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4. Eric Holder was soft on Wall Street bank crimes. He's going back to defend the very criminal banks

Mon Apr 4, 2016, 10:03 AM

Apr 2016

he let go with fines for things like money laundering, bribes, fraud, & tax evasion.

The American people deserve better than this. These same banks are still in investigations & lawsuits for criminal activity.

https://consumerist.com/2015/08/03/citigroup-facing-federal-investigation-into-student-loan-servicing-practices/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/goldman-sachs-faces-investigation-over-auction-of-securities-igjjxfj7

This just in:

SEC investigates ex-JPMorgan debt traders

By Kara Scannell and Joe Rennison in New York - April 3 2016

The top US securities watchdog has launched an investigation into government debt trades made by two former JPMorgan Chase employees who left the bank earlier this year after a dispute over compliance procedures

The Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry, which is in its early stages, steps up the pressure on JPMorgan and comes amid greater regulatory scrutiny of the opaque $13tn Treasury market....

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6b0616e4-f854-11e5-803c-d27c7117d132.html#axzz44rlsqgBf

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Eric Holder, Wall Street Double Agent, Comes in From the Cold (RollingStone - July 8 2015) [View all] think Apr 2016 OP

OMG he went back to his old firm the horror. giftedgirl77 Apr 2016 #1

Eric Holder was soft on Wall Street bank crimes. He's going back to defend the very criminal banks think Apr 2016 #4

Maybe it's best that he didn't become a judge. Baitball Blogger Apr 2016 #12

Thank you for the laugh :) think Apr 2016 #14

In his defense, Holder did bust a number of state-licensed MMJ growers. Scuba Apr 2016 #2

That he certainly did... think Apr 2016 #7

You can ansolutely count on more of this shit with Clinton onecaliberal Apr 2016 #3

Yep. With many of the too big to fail banks paying her millions collectively in speaking fees think Apr 2016 #8

I try not to think of a Hillary cabinet FlatBaroque Apr 2016 #10

I agree, so many sickening things. Not the least of which people I thought cared about humanity onecaliberal Apr 2016 #13

You can ansolutely count on more of this shit with Clinton AlbertCat Apr 2016 #22

Uh huh, sends shivers alright.... onecaliberal Apr 2016 #23

Taibbi is shocked to hear there's a revolving door in Washington Blue_Tires Apr 2016 #5

The revolving door made a mockery of the justice system in regards to Holder's case. think Apr 2016 #6

We haven't had a descent one in decades. onecaliberal Apr 2016 #9

True. Yet there's this: CONVICTED: Bush 1300+, Clinton 1000+, Obama 0.0 (+/-) think Apr 2016 #11

Thank you for the links. onecaliberal Apr 2016 #15

Very welcome. Wish they were more positive. Hopefully in discussing it though & making people aware think Apr 2016 #16

It's one of the reasons people are so angry. Main Street lost everything and those onecaliberal Apr 2016 #17

That's for sure. Millions of Americans lost their jobs and/or homes in the last economic meltdown think Apr 2016 #18

And the SEC shenanigans didn't? Blue_Tires Apr 2016 #19

Yes. I'm sure the SEC also sucked. Obviously we need people who aren't connected to Wall Street think Apr 2016 #20

That's the paradox... Blue_Tires Apr 2016 #25

William K Black makes an excellent choice for AG. There has to be others of his caliber out there. think Apr 2016 #28

"Can't America do better than this?" gregcrawford Apr 2016 #21

Very valid points. And of course Hillary is opposed to Glass Steagall to the joy of those too big to think Apr 2016 #24

Apparently not!! I remember reading this article quite a while ago and feeling a helpless bjo59 Apr 2016 #26

He should be in prison yourpaljoey Apr 2016 #27