Trump regime kills Walmart opioid probe

Did you know that Walmart almost faced criminal charges for improperly dispensing opioids, which fueled America's outbreak of heroin addiction?

A federal prosecuting attorney in Texas thought the evidence against Walmart was so incriminating that criminal charges were a slam-dunk. There was a 2-year-long federal investigation against the retail giant because the company forced its pharmacies to dispense opioids prescribed by pill mills. This fueled the addictions of many customers - killing many.

Walmart's insistence on filling these improper prescriptions plagued many states. One Florida doctor sent patients from Kentucky to Walmart pharmacies in over 30 states.

Prosecutors planned to indict Walmart under the Controlled Substances Act. But Walmart cried to Trump appointees in the so-called Department of Justice. In 2018, the Trump regime informed Walmart that it would not be prosecuted.

The prosecutors didn't give up. They met with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and other regime officials to plead their case. They said a fine wouldn't be enough of a punishment for Walmart, because the company "has more money than it knows what to do with."

"Not that there's anything wrong with that," Rosenstein smugly replied. "We are all capitalists here."

Because Trump's pals failed to go after Walmart itself, the prosecutors then tried going after mid-level Walmart managers who went along with the company's decision. This effort also failed.

So prosecutors tried to build a civil claim. Again, the Trump thugocracy stood in the way.

Then Walmart complained to the Trump regime about the prosecutors, claiming that they committed official misconduct just by going after them.

Why is all of this so bad? It's because the heroin crisis has caused the direct deaths of countless Americans and has exacted a toll on anyone who knows someone who was addicted. That toll is not just financial but also medical because of the untold amount of stress it has caused. If this crisis has had any impact on you whatsoever, Walmart deserves a great deal of blame.