Tuesday, May 17, 2011

If They Nailed Roger Clemens For Lying to Congress, They Damn Well Can Nail Goldman Sachs!
But They Never Will.

Matt Taibbbi lays out, in an extensive article, the lies that Goldman Sachs executives told to Congress.

But shit, you know and I know that those fuckers in the Department of Justice will never do a goddamned thing about it. Goldman Sachs executives can hire the kind of lawyers that, in comparison, would make Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyers look like a bunch of 3Ls from a bottom-tier law school.

The DoJ sometimes appears to have a bit of a yellow streak-- oh, they're big at going after your garden-variety crooks, insider traders and even mafiosi, but going after people who have the juice that Goldman has may be too much for them. DoJ doesn't like to lose. Goldman can probably afford to hire every criminal defense lawyer between Portland, Maine and Richmond, Virginia.

DoJ have to get help from from the Treasury Department in order to unwind the tangled fuckery of Goldman, but the Treasury is so riddled with moles from Goldman alumni that DoJ could be reasonably certain that their legal strategy might as well be posted simultaneously on the websites for the WaPo and the NY Times.

But the legal talent that Goldman can bring to bear and its information network within Treasury probably pale in comparison to the number of politicians that Goldman owns. Their executives could probably dump bodies along Wall Street and they'd only be given tickets for littering. And those tickets would be fixed before the summonses could be entered into the system.

Goldman execs could go before Congress, swear to tell the truth, tell them that the Sun rises in the west, that the Moon is made of cheese, that Dubya has a IQ of 235 and DoJ could never make a case against them for lying to Congress.

And that is just the way it is.
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2 comments:

  1. wolfbitch5/18/2011 2:28 AM

    Matt Taibbi is a fucking genius. This isn't the first time he's nailed these guys, and if I were he, I'd be having someone else start my car from now on.

    Nobody at Goldman Sachs, or Bank of America, or any of the other big players will be going down for this. Ever. They own Congress - both sides of the aisle.

    And the TeaBaggers want to relieve them of all regulation? How in hell did Corporate America get the TeaBaggers, scooters and all, to support the very entities which are raping them for sport?

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  2. Anonymous5/20/2011 4:23 PM

    Totally agree. It ain't going to happen.

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