{"id":17381,"date":"2015-07-08T11:45:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T11:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=17381"},"modified":"2015-07-08T11:49:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T11:49:04","slug":"why-ag-eric-holder-never-prosecuted-the-banksters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=17381","title":{"rendered":"Why AG Eric Holder Never Prosecuted The Banksters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"title\">Cronyism Pays: Eric Holder Triumphantly Returns To Law Firm That Lobbies For Banks<\/h1>\n<p>by Mike Krieger<br \/>\nLiberty Blitzkrieg<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-08-at-7.48.30-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17384\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-08-at-7.48.30-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-08 at 7.48.30 AM\" width=\"499\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-08-at-7.48.30-AM.png 499w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-08-at-7.48.30-AM-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trying to determine Barack Obama\u2019s most\u00a0corrupt, crony appointee presents\u00a0a virtually impossible task.<\/strong> Every single person he\u2019s appointed to a position of power over the course of his unfathomably shady, violent and unconstitutional presidency, has been little more than a gatekeeper for\u00a0powerful vested interests.<strong>Obama\u2019s job was to talk like a marxist, but act like a robber baron.<\/strong> In this regard, his reign has been an unprecedented success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All that said, if anyone is a top contender for the worst of the worst of the Obama Administration, it\u2019s Eric Holder.<\/strong> As head of the Department of Justice, he was the one man who could\u2019ve played an enormously positive role in American society, by punishing those responsible for creating the financial crisis that\u00a0destroyed tens of millions of lives globally. Instead, he chose to actively protect the financial oligarchs and ushered in a tragic new era for these United States. One in which the world suddenly realized that the U.S. is little more than a glorified oligarchy. Essentially an aggressive Banana Republic armed with\u00a0nuclear weapons and the swagger of a third world dictator.<\/p>\n<p>Holder\u2019s list of failures and evidence shameless cronyism are\u00a0virtually\u00a0endless. I\u2019ve covered many of them on this site. Here are just a few:<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Permanent Link to The U.S. Department of Justice Handles Banker Criminals Like Juvenile Offenders\u2026Literally\" href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2014\/11\/14\/the-u-s-department-of-justice-handles-banker-criminals-like-juvenile-offenders-literally\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The U.S. Department of Justice Handles Banker Criminals Like Juvenile Offenders\u2026Literally<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Permanent Link to Eric Holder Announces Task Force to Focus on \u201cDomestic Terrorists\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2014\/06\/03\/eric-holder-announces-task-force-to-focus-on-domestic-terrorists\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Eric Holder Announces Task Force to Focus on \u201cDomestic Terrorists\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Permanent Link to Eric Holder and the DOJ Have Spent Millions of Taxpayer Dollars on Unreported Personal Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2014\/03\/24\/eric-holder-has-spent-millions-of-taxpayer-dollars-on-unreported-personal-travel\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Eric Holder and the DOJ Have Spent Millions of Taxpayer Dollars on Unreported Personal Travel<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Permanent Link to Elizabeth Warren Confronts Eric Holder, Ben Bernanke and Mary Jo White on Bankster Immunity\" href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2013\/05\/15\/elizabeth-warren-confronts-eric-holder-ben-bernanke-and-mary-jo-white-on-bankster-immunity\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Elizabeth Warren Confronts Eric Holder, Ben Bernanke and Mary Jo White on Bankster Immunity<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Permanent Link to Even Washington D.C. Insiders Admit Eric Holder is a Bankster Puppet\" href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2012\/07\/11\/even-washington-d-c-insiders-admit-eric-holder-is-a-bankster-puppet\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Even Washington D.C. Insiders Admit Eric Holder is a Bankster Puppet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Permanent Link to Eric Holder Claims Emails Using Words \u2018Fast and Furious\u2019 Don\u2019t Refer to Operation Fast and Furious\" href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2012\/06\/10\/eric-holder-claims-emails-using-words-fast-and-furious-dont-refer-to-operation-fast-and-furious\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Eric Holder Claims Emails Using Words \u2018Fast and Furious\u2019 Don\u2019t Refer to Operation Fast and Furious<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For all his hard work protecting and coddling criminal financial oligarchs, Eric Holder was always going to be paid handsomely once\u00a0he left office. That time has come. From <a href=\"http:\/\/firstlook.org\/theintercept\/2015\/07\/06\/eric-holder-returns-law-firm-lobbies-big-banks\/\">the <em>Intercept<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>After failing to criminally prosecute any of the financial firms responsible for the market collapse in 2008, former Attorney General Eric Holder is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/m.nationallawjournal.com\/module\/alm\/app\/nlj.do#!