On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
If you steal some potato chips from 7-Eleven, you go to jail. If you steal $20 billion from the public and send people to the poor house, you go to Bermuda to play golf.
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congress.govEmanuel Cleaver: “If you steal some potato chips from 7-Eleven, you go to jail. If you steal $20 billion from the public and send people…”
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Cleaver criticizes the lack of accountability for financial crimes affecting communities.
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