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Jeff Merkley: “I think that many analysts would reach the conclusion that if you would apply that Old Testament justice in 2008 and…”

On the recordJune 12, 2012
I think that many analysts would reach the conclusion that if you would apply that Old Testament justice in 2008 and 2009, JPMorgan would have been gone down and you would have been out of a job.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley challenges Dimon's assertion about JPMorgan's stability without federal aid.

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