Monday, December 23, 2013

SCREW THE POPE, I WANNA BE A BANKSTER

I bet I wouldn't have gotten those 2 tickets for jay walking if I had been one...
JPMorgan Doesn’t Want to Talk About Bernie Madoff
By David Cay Johnston / December 23 2013 7:12 PM
NEWSWEEK

Bernard Madoff’s principal bank, JPMorgan Chase, has for years obstructed federal bank examiners trying to ascertain what it knew about his gigantic Ponzi scheme, an official document obtained by Newsweek shows.

The Justice Department refused in September to back up Treasury inspector general staff who wanted a court order to enforce a subpoena, in effect shielding JPMorgan from law enforcement, the October 8 document shows.

Last March Attorney General Eric Holder told a Senate hearing he was afraid to prosecute the Too Big to Fail Banks, as it could do even more economic damage, in effect declaring them Too Big to Prosecute.

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