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On the recordSeptember 19, 2016
Why can that be done quick as a wink across the entire bank, but a question about cutting compensation for a highly placed executive who oversaw a massive fraud takes long deliberation?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren criticizes the slow process of addressing executive compensation after fraud.

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