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Live From Studio 6B
"mark lytle" Discussed on Live From Studio 6B
"A hiking app sent him out of a window? That's absolute nonsense. He took him off a mountain. Oh. Like he couldn't see that, hey, the trail ends here. Okay. A.E. Wile E. Coyote. A Russian scientist fell 500 feet to his demise after a hiking app led him astray. In the Pershingender National Park in Germany, according to The Sun, the 34-year-old scientist identified as Dermitri Fedotin was directed onto the unmarked path while attempting to descend towards... Boris Natasha. Boris Natasha, yes, of course. So he's dead. He just sent it a little too quick. He just held out a sign that said, it's not funny. It is funny. Yeah, it's not funny. Uh-oh. Live from Studio 6B on a Tuesday night. Been a fast, great show. Glad you've been a part of it, as always. We always appreciate this audience giving us two hours of your night each and every weekday night. There's a lot out there you could be spending your time doing and we appreciate that you decide to spend it with us. Slick Rick's been doing sports. Delgado's been doing the news. Aaron Fran holding it down, as always. We'll try to get to a couple more of your emails here before the end of the show. But let's do a little more news and hear what that is, Rick Delgado. What's going on? All right. Well, IRS whistleblower attorney David Weiss has to go over Beau Biden connections according to a bombshell report. This coming out, as we know, more information is coming out about the Bidens and the deal and how everything fell apart and how he became the special prosecutor, U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware, David Weiss, a special counsel in the Hunter Biden case, must step down amid a pile of new bombshell reports, including a past connection to President Biden's deceased son Beau, an attorney for one of the IRS whistleblowers, told Fox News. Mark Lytle, who represents IRS investigator Gary Shapley, told the story that Weiss, nominated by then President Donald Trump, but held over by Joe Biden, must go and a truly independent counsel must be named. My overall reaction with all this information that come out that has come out, he said, is that David Weiss has to go. He cannot be special counsel in this case. Every day there are new revelations about Mr. Weiss and the way he's handled the case. One of the reports from The Washington Post revealed Weiss worked closely with then Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, the elder son of President Biden, who died of cancer in 2015. At the time, Weiss was serving as a U.S. attorney in Wilmington in the acting role while the younger Biden worked in Dover. However, the same post story quoted Beau Biden's former chief of staff saying it's not uncommon for Dover to work hand in hand with the feds and that everybody knows everybody in this three county size state. That report comes amid claims that Weiss's office has given Hunter Biden preferential treatment in the federal criminal case. Little also referenced another report claiming Weiss was not moving toward prosecuting Hunter Biden until Shapley and the fellow whistleblower Joseph Ziegler came forward.
WMAL 630AM
"mark lytle" Discussed on WMAL 630AM
"Woodbridge Washington a cumulus media station. Making sense of the news. You stock one O 5.9. News now. 2024. I'm Ted lindner, Fox News, President Biden expected to announce this week his intention to run for reelection. Hunter Biden's lawyers are meeting with the DoJ. His father, the president of the United States, could be announcing his reelection bid. Now The White House doesn't want to talk about any of this. The new poll from The Associated Press is most people don't want the oldest president in U.S. history to run again. He would be 82 at the beginning of a potential second term Eric. Now, 73% in fact of all adults don't want him to run again and more than half, 52% of Democrats don't want Biden to run either, although 41% of Democrats say they will definitely be voting Biden if he's the nominee and another 40 say they will probably vote for him if he's the nominee at 14% of Democrats once 69 year old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and that's fox is Lucas Tomlinson in the meantime Hunter Biden's still a topic of concern. He's being probed by the DoJ. We have been told that this meeting was set up at the request of Hunter Biden's legal team weeks ago and it does not indicate that charges are imminent. Sources say that prosecutors are looking into two possible misdemeanor tax charges a felony tax evasion charge and a felony gun charge that's related to the purchase of a gun, while not related this meeting does come as an IRS agent turned whistleblower is claiming that the Biden administration is giving preferential treatment to the president's son. Turning Mark lytle says his client seeks to provide details that contradict sworn testimony to Congress by a senior political appointee. Multiple reports have named that appointee as attorney general Merrick Garland who testified before Congress that he is not interfered with this investigation. And that is Alexandria Hoff House Republicans are also alleging that Secretary of State Antony Blinken was behind a letter that cast doubt on the Hunter Biden laptop story. And Utah state senator Mike Kennedy's home vandalized with messages written in red spray paint by transgender advocates
WMAL 630AM
"mark lytle" Discussed on WMAL 630AM
"News now. For 2024, I'm Ted lindner Fox News, President Biden expected to announce this week his intention to run for reelection. Hunter Biden's lawyers are meeting with the DoJ. His father, the president of the United States, could be announcing his reelection bid. Now The White House doesn't want to talk about any of this. The new poll from The Associated Press is most people don't want the oldest president in U.S. history to run again, who would be 82 at the beginning of a potential second term Eric. Now, 73% in fact of all adults don't want him to run again, more than half, 52% of Democrats don't want Biden to run either, although 41% of Democrats say they will definitely be voting Biden if he's the nominee and another 40 say they will probably vote for him if he's the nominee at 14% of Democrats, one 69 year old Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. That's fox is Lucas Tomlinson. The president's been teasing reelection bid since late 2022. And Hunter Biden, as mentioned there is still a topic of concern as he's being probed by the DoJ. We have been told that this meeting was set up at the request of Hunter Biden's legal team weeks ago, and it does not indicate that charges are imminent. Sources say that prosecutors are looking into two possible misdemeanor tax charges a felony tax evasion charge and a felony gun charge that's related to the purchase of a gun. While not related, this meeting does come as an IRS agent turned whistleblower is claiming that the Biden administration is giving preferential treatment to the president's son. Turning Mark lytle says his client seeks to provide details that contradict sworn testimony to Congress by a senior political appointee. Multiple reports have named that appointee as attorney general Merrick Garland who testified before Congress that he has not interfered with this investigation. Fox is Alexandria Hoff and prosecutors in Mexico announcing they have seized a huge collection of exotic animals, including ten tigers, 6 Jaguars 5 lines and other species and a cartel dominated town. Agents also found antelopes and D are authorities have not identified the
WJR 760
"mark lytle" Discussed on WJR 760
