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DOJ Will Seek to Prosecute Individuals for Their Role in the (2008) Crisis
DS News ^ | 10/26/2015 | DS News

Posted on 10/25/2015 5:55:53 PM PDT by Dallas59

The U.S. Department of Justice issued a memo on Thursday containing new guidelines stating that it will pursue the prosecution of individual employees, and not just their companies, for their role in precipitating the financial crisis in 2008.

Many have wondered why the DOJ has not previously made the prosecution of these individuals a priority while the Department has entered into multi-billion dollar settlements with the nation's largest banks in the last two years.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: government; prosecution
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1 posted on 10/25/2015 5:55:53 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

But not the IRS and those conservative orgs. I see.


2 posted on 10/25/2015 5:58:18 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Dallas59

Doj revenue collection. Statute of limitations are running out.


3 posted on 10/25/2015 5:58:45 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Dallas59

The masses need a distraction ... Bread and circuses!


4 posted on 10/25/2015 5:59:13 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: Dallas59
Start here:


5 posted on 10/25/2015 5:59:38 PM PDT by South40 (Trump on Kim Davis: I hate to see her being sent to jail but the law is the law)
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To: Dallas59

Statute of limitations is seven years, right? So this would be right on time.


6 posted on 10/25/2015 6:01:29 PM PDT by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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To: Dallas59

Like Andy Cuomo?
(I know, they won’t.)


7 posted on 10/25/2015 6:01:43 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: South40

Yep, start with Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and Chuck Schumer!


8 posted on 10/25/2015 6:01:49 PM PDT by Drago
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To: Dallas59

“We’ve squeezed the companies dry, now lets vacuum up the small stuff.”


9 posted on 10/25/2015 6:02:02 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Dallas59

Because the DOG thinks it’s going to be a chance to smear the Republicans .. but I’ve seen recently some information that shows that IT WAS THE DEMOCRATS WHO CAUSED THE MESS .. AND IT STARTED IN 2007.


10 posted on 10/25/2015 6:02:16 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: Drago
Yep, start with Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and Chuck Schumer!

Discovery will be a bitch.
11 posted on 10/25/2015 6:03:52 PM PDT by JoSixChip
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To: Secret Agent Man

“Doj revenue collection. Statute of limitations are running out.”

Obama doesn’t need Wall Street’s campaign contributions anymore. But a few scalps will look good on his resume.


12 posted on 10/25/2015 6:05:13 PM PDT by ModelBreaker (')
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To: Dallas59

Pretty sleazy to wait this long.


13 posted on 10/25/2015 6:05:50 PM PDT by marron
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To: The Final Harvest

You can start with Clintonista’s Jamie Gorelick and Franklin Raines. They received 10’s of millions in bonuses pumping Freddie and Fannie. I don’t think they will get the main players because it was a who’s who of connected rats to include Barney Frank’s boyfriend (should have been a clear conflict of interest.....).

FWIW - I thought the statute of limitations was expired, but there is little doubt they painted rosy numbers to obtain bonuses and these fabrications made the problem worse and left the taxpayers on the hook for trillions.


14 posted on 10/25/2015 6:07:37 PM PDT by volunbeer
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To: Drago

Yep, start with Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and Chuck Schumer!

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And the Clintoons and the Black Caucus and all those who pushed the banks to make home loans based on welfare checks and no money down.


15 posted on 10/25/2015 6:08:25 PM PDT by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: Dallas59
Had they gone after these people in Obama’s first term it would have played hell with Democrat campaign fund raising. The timing is going to see a lot of these cases drag into the 2016 election season.
16 posted on 10/25/2015 6:08:28 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Dallas59

TRANSLATION: “Look! Squirrel!”


17 posted on 10/25/2015 6:09:58 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Is the pope Catholic?)
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To: Dallas59

Bullschtein.

This is just another way to destroy either the left’s political enemies and/or a round about way to punish conservative organizations or individuals.

This may have been prompted by Bernake’s comment that nobody went to jail for the financial crisis, but methinks it’s another excuse to do what they wanted to do anyway.

Time will tell.


18 posted on 10/25/2015 6:10:27 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: MichaelCorleone

I agree .. it was the DemocRATS.

So, we’ll see what Ms. Lynch tries to do .. and how far she gets in her plan to destroy the Repubs.


19 posted on 10/25/2015 6:16:05 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: Dallas59

Four years later. Good! This tends to show that Trump and Cruz and their DOJ will be able to go after Holder, Lerner, Clinton, Clapper, Koskinen, etc.


20 posted on 10/25/2015 6:16:29 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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