It was staged all right. Everyone had a part to play to set up the Judge and smooth her over with bogus 'settlement' while they blindsided our EC.
Corruption at it's best, JPMorgan is the most infamous of all in these matters.
Let's hope our EC can shove some of their crap back at them.
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