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Kid Berwyn

(18,599 posts)
57. Semantics.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 12:54 PM
Dec 4

George HW Bush Justice Department let Neil Bush and his S&L co-conspirators skate.

Criminal Activity Associated with S&L Failures

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Calavita, Kitty, Pontell, Henry N., and Tillman, Robert H. Big Money Game: Fraud and Politics in the Savings and Loan Crisis, Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1997.

Ettleson, Sherry and Thomas Hilliard, Crime and Punishment in the S&L Industry: The Bush Administration's Anemic War on S&L Fraud, Washington, DC: Public Citizen's Congress Watch, 1990.

Failed Thrifts: Internal Control Weaknesses Create an Environment Conducive to Fraud, Insider Abuse, and Related Unsafe Practices, Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 1989. T-AFMD-90-4.

Gup, Benton, Bank Fraud: Exposing the Hidden Threat to Financial Institutions, Rolling Meadows, IL: Bankers Publishing Co., 1990.

Mayer, Martin, The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery: The Collapse of the Savings and Loan Industry, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990.

O'Shea, James, The Daisy Chain: How Borrowed Billions Sank a Texas S&L, New York: Pocket Books, 1991.

Pilzer, Paul Z. and Robert Deitz, Other People's Money: The Inside Story of the S&L Mess, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.

Pizzo, Stephen, Fricker, Mary and Paul Muolo, Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans, New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1989.

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Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Issues Regarding the Role of Fraud and Other Criminal Misconduct in Causing Failures in the Thrift Industry, Washington, DC: National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery and Enforcement, Staff Report No. 14, 1993.

Why S&L Crooks Have Failed to Pay Millions of Dollars in Court-Ordered Restitution: Nineteen Case Studies, Washington, DC: U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Committee Print 102-11, 1992.

"William Black Tackles the Savings and Loan Debacle," in Unsung Heroes: Federal Execucrats Making a Difference, pp. 22-63 by Norma M. Riccucci, Washington, DC, Georgetown University Press, 1995.

Wilmsen, Steven K., Silverado: Neil Bush and the Savings and Loan Scandal, Washington, DC: National Press Books, 1991.

Last Updated: June 12, 2023

Source: https://www.fdic.gov/publications/criminal-activity-associated-sl-failures

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Thank you for posting much needed info! The bushes have brought us to this moment of facist rule Clouds Passing Dec 3 #1
Thanks for this reminder..I had forgotten the details Deuxcents Dec 3 #2
Aaaahhh ... Silverado savings UpInArms Dec 3 #3
How about these scumbags? Greybnk48 Dec 3 #4
Uh...Neil Bush wasn't pardoned? tritsofme Dec 3 #5
I'm sure there is a difference. Raven123 Dec 3 #8
I'm not even sure that is actually true. My recollection is that he faced civil, not criminal, penalties. tritsofme Dec 3 #10
IMO, Joe is trying to protect him from future prosecution as well. Raven123 Dec 3 #11
Right, my point was that this pardon/clemency of Neil Bush tritsofme Dec 3 #14
Gotcha Raven123 Dec 3 #18
Yes he was pardoned by Bush 1 for saving and loan fraud. Demsrule86 Dec 3 #12
Nice try at what? Pierce claims he was pardoned, that doesn't appear to be true. tritsofme Dec 3 #13
He didn't recieve a pardon or a commutation NYC Liberal Dec 3 #23
Bush DoJ did not prosecute his son's billion dollar fraud. Kid Berwyn Dec 3 #24
No doubt about it, Neil Bush is corrupt as shit. It's just that Pierce's claim about the pardon is untrue. tritsofme Dec 3 #26
True. But Poppy really liked destroying the paper trail. Kid Berwyn Dec 3 #30
William Casey markodochartaigh Dec 3 #41
He was granted clemency UpInArms Dec 3 #38
That doesn't appear to be true either. tritsofme Dec 4 #45
Good memory surfered Dec 3 #6
Bad memory. Not true about Neil Bush. onenote Dec 4 #50
A thousand thanks, Charlie Pierce. Paladin Dec 3 #7
I love Charlie Pierce, but he's wrong. GHW Bush didn't pardon Neil. Ocelot II Dec 3 #28
I'll await Charlie Pierce's response, if that's quite alright with you. (nt) Paladin Dec 4 #44
Frankly, I think Biden Bashers need to take a good hard look at their own shortcomings. calimary Dec 3 #37
Excellent historical reference. nt moniss Dec 3 #9
A knowledge of US History can be so enlightening Hekate Dec 3 #15
Except this time Pierce's history is wrong. Bush I didn't pardon Neil. Ocelot II Dec 3 #29
What did Poppy do? Hekate Dec 3 #32
Nothing, apparently. Ocelot II Dec 3 #33
Can you be pardoned for any thing you might have done? That is the kind of Pardon folks like DontBelieveEastisEas Dec 3 #36
The Brothers Vindman are national heros markodochartaigh Dec 3 #39
So many very short and selective memories PatSeg Dec 3 #16
Great OP malaise Dec 3 #17
Biden is everyone's favorite punching bag. Nt BootinUp Dec 3 #19
And Neil commited serious crimes, not trumped up charges by a partisan Special Counsel. SunSeeker Dec 3 #20
And as for not pardoning before a crony served jail time, remember Rep. Duncan Hunter? Liberty Belle Dec 3 #21
4 presidents have pardoned family members before Biden pardoned his son: Liberty Belle Dec 3 #22
They are incorrect for both Carter and Bush. tritsofme Dec 3 #25
Please explain the Abraham Lincoln one Polybius Dec 3 #35
This is not correct. GHW Bush didn't pardon Neil. Ocelot II Dec 3 #27
Pierce needs to clean this up. Nt BootinUp Dec 3 #31
Knr UTUSN Dec 3 #34
It's getting to be disturbing how often misinformation is being spread on DU onenote Dec 3 #40
But Roger Clinton was pardoned by his brother Bill Clinton. LisaL Dec 4 #49
144 recs Sympthsical Dec 4 #54
As I recall, Mblaze Dec 4 #42
K&R ReRe Dec 4 #43
Biden shouldn't worry, but Pierce's claim about Neil Bush isn't true. tritsofme Dec 4 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author Hotler Dec 4 #47
Bill Clinton pardoned his brother. LisaL Dec 4 #48
Selective Amnesia. Both the Republicans and the Vogon_Glory Dec 4 #51
Apparently Esquire no longer uses fact checkers: Jose Garcia Dec 4 #52
Esquire retracted the column. sl8 Dec 4 #53
Now that entire column has been removed, a correction in its place. Tactical Peek Dec 4 #55
This is erroneous information please delete. Devilsun Dec 4 #56
Semantics. Kid Berwyn Dec 4 #57
You aren't supposed to be able to pardon people involved in a conspiracy MadameButterfly Dec 4 #58
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