What is Eric Holder doing? I mean, seriously? How many citizens are allowed to pay approximately five weeks salary to walk from multiple felonies (possibly even treason)? Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley blasted U.S. Dep’t of Justice regarding the shameful HSBC settlement for its conduct in laundering over $800 million in illicit narcotics proceeds, and its […]
Read Taibbi’s piece on the HSBC settlement. Our Justice Department takes money (“partial deferment of executive bonuses” are you kidding me?) from HSBC to look the other way regarding TEN YEARS of laundering drug money. Apparently, if you are “systemically important,” you can launder money for terrorists and the cartels and pay a fine. But […]
California Court of Appeal’s Issues Writ of Mandamus Ordering Lower Court to Disqualify Former Countrywide Home Loan Lawyer Turn Judge From Largest Predatory Lending Case According to AUAF California Court Appeal’s issued order to stay all proceedings in Merritt v. Mozilo, et al, 109CV159993, and for Judge James Stoelker to be disqualified from the case […]
I was going to write about Neil Barofsky making a great SEC chief, but Matt Stoller did it faster and better, so here: http://www.salon.com/2012/12/06/a_dream_sec_chief/ (Credit: AP/Lauren Victoria Burke)
