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Culture War Roundup for the week of November 14, 2022

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I am guessing because the other examples are grey areas or hard to prove.

It's not hard to prove; the reality is the DOJ has not only refused to investigate in any meaningful way many redflags of criminal activity, but has actively worked to stop others from doing so either (up to and included them seizing evidence and it disappearing into a blackhole), e.g., the Weiner laptop with evidence of Clinton, as well as witnesses claiming agents implicitly threatened them to stay quiet.

Little too soon to say he got off.

He did "get off" already. And then everything came crashing down.

The SEC allegedly investigated FTX roughly 6 months ago. Not only did they not make any finding about their activity, activity which is so hilariously fraudulent if even 1/2 the claims made by the liquidation CEO are in the ballpark of accurate, but they had multiple meetings in order to discuss the SEC issuing a no-action letter.

The SEC allegedly investigated FTX roughly 6 months ago. Not only did they not make any finding about their activity, activity which is so hilariously fraudulent if even 1/2 the claims made by the liquidation CEO are in the ballpark of accurate, but they had multiple meetings in order to discuss the SEC issuing a no-action letter.

will he avoid jail time or only get a light sentence? seems unlikely. The SEC ignored madoff for over a decade but he still got the book thrown at him.

What about the countless hundreds of people who committed basic fraud with mortgage transfers and bundling before and during the finance crises of 2007 onwards?

I'm not sure what the Gary Gensler and company at the SEC will do; they're comically incompetent, damaging, and corrupt at the same time.

What about the countless hundreds of people who committed basic fraud with mortgage transfers and bundling before and during the finance crises of 2007 onwards?

The vast majority of the fraud happening at that time was done not by evil vampire squids and CEOs, but by parties with full political and media support: ordinary Americans who bought more house than they could afford. The other major party involved was mortgage brokers who colluded with ordinary Americans. "Don't worry, they don't check this. Just say you make $X."

The SBF fraud was even more egregious than 2008. The latter was more about risk management failure, the former seems like deliberate fraud.

I'm not sure what the Gary Gensler and company at the SEC will do; they're comically incompetent, damaging, and corrupt at the same time.

It will go above the SEC. It will likely be referred to criminal prosecution.

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