"Being probed by the DoJ here's fox's Alexandria Hoff. We have been told that this meeting was set up at the request of Hunter Biden's legal team weeks ago and it does not indicate that charges are imminent. Sources say that prosecutors are looking into two possible misdemeanor tax charges a felony tax evasion charge and a felony gun charge that's related to the purchase of a gun, while not related this meeting does come as an IRS agent turned whistleblower is claiming that the Biden administration is giving preferential treatment to the president's son. Turning Mark lytle says his client seeks to provide details that contradict sworn testimony to Congress by a senior political appointee. Multiple reports have named that appointee as attorney general Merrick Garland who testified before Congress that he has not interfered with this investigation. And House Republicans are also alleging that Secretary of State Antony Blinken was behind a letter that cast doubt on the Hunter Biden laptop story. Meanwhile, President Biden is expected to announce next week his intention to run for reelection in 2024, under Biden's lawyers are meeting with the DoJ, his father, the president of the United States, could be announcing his reelection bid. Now The White House doesn't want to talk about any of this. A new poll from The Associated Press is most people don't want the oldest president in U.S. history to run again. He would be 82 at the beginning of a potential second term Eric. Now, 73% in fact of all adults don't want him to run again, more than half, 52% of Democrats don't want Biden to run either, although 41% of Democrats say they will definitely be voting Biden if he's the nominee and another 40 say they will probably vote for him if he's the nominee. 14% of Democrats want 69 year old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fox's Lucas Tomlinson, President Biden has been teasing reelection bids since late 2022. America's listening to Fox News. Jason in the house, the Jason chaffetz podcast. There is always someone doing something stupid somewhere, dive deeper than the headlines in
WJR 760
"mark lytle" Discussed on WJR 760
"In the hot seat on Jane Fergus Fox News, Hunter Biden is still a topic of concern as he's being probed by the DoJ, here's fox's Alexandria Hoff. We have been told that this meeting was set up at the request of Hunter Biden's legal team weeks ago and it does not indicate that charges are imminent. Sources say that prosecutors are looking into two possible misdemeanor tax charges of felony tax evasion charge and a felony gun charge that's related to the purchase of a gun, while not related this meeting does come as an IRS agent turned whistleblower is claiming that the Biden administration is giving preferential treatment to the president's son. Turning Mark lytle says his client seeks to provide details that contradict sworn testimony to Congress by a senior political appointee. Multiple reports have named that appointee as attorney general Merrick Garland, who testified before Congress that he has not interfered with this investigation. House Republicans are also alleging that Secretary of State Antony Blinken was behind a letter that cast doubt on the Hunter Biden laptop story. Meanwhile, president Joe Biden is expected to announce next week his intention to run for reelection in 2024. Under Biden's lawyers are meeting with the DoJ, his father, the president of the United States, could be announcing his reelection bid. Now The White House doesn't want to talk about any of this. The new poll from The Associated Press is most people don't want the oldest president in U.S. history to run again who would be 82 at the beginning of a potential second term Eric. Now 73% in fact of all adults don't want him to run again. More than half, 52% of Democrats don't want Biden to run either, although 41% of Democrats say they will definitely be voting Biden if he's the nominee and another 40 say they will probably vote for him if he's the nominee at 14% of Democrats once 69 year old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fox is Luke as Tomlinson, President Biden has been teasing reelection bids since late 2022. America is
The Charlie Kirk Show
"mark lytle" Discussed on The Charlie Kirk Show
"Department. Let's play cut 77. Iris whistleblower saying the federal investigation a Hunter Biden has been marred by special treatment, not a shock, but we're finally getting evidence of what we already knew to be true. Play cut 77. Attorney Mark lytle's client is a supervisory special agent at the IRS. Who's prepared to tell Congress the investigation he's been working on has been hampered by what he thinks is special treatment. Lytle wouldn't talk in specifics declining to identify either his client or the target of the investigation, his client helped conduct. But CBS News has learned the investigation the whistleblower worked on is about Hunter Biden. Today, lytle sent this letter to Congress, claiming his client could provide information that would contradict sworn testimony by a senior political appointee. CBS News has learned, that was attorney general Merrick Garland. Again, this is, this is all about Merrick Garland. You could only imagine how many interference campaigns are currently being run by the Biden regime, right? How many different layers of interference are they running? It's a very courageous whistleblower here. So is this whistleblower going to get whistleblower protection? Yeah, we're going to do everything we can to protect him. Because Charlie, I really want to make this. This is important. This is not Republican Democrat politics. We have a serious problem where in my view this is obstruction. They are stopping investigations. They are suppressing information. We already know how they acted during the last presidential campaign, suppressing free speech. We found out in a congressional hearing that Tony blinken when he was an adviser to Joe Biden during the campaign. He's the one that went around and got those 51 national security experts to sign this letter about how the Hunter Biden laptop was just Russian disinformation. And that was a flat out lie. Tony blinken is now Secretary of State. And he's been a disaster. You have this entire apparatus around Joe Biden to protect Joe Biden so that the radical left agenda can move forward without a misstep. And again, if Bill Barr was in Merrick Garland's shoes and he was quote unquote running interference like this, you already know what the big media would be doing. It will be wall to wall coverage. It would be nonstop. The fact that the other day, MSNBC and CNN are talking about and these are tragic, these are tribes to tragedies in our country. These shootings that have occurred around the country, but they're covering shootings around the country, a bot, a block B block, C block, and they're ignoring corruption in The White House in the Department of Justice to block these investigations. It really is truly disgusting. For you. For years, they accused Donald Trump of obstruction of justice and he never did any of this. And now we have a smoking gun. I sure hope, you know, this individual's given whistleblower protection and that he is able to get the facts out there. So we have hunter other criminal potential activity by Hunter Biden and Joe Biden, foreign registration act, we have CFIUS that registrations, we have the whole Mike morrell wrinkle and angle. How do you guys even keep this all straight?.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Watergate on Steroids With Rep. Byron Donalds
