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DOJ ends Holder-era ‘slush fund’ payouts to outside groups
Quote:The Justice Department announced Wednesday it will no longer allow prosecutors to strike settlement agreements with big companies directing them to make payouts to outside groups, ending an Obama-era practice that Republicans decried as a “slush fund” that padded the accounts of liberal interest groups.

In a memo sent to 94 U.S. attorneys' offices early Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he would end the practice that allowed companies to meet settlement burdens by giving money to groups that were neither victims nor parties to the case.

Sessions said the money should, instead, go to the Treasury Department or victims.

“When the federal government settles a case against a corporate wrongdoer, any settlement funds should go first to the victims and then to the American people—not to bankroll third-party special interest groups or the political friends of whoever is in power,” Sessions said in a statement.

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06-07-2017 09:58 AM
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Thank God.
06-07-2017 10:04 AM
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Law & Order once again.
06-07-2017 10:07 AM
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Took long enough. Its June already.
06-07-2017 10:08 AM
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Notice he didn't just switch the slush fund to Republican recipients. He killed the practice.

Now it needs to be banned by legislation.

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06-07-2017 10:12 AM
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Are there quotes and/or press releases from Holder that explained what their rationale was for why the payments shouldn't have gone directly into the US Treasury?
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06-07-2017 10:32 AM
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This whole policy was a Stalinesque abuse of power. Absolutely amazing that all Americans didnt riot over it
06-07-2017 10:56 AM
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They must have had some rationale for it ...
06-07-2017 11:00 AM
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(06-07-2017 11:00 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  They must have had some rationale for it ...
buying votes and policy.

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06-07-2017 11:28 AM
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No, I'm saying they must have made a public statement on what the (supposed) rationale was. That's what I want to know, first.
06-07-2017 11:30 AM
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(06-07-2017 10:56 AM)shere khan Wrote:  This whole policy was a Stalinesque abuse of power. Absolutely amazing that all Americans didnt riot over it

MSM didn't really cover it.

Just proves the Democrats are modern day fascists. Everything run by an all powerful state and their corporate friends. Silence those who oppose.
06-07-2017 11:45 AM
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