Trump’s justice department is considering a non-prosecution agreement, through which Boeing would not need to plead guilty

Boeing is set to avoid prosecution in a fraud case sparked by two fatal crashes of its bestselling 737 Max jet that killed 346 people, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The US Department of Justice is considering a non-prosecution agreement, relatives of the victims were told on Friday, through which the US aerospace giant would not be required to plead guilty.

Representatives of the crash victims’ families expressed outrage, describing the proposal as “morally repugnant” after a tense call with senior justice department officials.

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    5 days ago

    This is why America is a garbage country.

    People < corporations.

    In an ideal world, the people in charge of Boeing and those who green lit the choices, should be charged with some form of mass murder. This wasn’t an accident, it was intentional. Luigi them all.

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    “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — not Benito Mussolini

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          It’s an easy mistake to make. For future reference, Wikiquote – a sister project of Wikipedia like Wiktionary and Wikimedia Commons are – is very often a good benchmark for whether famous people have said a quote.

          • For famous quotes that they’ve said, they’re usually listed (if they are, there’s a citation to exactly where that quote came from).
          • For famous quotes they didn’t say, the “Misattributed” section often has the quote with a cited explanation of where it actually comes from.
          • For famous quotes they might’ve or probably didn’t say, the “Disputed” section shows where it’s first attributed to them but of course cannot provide a source where they themselves say it.

          It doesn’t have every quote, but for very famous people, it filters out a lot of false positives. Since it gives you a citation, often you can leave a URL to the original source alongside your quote for further context and just so people who’d otherwise call BS have the source. And it sets a good example for others to cite their sources.

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    4 days ago

    What confuses me is why they are talking about Boeing. Boeing is just a legal entity. What about the people who made those crashes possible?

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    Trump’s justice department is considering a non-prosecution agreement

    Daddy needs a new jet, not an used 747.