"Let's play cut 77. Iris whistleblower saying the federal investigation a Hunter Biden has been marred by special treatment, not a shock, but we're finally getting evidence of what we already knew to be true. Play cut 77. Attorney Mark lytle's client is a supervisory special agent at the IRS. Who's prepared to tell Congress the investigation he's been working on has been hampered by what he thinks is special treatment. Lytle wouldn't talk in specifics declining to identify either his client or the target of the investigation, his client helped conduct. But CBS News has learned the investigation the whistleblower worked on is about Hunter Biden. Today, lytle sent this letter to Congress, claiming his client could provide information that would contradict sworn testimony by a senior political appointee. CBS News has learned, that was attorney general Merrick Garland. Again, this is, this is all about Merrick Garland. You could only imagine how many interference campaigns are currently being run by the Biden regime, right? How many different layers of interference are they running? It's a very courageous whistleblower here. So is this whistleblower going to get whistleblower protection? Yeah, we're going to do everything we can to protect him. Because Charlie, I really want to make this. This is important. This is not Republican Democrat politics. We have a serious problem where in my view this is obstruction. They are stopping investigations. They are suppressing information. We already know how they acted during the last presidential campaign, suppressing free speech. We found out in a congressional hearing that Tony blinken when he was an adviser to Joe Biden during the campaign. He's the one that went around and got those 51 national security experts to sign this letter about how the Hunter Biden laptop was just Russian disinformation. And that was a flat out lie. Tony blinken is now Secretary of State. And he's been a disaster. You have this entire apparatus around Joe Biden to protect Joe Biden so that the radical left agenda can move forward without a misstep.
77WABC Radio
"mark lytle" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"An observed things that are done differently in this particular matter, which I can't identify. And he wants to talk about them, and he believes that they were influenced by politics. Yeah, once again, the attorney, Mark lytle for the would be IRS criminal supervisory whistleblower, the I want to be a whistleblower. Who still, a couple days in Congress has not responded to about whether he will be heard after he detailed how he had been stonewalled when he ended up spilling the beans through his traditional channels. So, again, things that make you go, um. Primate in for the gray one Markle then, and as I have been depicting. The corruption, so many of these stories, three big stories that have broken during the course of this week. That also tie in years worth of institutionalized corruption by the bidens that also show China taking advantage in real time of the weakness of the United States. While the United States implements Chinese style tactics in many instances. I am sure it's all just kind of a coincidence, right? I mean, everything's a coincidence. So here we are, you know, we're a country led by a feckless president. Who is personally compromised by former Chinese. Let's call them business dealings. And you take a look at how precarious the situation is becoming with China. Not that many people are paying attention. I mean, certainly Taiwan is. You take a look at more instability. The Sudan today. Now we got problems there. We didn't used to have these types of problems. Not a coincidence. The weakness that was seized on first by the Taliban in Afghanistan, then by Putin and Russia invading Ukraine, China, all the provocation for Taiwan, whatever they have coming next. And yes, right down to things getting ordinary and the U Sudan. The next year and a half with Biden at the helm is an especially precarious window of time for this country. And frankly, the world, because of the perception of UA U.S. weakness that is actively being seized upon. So, yes, we could be at risk of it soon reaching its apex with China. But hey, still, none of those mean Trump tweets and it really is all so much better, right? Because I do know that the Ukrainians, they absolutely must think so. Ditto the Taiwanese about now. Oh, and by the way, yes, we are being played. But in the most dangerous way possible. So yes, Xi Jinping says he's preparing China for war, even if it largely does not get reported in this country. But then you take a look at what's happened over the past month. That kind of goes along with all the ramping up reward in China. You have Xi Jinping, having signed a pack with Russia, expending their already strong economic relationship, ensuring Russia will continue to have the resources to carry out the war in Ukraine. They had a few weeks ago, China signs a new diplomatic and economic agreement with Saudi Arabia two days later, OPEC with Saudi Arabia as its largest member had that surprise cut of oil supplies that send prices higher again that you're paying more for at the pump right now. And of course the U.S. is real line on foreign sources of energy again because the President Biden's week one policies eliminated U.S. energy dependent independence. Oh,
WLS-AM 890
"mark lytle" Discussed on WLS-AM 890
"They don't need Biden anymore. His poll numbers are terrible and they realize they're in real trouble. My guess is the only vehicle they have right now. The only vehicle they have to get him out. Is pushing this Hunter Biden story to kind of wink and nod and him and his crew and say, listen, we're not giving you a pass this time. You get out now or get out later, but either way we're not giving you a pass. Jim, you were watching that, you said at the presser, who asked him Kirsten Welker, was a Kristen or Kirsten? I think she's from NBC, right? I've actually met her a couple times. He's been very nice to me. He's probably a left winger. I don't know, but she apparently asked Korean Jean Pierre the worst press secretary in the history of the United States a question about this very thing. I didn't hear the answer, Jim, did you hear it? Did create job here say, we're just not going to address that from here. It's an ongoing investigation as she did. Okay, I can predict it, right? Korean champion is Jesse watters calls her at the binder. Now the story gets even more freaky deaky. Here's John Solomon last night. He's on Hannity. Solomon broke this story wide open. And Solomon said, listen, not only is this guy's IRS supervisor got the goods and the receipts. But he's willing to go on the record and testify about this thing. It's going to cause a real problem because the left is already on the record, right? Telling you whistleblowers, remember the whistleblower in the Ukraine case. They're sacrosanct. Can't attack whistleblowers? Can attack Alexander veneman, yodels? You can't attack the odors. He's in the military. Really, you guys attack Mike Flynn he was in the middle. Oh, it's different. That's different. But it's always different with the level. So now you're on the record saying how whistleblowers are sacrosanct. Well, now we got one. And he wants to talk to Democrats too about Hunter Biden. Believe me, the Democrats know they got a problem. Listen to this. He then watched as attorney general Merrick Garland testified before senator grassley a few weeks ago and said, senator, you've been able to learn how the authority he can do anything. There's no political interference. The whistleblower knew that that was a false statement, and he went to the treasury inspector general, then to the Justice Department inspector general. And today, his lawyer, Mark lytle, who you just played some comments from from my interview, sent the letter to Congress saying he's prepared to give what he gave to the