Eric Holder - No banker too big to jail

sin_city

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-06/no-banker-too-big-to-jail-says-us-attorney-general/5434342

I personally take this with a pinch of salt. What do you think has made Holder come out with his tough line on bankers considering not so long ago he said regarding prosecuting bankers:

"If we do bring a criminal charge, it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy."

Does anyone actually believe that we will see anyone put behind bars?

Amerika

Eric Holder says a lot of things... and may go down as the worst Attorney General in US history. How he keeps his job defies logic IMO.

Mjollnir

Amerika wrote: »

Eric Holder says a lot of things... and may go down as the worst Attorney General in US history. How he keeps his job defies logic IMO.

Huh.

It's likely because you're utterly and hilariously ignorant of American history and the US legal system.

Manach

Whilst conservative myself, I do enjoy lessons from history and to paraphrase Voltiaire on the fate of Adm Byng perhaps an alternative to jail is needed- "pour encourager les autres"

sin_city

Mjollnir wrote: »

Huh.

It's likely because you're utterly and hilariously ignorant of American history and the US legal system.

Are you defending Holder or knocking Amerika? Or Both?

Brian?

Mjollnir wrote: »

Huh.

It's likely because you're utterly and hilariously ignorant of American history and the US legal system.

I concur. Even a lazy google can sort this out.

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1858691_1858690_1858521,00.html

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sin_city

I still don't understand...are people here saying Holder is going to jail bankers or not?

It seems to have gone off topic.

I personally don't see him doing anything and wonder why he has come out with his new hard line comments....not actions comments

Amerika

sin_city wrote: »

I still don't understand...are people here saying Holder is going to jail bankers or not?

It seems to have gone off topic.

I personally don't see him doing anything and wonder why he has come out with his new hard line comments....not actions comments

Eric Holder is a political animal, and his words play well with the Left’s base. There still is an attitude that some banks may be too big to prosecute, and massive fines are justice enough. But I guess it would be easier to jail those executives who enter criminal guilty pleas. As for going after other top officials of high powered banks who have broken the law, I guess it might depend if the wrongdoers are Conservatives and have donated heavily to the GOP.
　

Brian? wrote: »

I concur. Even a lazy google can sort this out.

History doesn’t stop you know!

I believe when Eric Holder’s tenure at Attorney General is over, history may very well deem him the worst in US History. If an AJ feels he and his president’s opinions are above the law, combined with a legacy of corruption, power and greed, it could get him that vaulted acclaim.

Then there is negligent and absurd law-enforcement operation "fast and furious," in which he was found in contempt of Congress by the House Oversight Committee for lying, misleading, and stonewalling ther investigation.

He refused to prosecute the New Black Panther Party for voter intimation on Election Day in 2008 and even dropped the charges when a strong case was already built.

Against the law he decided the Department of Justice would no longer defend cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act in court because he deemed DOMA was unconstitutional. If DOMA is to be changed, than it must be done through legislation, not on a whim by the chief law enforcer of our laws to not to enforce them.

He filed a law suit against the state of Arizona over their anti illegal immigration bill, SB 1070.

He justified the use of drones to kill US citizens, even on US soil.

He had his Justice Department acquire illegal phone records from many reporters and editors at the Associated Press.

Our courts have frequently disagreed with Holder’s interpretations of the law.

And now Congress has recommended Holder’s office pursue a criminal investigation against Lois Lerner, the IRS official who admitted that conservative groups were targeted for added scrutiny, and has taken the Fifth under questioning. Who here believes Eric Holder will take action? I certainly don’t, and believe he will cry racism if called out on biases and selective enforcement, as he has done in the past.

A pretty good case for worst in US History IMO.