Rich Dem. Donor Gets Slap on the Wrist for Scheme. (VIDEO)

"How do you describe Steven L. Rattner?

Up until three years ago, he was typically referred to in these pages as a former journalist turned successful financier — the vice chairman of the investment bank Lazard and then a co-founder of the Quadrangle Group, the private equity firm."*

Steve Rattner was a big-time financier and even became the White House auto czar, until he was accused of "pay-to-play" tactics while raising money from a pension fund while still at his private equity firm. Did he get punished? Sort of. Is he no longer a key figure with Democrats? Nope, he's still around, embraced. Could his forgiveness possibly be due to his money? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.