Where are the indictments?
In The Untouchables, FRONTLINE producer and correspondent Martin Smith investigates why the U.S. Department of Justice has failed to act on credible evidence that Wall Street knowingly packaged and sold toxic mortgage loans to investors, loans that brought the U.S. and world economies to the brink of collapse. View Video, click here.
Lanny Breuer, Justice Department criminal division chief, states that in order for him to prosecute he would have to prove all elements of the crime.
Elements of a crime: intent, means, method, motive, opportunity. Do you not think that this could be proven beyond a doubt? Is this just another cover up within the DOJ?
Lanny Breuer, Justice Department criminal division chief, is stepping down. Read more.
Are these committee members putting on another good show? Is this another cover up? A complaint against two US Attorneys was filed with the DOJ, Office of Inspector General. View response from OIG. Elements of the crimes involved can be proven beyond a doubt. However, the US Attorneys chose the same path as Lanny Breuer.
Letter to US Congressman Darrell Issa, August 2, 2012. He has ignored this correspondence.
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Are members of Congress and the DOJ getting away with it?