Sorry if this has already been hashed out. Must have missed it. This is a pretty important piece to the puzzle IMO.
>In late 2012, DOJ accused El Chapo of moving over $7B through HSBC's Mexican branches, which held more lenient rules about cash deposits. Huge cash deposits were made to then be immediately available for use at HSBC locations inside the USA.
>DOJ gave them a slap on the wrist. Holder and LL went against the wishes of many who wanted to prosecute the bank. A deferred prosecution agreement: HSBC had to pay $1.9B, "rehabilitate it's practices", and stay scandal free for 5 years.
>Partial video of the press conference LL gave after the ruling.
>Listen to the reasoning she gives. "Too big to fail?" What?
←-vid related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln3zY62kHi4
>Comey joins HSBC Bank: Hired January 2013, effective March 2013, holding an "Independent, Non-Executive Director" position in the Financial System Vulnerabilities Committee.
https://web.archive.org/web/20130203070322/http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board
>He left HSBC in July 2013. By September 2013, he would be nominated by Hussein as the acting director of the FBI, replacing Mueller. Within a year, LL would be replaced by Holder as Attorney General.
Need moar digging on this I think.