inspector general to Congress. This man doesn't just have eyewitness accounts. He has emails, government memos, summary memos. He has all the receipts chronicling what has gone on and what his own lawyer calls political interference and preferential treatment in the Hunter Biden case. Now, again, I just want to preface this whole country while not preface. Kind of an afterward more than anything. I do not think anything legally is going to happen here because Merrick Garland will swash it. Got it? Because now that bothers me more than my conservative Friends on Twitter, they tweet me. Good stuff. Nothing's going to happen. Sir, we agree. You don't need to tweet me that. A yes. I agree with I'm simply stating to you that CBS a liberal outlet must think this is politically damaging enough. To serve as a vehicle to remove Biden and get someone better in there to compete against Trump or desantis. That's all I'm telling you. If the left didn't care about it, they would just let it go. But they're bringing it up for a reason. It's not because they're doing journalism. They're bringing it up because they know they're in trouble. They know this case is real. They know if the IRS agent or supervisor comes forward with receipts and emails, that there's going to be no what are they going to say It's a conspiracy theory. Their IRS emails. They know they've got SARS, no, not the respiratory syndrome. Suspicious activity reports from the bank. Folks, those are official financial records. The Biden team can't say forever. Oh, it's a conspiracy theory. What? Whatever Joey bag of donuts bank, what are you an idiot? They're filing fake reports? The media knows they got a problem, folks. But the Democrats, they're looking for a better candidate, their bench is thin. I want to play one more thing. This kind of sad. Listen, I don't, I don't play this for you with any sense of elation or joy. I'm not that kind of guy. Is in real trouble. And the Democrats have a really significant problem right now. Dianne Feinstein is clearly not healthy in the Senate on the Democrat side. 90 years old, fetterman had the stroke. He has never been the same. He made his return to Capitol Hill, and this is just sad to listen to. This is his opening statement yesterday. This guy's in real trouble, folks, but he's taken votes on issues that are going to affect your life. He made it a public issue, not us. Listen to this
AP News Radio
IRS agent alleges Hunter Biden probe is being mishandled
"In IRS agent once whistleblower protection to provide information of alleged mishandling of a criminal probe into President Biden's son. The agent's lawyer has told several House and Senate panels his client has information about clear conflicts of interest and preferential treatment to the investigation related to Hunter Biden's taxes, attorney Mark lytle says the agent can contradict sworn testimony to lawmakers by a senior political appointee who was not named. A federal grand jury has been investigating Hunter Biden's taxes and foreign business work for at least 5 years. There are no indications the investigation involves President Biden, House Republicans have their own investigations into nearly every facet of Hunter Biden's business dealings. Sagar Meghani at The White House.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"mark lytle" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"New allegations about President Biden's son, a career investigated with the IRS is coming forward suggesting he has information at the Biden administration could be mishandling the investigation into Hunter Biden's tax affairs. The man's lawyer Mark lytle says his client is seeking whistleblower protections. He's thought long and hard about it. He's lost sleep over whether to come forward and, you know, at the end of the day, he's decided that he would feel worse about himself if he did nothing and stayed quiet. Lawyer, Mark lytle. Several tornadoes confirmed across central Oklahoma last night, including one in the town of coal, where at least two people were killed, Oklahoma highway patrol trooper Eric foster. There are hundreds and hundreds of first responders and other equipment going in to search these different residences. These different shelters that they have on these properties to make sure that everyone made it out okay. Authorities and Gaston county North Carolina are searching for a man who allegedly shot a 6 year old girl, her parents, and another neighbor, after a basketball, rolled into his yard. 24 year old Robert Louis Singletary is now facing four counts of attempted murder, gassed and county DA Travis page. We'll be damn sure. To be loud and clear when this case comes to court and the people of Gaston Cali will see and hear our commitment to that prosecution. In December, Singletary was charged with assaulting his girlfriend with a sledgehammer. SpaceX is trying for the second time to launch the largest rocket ever made. After Monday's plan test was scrapped all plans are for the 400 foot tall starship to launch from Texas this morning. Live from the Bloomberg and Iraqi broker studios, this global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I'm Michael Barr, and this is Bloomberg. With one of the best savings rates in America, banking with Capital One is the easiest decision in the history of decisions. Even easier than choosing slash
Northwest Newsradio
"mark lytle" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"15 before the hour now, I'm John trout. This is America in the morning. An IRS agent says he needs whistleblower protection, alleging the government is mishandling the Hunter Biden investigation. Correspondent John stone has the latest from Washington. Speaking exclusively on CBS News and attorney for the unnamed supervisory special agent Mark lytle says his client has sent a letter to Congress with regard to the Hunter Biden investigation and now the government is handling it. He's ready to be questioned about what he knows and what he experienced under the proper legal protections. The letter claims that as one of many people investigating potential crimes committed by Hunter Biden, Biden is receiving preferential treatment due to political concerns. Typical steps that a law enforcement investigator would take were compromised because of political considerations. Lytle did not confirm Hunter Biden is the subject of his client's probe, although news outlets like CBS News and others have reported that it is the president's son. Biden has been under investigation for the last two years on suspicion of committing various tax crimes. The identity of the agent is not being disclosed by little either. There are laws that provide protection to whistleblowers and he has to navigate that. In the letter lytle wrote to Congress on behalf of his client, it claims his client would contradict sworn testimony given by a senior political appointee. The things he's been through are very well documented and emails and other communications with the Department of Justice. Back in March, attorney general Merrick Garland said, he would not interfere with the person heading up the investigation. Trump appointed Delaware U.S. attorney David Weiss, the letter does not specifically name Garland, nor does it offer any more specifics on what information he would contradict. John stones, Washington. The government has cleared an extra spring coronavirus booster for certain Americans. Ed Donahue has details. The Food and Drug Administration says anyone 65 or older can opt to roll up their sleeves again as long as it's been at least four months since their first dose of the vaccine that targets omicron strains. Doctor Matthew Lawrence is at the university of Maryland school of