Sen. Elizabeth Warren Asks Why the Justice Department Went Easy on Big Banks
After an article by ProPublica and American Banker examining how the DOJ softened settlements with RBS and Barclays, the presidential candidate blasts settlements that let banks “evade accountability.”
How Trump’s Political Appointees Overruled Tougher Settlements With Big Banks
After talks with well-connected lawyers for Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland, senior Justice Department officials in Washington last year told career prosecutors who’d been investigating the banks’ misdeeds to settle for less than they wanted.