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ad Rubashkin arrestec allegation that he had committed bank fraud after his first arrest. Their claim was that, certifications that Agri made to the St. Louis bank with which it had a $35 million line of cm represented that it was in compliance with the law when, in fact, it was harboring illegal ir that Ag
. However, as detailed in the memo below, prepared by a lawyer familiar with the that the federal government has been overly zealous in pursuing Mr. Rubashkin and has si considerably more severe restrictions and potential punishment than others in similar case: quite an eye-opener, well worth reading despit
forcement raid. To put the sentence being sought in the Rubashkin case in perspective, one can look at the case of Mark Turckan, the president of a St. Louis bank, pleaded guilty in early 2009 to a 21-year cover-up of misapplying funds. He was found to have caused a 25-million dollar loss, the prosecutors
nd circumstances of the crime and the purpose and scope of the crime have to be part of the punishment equation. Even the prosecutors agree that Mr. Rubashkin did not gain personally from this crime and that the only reason why he committed the crime was to try to save his fathers business from going unde
forcement raid. To put the sentence being sought in the Rubashkin case in perspective, one can look at the case of Mark Turckan, the president of a St. Louis bank, pleaded guilty in early 2009 to a 21-year cover-up of misapplying funds. He was found to have caused a 25-million dollar loss, the prosecutors
nd circumstances of the crime and the purpose and scope of the crime have to be part of the punishment equation. Even the prosecutors agree that Mr. Rubashkin did not gain personally from this crime and that the only reason why he committed the crime was to try to save his fathers business from going unde
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United States
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George W. Bush
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Eric Trump
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James Baker
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Houston
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LOCATIONthe Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Eric Holder
PERSONRichard M. Rosenbaum
PERSONCunningham
PERSONThe Court of Appeals
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LOCATIONMichael Bianco
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