>>Fleischmann later realized that the government wasn't interested in having her testify against Chase in court or any other public forum. Instead, the Justice

>>Fleischmann later realized that the government wasn't interested in having her testify against Chase in court or any other public forum. Instead, the Justice Department's political wing, led by Holder, appeared to be using her, and her evidence, as a bargaining chip to extract more hush money from Dimon. It worked. Within weeks, Dimon had upped his offer to roughly $9 billion. I wish I had half as much courage as the article's portrayal of Fleischmann. It's one thing to abstractly know people are pawns to be moved around the board game of life; quite another to belatedly realize titanic forces are using you as a pawn in their high-stakes negotiations.