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Steve Cohen: “To them I need cite only one example, AIG, 2004, 2006--two deferred prosecutions and it worked well, didn't it?”

On the recordJune 24, 2009
To them I need cite only one example, AIG, 2004, 2006--two deferred prosecutions and it worked well, didn't it?
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen questions the effectiveness of deferred prosecutions using AIG as an example.

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