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My understanding is that the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) has at one point said that nearly every member of the Fortune 500 have engaged in drug money laundering, including ALL of the major banks.

Drug money laundering is just one of the many financial services provided by Wall Street. Garland's latest effort is most likely just performative. Otherwise he'd trigger a massive backlash against the Biden Admin & Dems in general.

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Behind every fortune there is a felony.

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At least one. Until, that is, Congress could be persuaded to make what used to be a felony legal; that's why bribes are now called lobbying expenses.

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Ah! A fellow cynic; welcome Brother!

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Glad to be among friends.

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I was worried about corporate backlash to many of Biden’s most progressive achievements. His anti-monopoly, pro-union, pro-worker, pro-fair taxation policies….as I cheered, I wondered whether those corporations would buy the presidency for Trump. I wish I could cite the source but during the Trump campaign an executive said real estate moguls don’t normally run because so many are involved in money laundering.

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Regarding banks, like TDF, getting into drug-money laundering, they simply cannot *not* do so to some degree lest their competitors outperform them. It is a lucrative profit stream--too lucrative to ignore. I suspect Garland's move on TDF is simply a "Hey guys, tone it down a notch, ok?!" braking maneuver.

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WOW!!!

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