US Lawmakers Scold Senior Officials For Preventing Prosecution Of HSBC Over AML Breaches

Tom Burroughes

12 July 2016

Former US Attorney General Eric Holder has been attacked by lawmakers in Congress for his role in overruling internal recommendations to prosecute remain "in default on their legal obligation to produce the subpoenaed records to the Committee". It also stated that the Department of Justice and Treasury Department's "longstanding efforts to impede the Committee's investigation may constitute contempt and obstruction of Congress".