Now’s a great time to commit some white-collar crime

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Now’s a great time to commit some white-collar crime

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Sep 18, 2018

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The Mueller investigation has revealed how easy it is to get away with white-collar crime in the United States. ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger explains how we got here.
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