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Alma Adams: “I think there ought to be a criminal penalty when it can be proven.”

On the recordApril 26, 2022
I think there ought to be a criminal penalty when it can be proven.
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Alma Adams
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Advocating for criminal penalties for banks that defraud consumers.

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