Holder: No banks 'too big to jail'
Source: Politico.com
Attorney General Eric Holder declared Monday that no banks are too big to be prosecuted if they engage in criminal activity, while another law enforcement official said a pair of cases against major banks may culminate in guilty pleas in the near future.
"There is no such thing as 'too big to jail," Holder declared in a weekly video message. "No individual or company, no matter how large or how profitable, is above the law."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2014/05/holder-no-banks-too-big-to-jail-187961.html?hp=l1
FWIW ...
Scuba
(53,475 posts)FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)Hate to say it - but this administration is big on lip service
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Give me a minute...
lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)But....I'm still waiting.
Wernothelpless
(410 posts)Maybe the democratic party and Hillary know they can't win without making a few heads roll ... ?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)He is the Attorney General for all of the people -- where is the justice for us?
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)If the banks had spent all this time fucking over the rich and powerful to the extent they've fucked over the middle class and poor, he'd have them all in prison by now. He's not fooling anyone.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)He just had to wait for the statute of limitations on the earlier frauds to expire.
Wernothelpless
(410 posts)If they don't prosecute they know they'll lose big next time and they don't want to be out of power ....
We'll see ... There isn't a single corporation in this country that isn't set up to replace any and all CEOs ... they're all expendable ...
If Jamie Dimon were to slip in the shower tomorrow the disease would go merrily on without him ...
Pass the soap ... ~
blackspade
(10,056 posts)broadcaster75201
(387 posts)n/t
IronLionZion
(45,447 posts)oneofthe99
(712 posts)Obama should have canned his ass long ago
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)against big banks or Wall St. criminality. I'm sure Holder is proceeding precisely as directed by the administration.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Given Mr. Holder's inaction over the last six years, his words ring hollow.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)Good one Eric!
You almost had me but then I remembered your record.
Keep the jokes coming, lord knows you have no convictions for us.