Matt Taibbi: The biggest financial cover-up in history
Meet the woman JPMorgan Chase paid one of the largest fines in American history to keep from talking.
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Fleischmann is a tall, thin, quick-witted securities lawyer in her late thirties, with long blond hair, pale-blue eyes and an infectious sense of humor that has survived some very tough times. She's had to struggle to find work despite some striking skills and qualifications, a common symptom of a not-so-common condition called being a whistle-blower.
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She was blocked at every turn: by asleep-on-the-job regulators like the Securities and Exchange Commission, by a court system that allowed Chase to use its billions to bury her evidence, and, finally, by officials like outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, the chief architect of the crazily elaborate government policy of surrender, secrecy and cover-up. "Every time I had a chance to talk, something always got in the way," Fleischmann says.
This past year she watched as Holder's Justice Department struck a series of historic settlement deals with Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America. The root bargain in these deals was cash for secrecy. The banks paid big fines, without trials or even judges – only secret negotiations that typically ended with the public shown nothing but vague, quasi-official papers called "statements of facts," which were conveniently devoid of anything like actual facts.
And now, with Holder about to leave office and his Justice Department reportedly wrapping up its final settlements, the state is effectively putting the finishing touches on what will amount to a sweeping, industrywide effort to bury the facts of a whole generation of Wall Street corruption. "I could be sued into bankruptcy," she says. "I could lose my license to practice law. I could lose everything. But if we don't start speaking up, then this really is all we're going to get: the biggest financial cover-up in history."
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and your nation wins - hey they were the 'enemy' should of capitulated. Destroy thousands of families with massive financial fraud, IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY, get protected by the government and a guarantee to run out the chance for prosecution by waiting until the statue of limitations runs out while in litigation.
Murder someone and you will always be tried if you are caught alive, no time limit.
Cause millions to go homeless, maybe 8 - 10 years in court and hush money to run out time.
24 million dollar bonuses for everyone!
No wonder 1 in 3 children go to bed hungry at night in America, what are the chances they got bounced from their house over toxic robosignings?
It's no big deal Congress Fuckwad Clown Car has finally arrived! 24 million? What the fuck is that!?
WE GONNA WASTE 26 BILLION, AGAIN...now watch this drive...
"But but but murder is not like causing millions to go homeless Rex...shame on you!" Yeah true, it is just murdering the spirit of that family to the destitute abyss of hunger.
...and excoriated by the judges, scolded by the prosecutors and damned by the Wall Street Journal. Then they'll hold their collective heads low, pay a significant fine and meet later with the guys at 1pm for a late afternoon tee-off.
- Democracy in-action.
K&R
