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Mike Thompson: “If I could respond, conduct that is subject to civil litigation versus conduct that is subject to criminal litigation…”

On the recordJune 29, 2001
If I could respond, conduct that is subject to civil litigation versus conduct that is subject to criminal litigation, the conduct that the Senator described may, in fact, turn out to be also in addition to having civil exposure having criminal exposure, or it may not. But the conduct very well may be reckless, or even intentional, and constitutes conduct that is subject to punitive damages which can still not be criminal. My only point is that it is not the same. It is not the same. The same conduct can in some cases be both, but in the civil context if----
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California
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Discussing the differences between civil and criminal litigation.

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