medicine. We do have vaccines that are available to you protect against these severe consequences. So why not use them? They don't do any good just sitting on a shelf. So let's give them two individuals who are at the highest risk for eligible high risk groups, a spring second booster is a reasonable choice. This approval is geared toward that population of 65 plus and toward immunocompromised everyone can now get the bivalent booster vaccination. So I would encourage them to do that. The CDC must still sign off on the newest round of boosters. I'm Ed Donahue. It's 12 till now on America in the morning with inflation a global issue, reports show the world economy is entering a tricky phase. Correspondent Rita foley reports. The warning comes from the International Monetary Fund. It's worrying about high inflation rising interest rates and the collapse of those two big U.S. banks. The IMF is downgraded its outlook for global economic growth. It now envisions growth of 2.8% this year and it says the possibility that rising interest rates will lead to a recession has risen sharply. The IMF's Pierre Olivier gorilla. Will therefore entering a tricky phase during which economy growth remains low by historical standards, financial risks have increased, yet inflation has not the sizely decisively turned the corner. I'm Rita foley. AI is popping up everywhere. Now your favorite messaging app may be able to send smart pictures. Chuck palm explains in today's tech news. SnapChat's parent company said that artificial intelligence chatbots will now be able to respond to users messages with fully AI generated images, snap said that they aim to use the
Northwest Newsradio
"mark lytle" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"15 before the hour now, I'm John trout. This is America in the morning. An IRS agent says he needs whistleblower protection, alleging the government is mishandling the Hunter Biden investigation. Correspondent John stillness as the latest from Washington. Speaking exclusively on CBS News and attorney for the unnamed supervisory special agent Mark lytle says his client has sent a letter to Congress with regard to the Hunter Biden investigation and now the government is handling it. He's ready to be questioned about what he knows and what he experienced under the proper legal protections. The letter claims that as one of many people investigating potential crimes committed by Hunter Biden, Biden is receiving preferential treatment due to political concerns. Typical steps that a law enforcement investigator would take were compromised because of political considerations. Lytle did not confirm Hunter Biden is the subject of his clients probe, although news outlets like CBS News and others have reported that it is the president's son. Biden has been under investigation for the last two years on suspicion of committing various tax crimes. The identity of the agent is not being disclosed by little either. There are laws that provide protection to whistleblowers and he has to navigate that. In the letter lytle wrote to Congress on behalf of his client, it claims his client would contradict sworn testimony given by a senior political appointee. The things he's been through are very well documented in emails and other communications with the Department of Justice. Back in March, attorney general Merrick Garland said, he would not interfere with the person heading up the investigation. Trump appointed Delaware U.S. attorney David Weiss, the letter does not specifically name Garland, nor does it offer any more specifics on what information he would contradict. John stones, Washington. The government is cleared and extra spring coronavirus booster for certain Americans Ed Donahue has to tails. The Food and Drug Administration says anyone 65 or older can opt to roll up their sleeves again as long as it's been at least four months since their first dose of the vaccine that targets omicron strains. Doctor Matthew Lawrence is at the university of Maryland school of medicine. We do have vaccines that are available to you protect against these severe consequences. So why not use them? They don't do any good just sitting on a shelf. So let's give them two individuals who are at the highest risk for eligible high risk groups, a spring second booster is a reasonable choice. This approval is geared toward that population of 65 plus and toward immunocompromised everyone can now get the bivalent booster vaccination. So I would encourage them to do that. The CDC must still sign off on the newest round of boosters. I'm Ed Donahue. It's 12 till now on America in the morning with inflation, a global issue, reports show the world economy is entering a tricky phase. Correspondent Rita foley reports. The warning comes from the International Monetary Fund. It's worrying about high inflation rising interest rates and the collapse of those two big U.S. banks. The IMF is downgraded its outlook for global economic growth. It now envisions growth of 2.8% this year and it says the possibility that rising interest rates will lead to a recession has risen sharply. The IMF's Pierre Olivier. Will therefore entering a tricky phase during which economy growth remains low by historical standards. Financial risks have increased, yet inflation has not decisively decisively turned the corner. I'm Rita foley. AI is popping up everywhere. Now your favorite messaging app may be able to send smart pictures. Chuck paulum explains in today's tech news. SnapChat's parent company said that artificial intelligence chatbots will now be able to respond to users messages with fully AI generated images, snap said that they aim to use the
WTOP
"mark lytle" Discussed on WTOP
"Supreme Court has temporarily extended women's access to the abortion pill until Friday. The high court is considering whether states may restrict that drug, mifepristone, and in order in an order signed by justice Sam Alito, the court has indicated he will act by Friday night. What does the decision mean? A Texas judge ruled that the FDA was wrong in approving the drug 20 years ago and said that it can no longer be approved. There was a temporary stay put on that while that decision is being appealed to the 5th circuit. The Supreme Court was introduced into this again by the Justice Department and said, please make sure no matter how long it takes for this appeal to wind its way through the courts, that at least the pill is still available. So it's not like they are ruling on the permissibility of the drug itself. They're just ruling on whether it's still available while the lower court opinion from Texas is appealed. CBS News legal Analyst Day in Rosenbaum be with us here Friday afternoon and evening for full coverage on WTO as that decision. We hope we expect to come in from the Supreme Court Friday night. The Republican led house has voted to approve legislation that would block D.C.'s police accountability Bill. Republicans in Congress have charged that the district is in the midst of a crime crisis in voting to overturn the election. And in fact, in this case, overturning this particular legislation. The bill is not likely to be approved in the democratic led Senate and President Biden has promised to veto it. The vote came a week after Congress blocked D.C.'s revised criminal code with backing from President Biden. Here's what the D.C. police union has tweeted tonight. It calls this measure passed by the council, and now rejected by the House the most anti police, pro criminal legislation ever passed by D.C. council. While the U.S. government could default on its debt as soon as this summer, unless a deal to raise the debt limit is agreed to, House speaker Kevin McCarthy released a plan tonight to raise