
This is much to do about nothing.
Pettifogging the details to look like Bernie doesn't know what he is talking about. Example:
Daily News: Okay. But do you have a sense that there i
s a particular statute or statutes that a prosecutor could have or should have invoked to bring indictments?
Sanders: I suspect that there are. Yes.
Daily News: You believe that? But do you know?
Sanders: I believe that that is the case. Do I have them in front of me, now, legal statutes? No, I don't. But if I would...yeah, that's what I believe, yes. When a company pays a $5 billion fine for doing something that's illegal, yeah, I think we can bring charges against the executives.
Okay, ....how many people who are not trained lawyers that work for the DOJ would know without reference which legal statutes to invoke to bring indictments? A president sets the tone by directing his AG to pursue indictments against the banks and the AG would advise the president on the best way forward.