Allegations of Selective Prosecution and Missed Criminal Charges by SDNY under Preet Bharara after the 2008 Financial Crisis
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The passage suggests that senior DOJ officials, including former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and Attorney General Eric Holder, deliberately limited criminal investigations into the 2008 financial coll Bharara and AG Eric Holder are accused of deprioritizing criminal probes of major banks after the cr Only one mid‑level banker, Kareem Serageldin, was criminally charged despite industry belief that
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