the debt ceiling for a year, but only if Democrats in The White House agreed to several spending cuts. It includes giving unused COVID relief funds back to the treasury, reducing student loan forgiveness and reducing the rate of non defense related discretionary spending. Still Washington Post live anchor Leon Caldwell tells WTO, it may be difficult from McCarthy to get the bill to pass in the house. But it still needs the support of 218 Republicans for it to pass that will be no democratic support and Kevin McCarthy can only lose four Republicans. And so it could be an uphill battle. So I'm on the right or wanting more spending. Some of the moderates might be a little bit uncomfortable with this. Speaking at a function in Maryland, President Biden spoke out against McCarthy's plan. It would destroy this economy. And who do you think will hurt the most? You, hardworking people in the middle class, the neighbors I got raised in. Not the super wealthier, the powerful, but working folks. Speaker McCarthy hopes to pass the bill as soon as next week. There is some developing news tonight in the federal criminal investigation into the tax returns of Hunter Biden, the president's son, an attorney representing an IRS supervisor, has sent a letter to Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill, asking for whistleblower protection. CBS News has learned the supervisor was working on the Hunter Biden investigation related to the president's son's business dealings. The attorney Mark lytle spoke with CBS News today. Typical steps that a law enforcement investigator would take were compromised because of political considerations. Lidl wouldn't talk in specifics declining to identify either his client or the target of the investigation, his client helped conduct. Can you identify him? I can't at this stage, Jim. But CBS News has learned the investigation the whistleblower worked on is about Hunter Biden CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim axelrod, as we learn more this week and next, we'll let you know on WTO. Turning to the war in Ukraine, The Pentagon has announced a new package of assistance, the latest tranche is worth about $325 million. It includes missiles, artillery, rocket systems, vehicles, and other systems. This assistant comes the assistance comes as Ukraine is still trying to launch a spring offensive against Russia. In the meantime, we're learning more about how Russia, which has suffered major losses in this war, has managed to stay in this fight. National security correspondent JJ green. As Russia continues to struggle with finding weapons and people to fight this war, when you look at what's happening in the shadows, you see a significant amount of support, believe it or not, for Russia to win. I spoke with Steve erlanger, who's The New York Times diplomatic correspondent based in Brussels about this. A big part of the world, not just China and India, which are by themselves a big part of the world, regard this as a European problem a regional problem or have some secret sympathy with the idea that a western led world order needs to adjust itself. So what's happening is there's quite a bit of undercover help and support that Russia is getting in order to stay in this war. In fact, that's one of the reasons how Russia is able to continuously evade sanctions that have been placed on it. National security correspondent JJ green. Still ahead here on WTO producers are planning for a reboot of the vampire romance series. I think you know what I'm going to say. They're doing another version of Twilight. We'll have more coming up on WTO. Find everything you need to organize your home or office. During court furniture outlets spring cleaning clearance
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"Prosecution related to the two 7 37 max crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 Boeing's former chief test pilot Mark forkner has been charged with deceiving federal regulators about the flight control system that was later linked to both tragedies After faulkner pleaded not guilty his attorney David gerger said his client did not lie and did not cause the crashes Everyone who was affected by this tragedy deserved a search for the truth not a search for a scapegoat Joining me is former federal prosecutor Mark lytle a partner at Nixon Peabody Mark prosecutors have a trail of what seems like incriminating emails from forkner complaining about the max software system the mcas that it was quote designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys and bragging about using Jedi mind tricks on regulators Will those be an important part of the case against him Well it depends Certainly the case is an example that continues to show up in the modern era with email and electronic communications where people sort of just say what's on their mind They don't think about what they're saying So there's certainly some of those statements about work and are going to be embarrassing I would expect that the government would try to use those to the extent that they put knowledge in forkers head about the mcas failure or the mcas simulation that he learned about I expected defense attorneys would try to limit that because it might be prejudicial or not relevant really to the charges In one he says I basically lied to the regulators unknowingly Does that cut for him or against him It cuts both ways The way it cuts against him is if his statement acknowledging that he's received this new disclosure internally about where the mcas operates and what circumstances which is significantly broader than what Boeing had previously known and or disclosed the FAA So it goes against them in that way It's the marker where he's saying he knew about this And it sets the stage for future allegations that later on he didn't tell the FAA about it It goes for him because this word that he added unknowingly is sort of his statement that like wow I've had all these conversations with the FDA and they told me all this stuff internally about the mcas but now it's different And now they're going to say I lied I didn't lie You know I just didn't know about it The email about Jedi mind tricking regulars was to an FAA official Does that seem to suggest that the FAA knew or should have known about changes to the mcas It wasn't like the FAA was totally in the dark here Yeah this is a challenging indictment for the government to bring on a number of levels But clearly before any of these charges came out obviously during the scope of the FAA's investigations of those two crashes and how they occurred clearly there were a lot of criticism of the FAA certification process that they weren't hands on that they weren't involved in certifying aircraft enough that as a regulator they should have been much more involved This Jedi mind statement puts a number of people in the FAA on notice that they should have looked harder at this This should have taken this and said wait what do we got here So clearly when fork goes on trial there's going to be a lot of effort by his attorneys I would expect to actually put the FAA on trial Faulkner is a mid level employee It's kind of hard to imagine that all this happens solely because of his actions or inactions That's right That's one of the real shortcomings of trying to charge one person in an environment where when you look at the indictment itself there's some emails by him where he's worried that he's going to cost Boeing millions of dollars and clearly there's an environment there where you got an employee who's worried about that and maybe that's infringing his judgment But more to the legal point these wire fraud counts and this SAA fraud count a critical element to these charges are that