Via Moyers & Company:
The biggest banks pose a challenge for prosecutors. They are so entangled in the larger economy that there is a risk that punishing their misdeeds can create a ripple effect that damages the entire economy. In now notorious testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last year, Attorney General Eric Holder claimed, “I am concerned that the size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications that if you do prosecute, if you do bring a criminal charge, it will have a negative impact on the national econ...
