
The Chickenshit Club
Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
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Jonathan Todd Ross
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Jesse Eisinger
From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, a blistering account of corporate greed and impunity and the reckless, often anemic response from the Department of Justice.
Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond banks deemed "too big to fail" to almost every large corporation in America - to pharmaceutical companies and auto manufacturers and beyond.
The Chickenshit Club - an inside reference to prosecutors too scared of failure and too daunted by legal impediments to do their jobs - explains why. A character-driven narrative, the book tells the story from inside the Department of Justice. The complex and richly reported story spans the last decade and a half of prosecutorial fiascos, corporate lobbying, trial losses, and culture shifts that have stripped the government of the will and ability to prosecute top corporate executives.
The book begins in the 1970s, when the government pioneered the notion that top corporate executives, not just seedy crooks, could commit heinous crimes and go to prison. The book travels to trading desks on Wall Street, to corporate boardrooms and the offices of prosecutors and FBI agents. These revealing looks provide context for the evolution of the Justice Department's approach to pursuing corporate criminals through the early 2000s and into the Justice Department of today.
Exposing one of the most important scandals of our time, The Chickenshit Club provides a clear, detailed explanation as to how our Justice Department has come to avoid, bungle, and mismanage the fight to bring these alleged criminals to justice.
©2017 Jesse Eisinger (P)2017 Simon & Schuster AudioListeners also enjoyed...




















Nice attempt to tell complicated legal challenges
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Great listen for attorneys in white collar crime
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Get ready to become really pissed off
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This book looks at how such a power structure gets enforced. It looks at how CEOs and owners have used their positions within corporations to influence and rewrite the laws so that they now protect the corporations and their executives from their victims rather than protecting the people from power grabs and greed. It explores the systematic and brutal treatment of members of task forces who have tried to prosecute the most egregious cases and the appointment of judges who favour the companies.
Thank you, Mr. Eisinger, for putting these pieces together so that even someone like me, who is unskilled in economics and the law, can understand this history of the dismantling of our protections and the transfer of power to an ever-shrinking oligarchy.
Makes Perfect Sense to Me
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
On the fence on this one. It had some interesting pieces, but it was like auditing a law school course.What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
Paul Pelletier and Jed Rakoff were the heros. Interesting characters.Do you think The Chickenshit Club needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
It needs an abridged version. Way too long.Very thorough
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Everyone must read
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If you have a bank account, you need to read this book
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Would you listen to The Chickenshit Club again? Why?
Nothing but an accurate indictment of the US Attorney's revolving door mentality around this country, the use of corproate money as an income asset of the largest imbedded white shoe law firms who have their grimy hands on the levers of power at Justice, and big business' use of corporate money to grease all the wheels so their theiving corporate executives avoid jail for their stealing, fraud, and fleecing of the 401K small guy stock holder who possesses some type of idiot idea that they are playing in a level playing field toward a safe retirement!No wonder the right and alt right who are funded by big business are only interested in getting their 'conservative' big business friendly judges on the federal trial and appeals courts around the country!
A MUST READ AS A RESULT.
Just the Truth!
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A Tribute to Southern District's struggle!
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The Facts Are Here
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