forker intended to defraud somebody of money or property That's going to be really difficult It's clear that he lied and it's clear that he made some false statements and omissions mostly omissions but to say that he wanted to sort of make money through those lies It looks apparently that he's a mid level employee is worried about his reputation or worried about a reputation that results in people saying he cost the company money and that's not enough to say he intended to defraud airline customers of Boeing What are the other elements that prosecutors have to prove For example is materiality an element It is materiality is an element in every fraud case and they're going to have to show that but for these false statements things would have been different It's really hard to say because all of the statements in the indictment that allege forkner committed fraud there really about omission They described a couple of different interactions that forkner have with the FAA after he learned about the mcas problems where he didn't disclose it And what is the context of those conversations It's really rare to charge a case just based on omissions Usually you're looking for affirmative false statements And omissions make it difficult to prove that somebody had a material false statement too Well there's always a possibility of a play do you think that the prosecutors might be looking to flip him They might but this was a pretty extensive investigation And when the company entered into the settlement it would appear that Boeing did a pretty extensive internal investigation and cooperated with the government extensively So I would think that they have all the information that this is probably going to be the only charge coming out of it Thanks Mark That's Mark lial of Nixon Peabody coming up next Steve Bannon held in criminal contempt of Congress You're.
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"Prosecution related to the two 7 37 max crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 Boeing's former chief test pilot Mark fawkner has been charged with deceiving federal regulators about the flight control system that was later linked to both tragedies After faulkner pleaded not guilty his attorney David Gerhard said his client did not lie and did not cause the crashes Everyone who was affected by this tragedy deserved a search for the truth not a search for a scapegoat Joining me is former federal prosecutor Mark lytle a partner at Nixon Peabody Mark prosecutors have a trail of what seems like incriminating emails from faulkner complaining about the max software system the mcas that it was designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys and bragging about using Jedi mind tricks on regulators Will those be an important part of the case against him Well it depends you know certainly the case is an example that continues to show up in the modern era with email and electronic communications where people sort of just say what's on their mind They don't think about what they're saying So certainly some of those statements by fork are going to be embarrassing I would expect that the government would try to use those to the extent that they put knowledge in forkers head about the mcas failure or the mcas stimulation that he learned about I expected defense attorneys would try to limit that because it might be prejudicial or not relevant really to the charges In one he says I basically lied to the regulators unknowingly Does that cut for him or against him It cuts both ways The way it cuts against him is it's his statement acknowledging that he's received this new disclosure internally about where the mcas operates and what circumstances which is significantly broader than what Boeing had previously known and or disclosed the FAA So it goes against him in that way That's the marker where he's saying he knew about this And it sets the stage for future allegations that later on he didn't tell the SAA about it It goes for him because this word that he added unknowingly is sort of his statement that like wow I've had all these conversations the FAA and they told me all this stuff internally about the mcas but now it's different and now they're going to say I lied I didn't lie You know I just didn't know about it The email about Jedi mind tricking regulators was to an FAA official Does that seem to suggest that the FAA knew or should have known about changes to the mcas It wasn't like the FAA was totally in the dark here Yeah this is a challenging indictment for the government to bring on a number of levels But clearly before any of these charges came out obviously during the scope of the FA investigations of those two crashes and how they occurred clearly there were a lot of criticism of the FAA certification process that they weren't hands on that they weren't involved in certifying aircraft enough that as a regulator they should have been much more involved This Jedi mind statement puts a number of people in the FAA on notice that they should look harder at this They should have taken this and said wait what do we got here So clearly when fork goes on trial there's going to be a lot of effort by his attorneys I would expect to actually put the SAA on trying Faulkner is a mid level employee It's kind of hard to imagine that all this happens solely because of his actions or inactions That's right That's one of the real shortcomings of trying to charge one person in an environment where when you look at the indictment itself there's some emails by him where he's worried that he's going to cost Boeing millions of dollars and clearly there's an environment there where you've got an employee who's worried about that and maybe that's infringing his judgment But more to the legal point these wire fraud counts and this SAA fraud a critical element to these charges are at fortner intended to defraud somebody of money or property That's going to be really difficult It's clear that he lied and it's clear that he made some false statements and omissions mostly omissions but to say that he wanted to sort of make money through those lies It looks apparently that he's a mid level employee who's worried about his reputation or worried about a reputation that results in people saying he cost the company money and that's not enough to say he intended to defraud airline customers of Boeing What are the other elements that prosecutors have to prove For example is materiality an element It is materiality is an element in every broad case and they're going to have to show that but for these false statements things would have been different It's really hard to say because all of the statements in the indictment that alleged fortner committed fraud there really about omission They described a couple of different interactions that pork nurse had with the FAA after he learned about the mcas problems where he didn't disclose it And what is the context of those conversations it's really rare to charge a case just based on omissions Usually you're looking for affirmative false statements And omissions make it difficult to prove that somebody had a material fall statement too Well there's always a possibility of a plague Do you think that the prosecutors might be looking to flip him They might but this was a pretty extensive investigation And when the company entered into the settlement it would appear that Boeing did a pretty extensive internal investigation and cooperated with the government extensively So I would think that they have all the information that this is probably going to be the only charge coming out of it Thanks Mark That's Mark lidle of Nixon Peabody coming up next Steve Bannon held in criminal contempt of Congress You're listening to.
