There is no crime in any of it. Just a sensible public policy is a time of crisis. The attempt to criminalize it is as obscene as prosecuting Marines over Fallujah.
Obviously you are not paying attention; the First Amendment is the only grounds upon which a citizen can bring the matter into court, and yes, it is a stretch. However, the issue of 'taking over' a business merely by announcement is a serious Chicago-style abuse of power, even more serious than Fallujah show trials. How did Timmy get a 40% interest in the company?
You assume that everything is on the up-and-up. Why? One side says that everything is fine, and the other side says that a crime has been committed. The presumption 'innocent until proven guilty' does not stop trials from going forward; it is a presumption, not a fact. You seem confused by this presumption into believing the administration's position. Let me give you a hint: sometimes people who claim to be innocent are proven at trial to be guilty.
This civil case is the only way the truth will come to light in time to do any good. We cannot trust this Justice Department to investigate this administration, nor can we expect elected officials to risk becoming 'the next Joe McCarthy' by too strident criticism. They might even be accused of attempting to criminalize policy differences. (Gasp!)
Paying off foreign speculators at 100 cents on the dollar for their losing bets on the back of American taxpayers is not “sensible public policy”. It is looting, and yet another sign that the Republic is perhaps terminally diseased.
Geither, Paulson and Bernanke wouldn’t all be denying responsibility as hard as they can if this didn’t stink to high heaven.