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Obama, NY Times overstated Mary Jo White's role in Gotti case

Sunday January 27, 2013 8:54 PM By John Riley

President Barack Obama’s nomination last week of respected former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White to head the SEC seemed designed to signal a crackdown on financial crime to Wall Street. “Don’t mess with Mary Jo,” Obama said.

But in listing the ex-prosecutor’s ample credentials, the president appeared to exaggerate one. “In the early 1990s,” said Obama, with White standing near as he...

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