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===HSBC scandal===

===HSBC scandal===

Comey served on the Board of Directors of [[HSBC Holdings]] until July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former US Deputy Attorney General joins HSBC Board |url=http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |publisher=HSBC Holdings plc. |date=30 Jan 2013 |accessdate= |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407063402/http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |archivedate=|df= }}</ref>  In 2012, HSBC was the subject of hearings of the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] permanent subcommittee for its [[money laundering]] activities. On 16 July the committee presented its findings.<ref>{{Cite news | url =https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18880269 |publisher=BBC News | title=HSBC money laundering report: Key findings | date=11 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://4closurefraud.org/2012/07/16/us-senate-report-u-s-vulnerabilities-to-money-laundering-drugs-and-terrorist-financing-hsbc-case-history/|title =HSBC Exposed U.S. Financial System to Money Laundering, Drug, Terrorist Financing Risks|date =17 July 2012| work =[[United States Senate]], The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations|accessdate =23 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/media/hsbc-exposed-us-finacial-system-to-money-laundering-drug-terrorist-financing-risks|title =HSBC Exposed U.S. Financial System to Money Laundering, Drug, Terrorist Financing Risks (press release)|date =16 July 2012|work =[[United States Senate]], The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations|accessdate =22 December 2012}}</ref> Among other things, it concluded that HSBC had been transferring $7 billion in banknotes from its Mexican to its US subsidiary, much of it related to drug trafficing<ref>{{cite news|last=Mollenkamp |first=Carrick |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/12/uk-hsbc-probe-idUKBRE8BA05K20121212 |title=HSBC became bank to drug cartels, pays big for lapses |publisher=Reuters |date=12 December 2012 |accessdate=14 July 2013}}</ref>), was disregarding terrorist financing links and was actively circumventing US safeguards to block transactions involving terrorists, drug lords and rogue regimes, including hiding $19.4 billion in transactions with [[Iran]]. This investigation followed on from a probe by the US Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that there was "significant potential for unreported money laundering or terrorist financing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jul/11/hsbc-failure-control-money-laundering|title=HSBC chief admits bank failed to control money laundering|first=Dominic|last=Rushe|date=11 July 2012|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>  On 11 December 2012, HSBC agreed to pay a record $1.92 billion fine in this money laundering case. "Bank officials repeatedly ignored internal warnings that HSBC's monitoring systems were inadequate, the Justice DHe served on the Board of Directors of [[HSBC Holdings]] until July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former US Deputy Attorney General joins HSBC Board |url=http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |publisher=HSBC Holdings plc. |date=30 Jan 2013 |accessdate= |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407063402/http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |archivedate=7 April 2013 |df= }}</ref>  In 2012, HSBC was the subject of hearings of the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] permanent subcommittee for its [[money laundering]] activities. On 16 July the committee presented its findings.epartment said. In 2008, for example, the CEO of HSBC Mexico was told that Mexican law enforcement had a recording of a Mexican drug lord saying that HSBC Mexico was the place to launder money."<ref name="reuters1">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/11/us-hsbc-probe-idUSBRE8BA05M20121211|title=HSBC to pay $1.9 billion U.S. fine in money-laundering case | date=11 December 2012|work=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=}}</ref> The [[United States Department of Justice]], however, decided not to pursue criminal penalties, a decision which the ''[[New York Times]]'' labelled a "dark day for the rule of law."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/opinion/hsbc-too-big-to-indict.html |title=Too Big to Indict |date=11 December 2012 |work=The New York Times|accessdate=12 December 2012}}</ref>

Comey served on the Board of Directors of [[HSBC Holdings]] until July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former US Deputy Attorney General joins HSBC Board |url=http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |publisher=HSBC Holdings plc. |date=30 Jan 2013 |accessdate= |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407063402/http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |archivedate=7 April 2013|df= }}</ref>  In 2012, HSBC was the subject of hearings of the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] permanent subcommittee for its [[money laundering]] activities. On 16 July the committee presented its findings.<ref>{{Cite news | url =https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18880269 |publisher=BBC News | title=HSBC money laundering report: Key findings | date=11 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://4closurefraud.org/2012/07/16/us-senate-report-u-s-vulnerabilities-to-money-laundering-drugs-and-terrorist-financing-hsbc-case-history/|title =HSBC Exposed U.S. Financial System to Money Laundering, Drug, Terrorist Financing Risks|date =17 July 2012| work =[[United States Senate]], The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations|accessdate =23 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/media/hsbc-exposed-us-finacial-system-to-money-laundering-drug-terrorist-financing-risks|title =HSBC Exposed U.S. Financial System to Money Laundering, Drug, Terrorist Financing Risks (press release)|date =16 July 2012|work =[[United States Senate]], The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations|accessdate =22 December 2012}}</ref> Among other things, it concluded that HSBC had been transferring $7 billion in banknotes from its Mexican to its US subsidiary, much of it related to drug trafficing<ref>{{cite news|last=Mollenkamp |first=Carrick |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/12/uk-hsbc-probe-idUKBRE8BA05K20121212 |title=HSBC became bank to drug cartels, pays big for lapses |publisher=Reuters |date=12 December 2012 |accessdate=14 July 2013}}</ref>), was disregarding terrorist financing links and was actively circumventing US safeguards to block transactions involving terrorists, drug lords and rogue regimes, including hiding $19.4 billion in transactions with [[Iran]]. This investigation followed on from a probe by the US Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that there was "significant potential for unreported money laundering or terrorist financing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jul/11/hsbc-failure-control-money-laundering|title=HSBC chief admits bank failed to control money laundering|first=Dominic|last=Rushe|date=11 July 2012|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>  On 11 December 2012, HSBC agreed to pay a record $1.92 billion fine in this money laundering case. "Bank officials repeatedly ignored internal warnings that HSBC's monitoring systems were inadequate, the Justice DHe served on the Board of Directors of [[HSBC Holdings]] until July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former US Deputy Attorney General joins HSBC Board |url=http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |publisher=HSBC Holdings plc. |date=30 Jan 2013 |accessdate= |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407063402/http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |archivedate=7 April 2013 |df= }}</ref>  In 2012, HSBC was the subject of hearings of the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] permanent subcommittee for its [[money laundering]] activities. On 16 July the committee presented its findings.epartment said. In 2008, for example, the CEO of HSBC Mexico was told that Mexican law enforcement had a recording of a Mexican drug lord saying that HSBC Mexico was the place to launder money."<ref name="reuters1">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/11/us-hsbc-probe-idUSBRE8BA05M20121211|title=HSBC to pay $1.9 billion U.S. fine in money-laundering case | date=11 December 2012|work=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=}}</ref> The [[United States Department of Justice]], however, decided not to pursue criminal penalties, a decision which the ''[[New York Times]]'' labelled a "dark day for the rule of law."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/opinion/hsbc-too-big-to-indict.html |title=Too Big to Indict |date=11 December 2012 |work=The New York Times|accessdate=12 December 2012}}</ref>

==Hillary Clinton email investigation==

==Hillary Clinton email investigation==