Thread by @DawsonSField

DOJ files lawsuit against Walmart seeking billions of dollars in penalties for filling opioid prescriptions illegally & failing to report suspicious prescriptions to the DEA.
#ButNothingsHappening
justice.gov/usao-co/pr/dep…

SO Trump's DOJ has no gone after the manufacturers of the opioids, the doctors prescribing them & now the biggest pharmacy filling them. This could set a precedent to go after all the other pharmacies that profited off of selling addiction...

Looks like Walmart stopped distributing controlled substances in 2018 as this investigation closed in on their practices for delivering opioids to the local pharmacies.

They have filed this law suit in Delaware, but it looks like DOJ prosecutors from Colorado, New York, North Carolina & Florida are involved too. Investigation lead by the DEA office in Dalllas...

One thing I have not seen yet is WHEN the allegations start. It looks like Walmart stopped distributing in 2018, but who knows how long they violated the law in order to make money off opioid addiction.

Expect that this will progress like many of the corporate corruption cases. Walmart will resist but will eventually agree to a settlement. The most interesting part will be in discovery, a civil case like this doesn't require a warrant & probable cause to get the #receipts.

I’m wonder if this connects to Walmart’s desire to hire Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand away from the Trump DOJ? Always thought it related to the Walmart prosecutions for foreign bribery, but it may have been bigger.
nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

That case came out of Comey’s FBI handing evidence to Brazilian prosecutors in 2014. They started draining their Swamp soon after but many of the cases lead back to the US & Europe.

https://twitter.com/DawsonSField/status/1141791452684591109?s=20

"SO Trump's DOJ has NOW gone..."