Sen. Blumenthal: ‘There Is Mounting Evidence that Boeing Should Be Prosecuted’

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BLUMENTHAL: "There‘s mounting evidence that Boeing should be prosecuted. And I‘m going to withhold judgment until we finish this hearing and the investigation. The Justice Department is now doing its own inquiry. But I do think there's near overwhelming evidence that prosecution is important to sending a message, a deterrent message, and also insisting on accountability. Remember that the company paid comparatively very little in terms of criminal penalty in connection with that deferred prosecution. And the families of people who perished in those two plane crashes, 346 people lost their lives, still feel that justice has not been served and that feeling pretty understandable. So I think that there is mounting evidence, perhaps overwhelming evidence now, that prosecution should be pursued."