By Sidney Powell
Tragic suicide, a possible homicide, wrongful imprisonment, and gripping court scenes draw readers into this compelling tale giving them a daunting viewpoint on justice corrupted and who will be responsible while facts is withheld.
Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption within the division of Justice is the real tale of the strong-arm, unlawful, and unethical strategies utilized by headline-grabbing federal prosecutors of their narcissistic pursuit of strength. Its scope reaches from the united states division of Justice to the united states Senate, the FBI, and the White residence.
This actual tale is a scathing assault on corrupt prosecutors, the judges who grew to become a blind eye to those injustices, and the president who has promoted them to robust political positions.
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Enron had relationships with more than 120 major financial institutions worldwide. Jeff McMahon, Enron’s treasurer since April 1998, coordinated the transactions so that the banks could not cherry-pick the most lucrative deals and shun the lower-value transactions. In reality, however, the treasurer’s office was little more than a front for dealing with the banks. While McMahon might make the initial introduction of a proposed transaction to a financial institution, he did not negotiate or consummate the 31 deals for Enron.
The fabric of fallacy they had so carefully woven was unraveling. “The Goldman Sachs of energy trading” was losing its grip on its publicity, the analysts, and its luster. One question led to another. Fastow knew how bad it really was, and he was increasingly terrified of being exposed—his lies laid bare. Not even Ken Lay’s wheeling and dealings with the Astros Major League Baseball club and friendships with past and current presidents could solve Enron’s problem. ” Meanwhile the pressure of questions about performance continued to mount as Enron struggled to meet earnings under its new business model.
She had been appointed to the bench by the first President Bush. Andersen got speedy, but it was difficult to characterize it as much of a trial. Andersen hired Houston criminal defense attorney Rusty Hardin to lead the defense team. Hardin, an experienced and highly regarded criminal defense attorney, got nowhere fast with Judge Harmon. The task force trial team of Caldwell, Weissmann, Buell, and Friedrich got its way with the judge. No one seemed to have noticed that Judge Harmon didn’t allow the defense to introduce the hundreds of thousands of 61 documents Andersen had retained.