Government,
Criminal,
Corporate
Mar. 4, 2022
Garland says he wants white collar criminals jailed
“The department’s first priority is to prosecute those who profit from individual wrongdoing,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland told white collar lawyers gathered at a conference in San Francisco. “The prospect of personal liability has the uncanny ability to focus the mind.”
SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, making a remote appearance at the American Bar Association convention on white collar crime Thursday, said he wanted individuals to face jail time.
Garland said the department should focus on individual defendants and not allow white collar offenses to be resolved by corporations paying fines.
"The department's first priority is to prosecute those who profit ...
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