Biden DOJ plans to cut deal with Boeing after fatal crashes

By Wallace White
Daily Caller News Foundation

The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to allow Boeing to avoid a trial if they plead guilty to fraud charges for deaths involving 737 Max jets , according to the New York Times.

The DOJ is reportedly offering Boeing a deal to plead guilty to a fraud charge in order to avoid a criminal trial, provided the corporation agrees to pay a $244 million fine, safety improvements, agree to three years of oversight and a meeting between board members and the crash victim’s families, according to the NYT. The fraud charge stemmed from 2021 when the company settled a case in which it was accused of defrauding the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after 2 fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019.

“The families will strenuously object to this plea deal,” Paul Cassell, legal counsel for the victims families, said according to the NYT. “The memory of 346 innocents killed by Boeing demands more justice than this.”