DemocracyNOW! : Matt Taibbi and Bank Whistleblower on How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy, Avoid Prosecution

Stories

Matt Taibbi and Bank Whistleblower on How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy, Avoid Prosecution A year ago this month the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the banking giant JPMorgan Chase would avoid criminal charges by agreeing to pay $13 billion to settle claims that it had ... Read More → Guests Alayne Fleischmann, JPMorgan Chase whistleblower. She was a deal manager at the bank, where she says she witnessed "massive criminal securities fraud" in its mortgage operations during the period leading up to the financial crisis. Matt Taibbi, award-winning journalist with Rolling Stone magazine. His latest article is headlined "The $9 Billion Witness." He is author of the book The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap. Related All the Presidents’ Bankers: Nomi Prins on the Secret History of Washington-Wall Street Collusion Apr 08, 2014 | Story Part 2: Barlett and Steele on Media, Govt. Failure to Hold Wall St. Accountable for Financial Crimes Aug 01, 2012 | Web Exclusive Noam Chomsky: 2012 GOP Candidates Views are "Off the International Spectrum of Sane Behavior" Sep 19, 2011 | Story Links Read: "The $9 Billion Witness" by Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone) Follow Matt Taibbi on Twitter Watch all Democracy Now! interviews with Matt Taibbi

New GOP Majority Backs Amnesty for Corporate Tax Dodgers, But Not Undocumented Immigrant Workers "The same Republican leaders who decry any mention of amnesty for undocumented immigrants are more than ready to grant amnesty to corporate tax dodgers," writes Juan González in ... Read More →

Matt Taibbi on Leaving First Look Media: "I am Really Devastated by the Way Everything Turned Out"

WEB EXCLUSIVE

Ralph Nader on GOP's 2014 Wins: Democrats Can't Use Citizens United, Voter Restriction Laws as Alibi

Headlines →

Supreme Court Review Likely After Same-Sex Marriage Bans Upheld in 4 States Boehner Warns Obama Against Executive Action on Immigration U.S. Strikes Hit Rebel Group in Syria; Civilians Reportedly Killed Report: Pentagon Failed to Act After 600 U.S. Troops Reported Chemical Exposure in Iraq NATO Chief Vows Continued Role in Afghanistan Explosions Target Fatah Leaders; Israeli Settler Tries to Run over Palestinian ICC Declines to Prosecute over 2010 Israeli Raid on Gaza Flotilla Report: 340 Firms Skirted Billions in Taxes Through Luxembourg Deals WHO: Ebola Cases Rising in Sierra Leone Former Navy SEAL Claims to Be Osama bin Laden Shooter