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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap Highlight

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“I really am at a loss to figure out why you and the other committee professionals are spending so much time on the Barclays sale,” she wrote in an email. “What could you or anyone for that matter do even if it turned out that the assets turned out to be greater? As you know, the sale has been consummated which effectively moots out any relief you might be seeking.” In other words, why do you care if the sale was dirty? What’s done is done. Let’s not be crying over spilled legal milk, shall we? This is Lehman’s own lawyer telling creditors they shouldn’t care if Lehman got ripped off.

— Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple

Replicated under Fair Use from The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple. (Pg. 178)