The prosecution marks a tougher stance by the Justice Department, which has faced criticism that it avoided pursuing large banks after the 2008 financial crisis because of the potential economic fallout. U.S. prosecutor Mark Lytle today said the bank would enter a plea.
century of jurisprudence upholding the ban on corporate political contributions, by equating expenditures which the Court struck down in Citizens United with contributions. This is, however, equating apples and oranges," prosecutor Mark Lytle wrote in his argument to keep the indictment intact.
Mark Lytle, a Bard College historian and co-author of the American history text Nation of Nations, called the raid "a shot in the arm for America's image" and a refreshing contrast to President Carter's failed attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran in 1980.