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Jon Tester: “The regulators had the ability to stop this from happening. They did not drop the hammer.”

On the recordMay 4, 2023
The regulators had the ability to stop this from happening. They did not drop the hammer.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester criticizes regulators for failing to hold bank executives accountable.

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