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"Is he a hapless chump or is he the guy that had the incentive to get it wrong?" Johnson said.
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"These commissions are a political exercise
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The commission was supposed to be like the Pecora Commission, which held hearings starting in 1932 and found objectionable industry practices that led to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
But the FCIC has started late, as legislation is already winding its way through Congress. If the Democrats lose big in midterm elections in November
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Douglas Elliott, a former JPMorgan investment banker now with the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, said the best Prince and Rubin can hope for is to not give any more memorable quotes.
"The world blew up and the major players in financial world are all implicated to some extent. There's no way to come out of it looking good," he said.
(Reporting by Karey Wutkowski and Dan Wilchins; editing by John Wallace)
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