Indictment Quotes
The Senator asked Justice Department officials if the reason that there had been no prosecutions of any major financial figures associated with the Meltdown of 2008 and the Great Recession is that they were “too big to jail.” This appears to be the first public official to use this phrase. See {637991} for the Attorney General’s sad but truthful reply.
Eight of the Chicago Mayor’s cabinet had been indicted for corruption. Chicago had historically “looked the other way” when there was corruption but this time Emanuel and the Mayor Richard M. Daley have taken a more strict approach.