Yes, I believe Bloomberg is one of the Brahman left. He makes his billions selling his terminals to Wall Street. He may support some issues, such as universal Medicare, but he’s not going to support any regulations that Wall Street does not want.
Undoubtedly, if Fleishmann had not been a Canadian who could seek refuge in Canada, JP, Morgan, or the DOJ, would have sued her, win or lose, that wouldn’t matter. The idea would be to devastate her financially in legal fees.
Look at what the DOJ did to Bradley Birkenfeld. I give a brief history here: https://medium.com/rantt/tax-evaders-evade-criminal-consequences-while-whistleblowers-suffer-1405910b3bcc .
And most recently how they prosecuted May Sours Edwards for the Fin Cen leaks that disclosed the dealings of among others, Paul Manaford.