence in your thread. Aerows May 2014 #69

Something has been in the works in the background now for a while. Whisp May 2014 #18

Let me guess, by the Liberty & Jones U grads that infiltrated DoJ and were never fired when Holder Hestia May 2014 #67

How compelling, coming six years into the Obama presidency and during an election year. woo me with science May 2014 #20

I know you will be among the first to admit you were wrong, woo. Whisp May 2014 #24

I can't be wrong now, Whisp. woo me with science May 2014 #30

Sure you can. Cat Food Commission. n/t Whisp May 2014 #31

Nope, haven't been wrong about that, either. But you knew that. woo me with science May 2014 #64

MAY Aerows May 2014 #35

This administration cut 10 years off Jeff Skilling's sentence NobodyHere May 2014 #25

I wouldn't trust Holder Aerows May 2014 #33

Your skepticism is noted. eom. 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #42

Fantastic! Aerows May 2014 #43

Actually ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #40

It was a deal between a federal prosecutor and Skilling NobodyHere May 2014 #46

The "Deal" was struck BECAUSE the 5th Circuit overturned ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #51

Holder is a joke. nt Demo_Chris May 2014 #27

No, AG Holder is an intelligent accomplished person who is doing his job.. which is more Cha May 2014 #48

I'll go with "Believe it when I see it" for two hundred, Alex. n/t Aerows May 2014 #32

Aren't BNP Paribas SA and Credit Suisse AG foreign banks? PADemD May 2014 #41

Ssshhhh Aerows May 2014 #44

Thank you, AG Holder! and mahalo bigtree for posting the news. Cha May 2014 #49

. Dragonfli May 2014 #50

If only big banks were medical marijuana dispensaries... n/t winter is coming May 2014 #55

^^ woo, snap! Hestia May 2014 #68

Criticism of Holder or Obama from the left is always welcome in my world, as long as you remember randys1 May 2014 #62

holder, the guy who brokered the marc rich pardon? yeah, right. KG May 2014 #71