\/article\/1748490164\">returning<\/a>\u00a0to Covington &amp; Burling, a corporate law firm known\u00a0for serving Wall Street clients.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The move completes one of the more troubling\u00a0trips through the revolving door for a cabinet secretary. Holder worked at Covington from 2001 right up to being sworn in as attorney general in Feburary 2009. <strong>And Covington literally kept an office empty for him, awaiting his return.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Covington &amp; Burling client list has included four of the largest banks, including Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Covington\u00a0was also deeply involved with a company known as MERS, which was later responsible for\u00a0falsifying mortgage documents on an industrial scale. \u201cCourt records show that Covington, in the late 1990s, provided legal opinion letters needed to create MERS on behalf of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and several other large banks,\u201d according to an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/01\/20\/us-usa-holder-mortgage-idUSTRE80J0PH20120120\">investigation<\/a>\u00a0by Reuters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Department of Justice under Holder not only\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/billmoyers.com\/2014\/10\/01\/going-easy-eric-holders-wall-street-inaction\/\">failed<\/a>\u00a0to pursue criminal prosecutions of the banks responsible for the mortage meltdown, but in fact de-prioritized investigations of mortgage fraud, making it the \u201clowest-ranked criminal threat,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2014\/03\/13\/investigation-justice-mortgage-fraud\/6371311\/\">according<\/a>\u00a0to an inspector general report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>When the firm moved to a new building last year, it kept an 11th-story corner office reserved for Holder.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For all intents and purposes, he never really left Covington. He just took a sabbatical to protect the banksters for a few years.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Holder is set to become among the\u00a0highest-earning partners at the firm, with compensation in the seven or eight figures.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, Mr. Holder is not the only shameless crony to join Covington. It seems the firm almost makes a point to hire the most compromised, Washington D.C. parasites they can find. As the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/07\/07\/business\/dealbook\/eric-holder-returns-to-covington-burling.html\"><em>New York Times<\/em> noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\"><em>Covington already employs a number of former Justice Department officials, including Lanny Breuer, the former assistant attorney general for the department\u2019s criminal division under Mr. Holder; Mr. Breuer\u2019s successor, Mythili Raman; and Michael Chertoff, a former assistant attorney general and secretary of Homeland Security.<\/em><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/news\/gangster-bankers-too-big-to-jail-20130214\">History shows<\/a> that Breuer wouldn\u2019t challenge bankers if they threw his own mother out on the street. Meanwhile, Chertoff is famous for trying to make a fortune by scaremongering the American taxpayer\u00a0into<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/11\/23\/fear_pays_chertoff_n_787711.html\">buying his worthless Rapiscan naked body scanners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\">Moving along, let\u2019s try to look on the bright side. With Holder gone, his replacement couldn\u2019t possibly be worse, right? Wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\">Recall:\u00a0<em><a title=\"Permanent Link to Meet Loretta Lynch \u2013 Obama\u2019s Attorney General Nominee Who Might be Even Worse than Eric Holder\" href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2015\/01\/29\/meet-loretta-lynch-obamas-attorney-general-nominee-who-might-be-even-worse-than-eric-holder\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Meet Loretta Lynch \u2013 Obama\u2019s Attorney General Nominee Who Might be Even Worse than Eric Holder<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\">Now I\u2019d like to say farewell to Eric Holder the only way I know how\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4fCF_LiS4l4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cronyism Pays: Eric Holder Triumphantly Returns To Law Firm That Lobbies For Banks by Mike Krieger Liberty Blitzkrieg Trying to determine Barack Obama\u2019s most\u00a0corrupt, crony appointee presents\u00a0a virtually impossible task. Every single person he\u2019s appointed to a position of power &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=17381\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}