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"The first prosecution related to the two 7 37 max crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 Boeing's former chief test pilot Mark fawkner has been charged with deceiving federal regulators about the flight control system that was later linked to both tragedies After faulkner pleaded not guilty his attorney David Gerhard said his client did not lie and did not cause the crashes Everyone who was affected by this tragedy deserved a search for the truth not a search for a scapegoat Joining me is former federal prosecutor Mark lytle a partner at Nixon Peabody Mark prosecutors have a trail of what seems like incriminating emails from forkner complaining about the max software system the mcas that it was designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys and bragging about using Jedi mind tricks on regulators Will those be an important part of the case against him Well it depends Certainly the case is an example that continues to show up in the modern era with email and electronic communications where people sort of just say what's on their mind I don't think about what they're saying So there's certainly some of those statements by working are going to be embarrassing I would expect that the government would try to use those to the extent that they put knowledge in fortress head about the mcas failure or the mcaf simulation that he learned about I expected defense attorneys would try to limit that because it might be prejudicial or not relevant really to the charges In one he says I basically lied to the regulators unknowingly Does that cut for him or against him It cuts both ways The way it cuts against him is if his statement acknowledging that he's received this new disclosure internally about where the mcas operates and what circumstances which is significantly broader than what Boeing had previously known and or disclosed the FAA So it goes against them in that way That's the marker where he's saying he knew about this And it sets the stage for future allegations that later on he didn't tell the FAA about it It goes for him because this word that he added unknowingly is sort of his statement that like wow I've had all these conversations with the FDA and they told me all this stuff internally about the mcas but now it's different and now they're going to say I lied I didn't lie You know I just didn't know about it The email about Jedi mind tricking regulators was to an FAA official Does that seem to suggest that the FAA knew or should have known about changes to the mcas It wasn't like the FAA was totally in the dark here Yeah this is a challenging indictment for the government to bring on a number of levels But clearly before any of these charges came out obviously during the scope of the FAA's investigations of those two crashes and how they occurred clearly there were a lot of criticism of the FAA certification process that they weren't hands on that they weren't involved in certifying aircraft enough that as a regulator they should have been much more involved This Jedi mind statement puts a number of people in the FAA on notice that they should have looked harder at this They should have taken this and said wait what do we got here So clearly when Ford goes on trial there's going to be a lot of effort by his attorneys I would expect to actually put the SAA on trial Faulkner is a mid level employee It's kind of hard to imagine that all this happens solely because of his actions or inactions That's right That's one of the real shortcomings of trying to charge one person in an environment where when you look at the indictment itself there's some emails by him where he's worried that he's going to cost Boeing millions of dollars and clearly there's an environment there where you got an employee who's worried about that And maybe that's infringing his judgment But more to the legal point these wire fraud counts and this SAA fraud count the critical elements of these charges are at forker intended to defraud somebody of money or property That's going to be really difficult It's clear that he lied and it's clear that he made some false statements and omissions mostly omissions but to say that he wanted to sort of make money through those lies It looks apparently that he's a mid level employees worried about his reputation or worried about a reputation that results in people saying he cost the company money and that's not enough to say he intended to defraud airline customers of Boeing What are the other elements that prosecutors have to prove For example is materiality an element It is materiality is an element in every fraud case and they're going to have to show that but for these false statements things would have been different It's really hard to say because all of the statements in the indictment that allege fork are committed fraud They're really about omissions They describe a couple of different interactions that forever have with the FAA after he learned about the mcas problems where he didn't disclose it And what is the context of those conversations It's really rare to charge a case just based on omissions Usually you're looking for affirmative false statements And omissions make it difficult to prove that somebody had a material false statement too Well there's always a possibility of a plague you think that the prosecutors might be looking to flip him They might but this was a pretty extensive investigation And when the company entered into the settlement it would appear that Boeing did a pretty extensive internal investigation and cooperated with the government extensively So I would think that they have all the information that this is probably going to be the only charge coming out of it Thanks Mark That's Mark lial of Nixon Peabody coming up next Steve Bannon held in criminal contempt of Congress You're listening to Bloomberg Care as the power to bring.
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"Is Bloomberg law with June Grosjean from Bloomberg radio I've been talking to Mark lytle of Nixon Peabody about the Boeing pilot charged with deceiving U.S. aviation regulators in the first prosecution related to two fatal 7 37 max accidents in 2018 What are the other elements that prosecutors have to prove For example is materiality an element It is Materiality is an element in every broad case and they're going to have to show that but for these false statements things would have been different The FAA would have been different It's really hard to say because all of the statements allegations in the indictment that alleged fortner committed fraud there really about omissions and they're not clear they describe a couple of different interactions that forkner had had with the FAA after he learned about the mcas problems where he didn't disclose it And there's going to be like what is on his mind What is the context of those conversations but it's really rare to charge a case just based on omissions Usually you're looking for affirmative false statements And that makes it omissions make it difficult to prove that somebody had a material fall statement too It makes it more difficult I want to talk about Boeing settlement with the Justice Department which didn't cite for nearby name How will that play or will it play into his case No I haven't been able to review the settlement that much But it's certainly going to play a role I think generally for a defense of an individual to have a company for if you're certainly likely to blame Boeing and the pressures he received internally as he noted in some of his emails that he had pressure to not cost the company money And the defense attorney is going to maybe not legally have a basis to bring Boeing into the matter but it's certainly going to be something that's going to be in the background of the trial about how did someone how did this large company just have one person end up being charged criminally And how did what were the terms of Boeing's admissions that Boeing make any admissions in that settlement there's certainly their payment of money is it fair the defense attorney might raise Is it fair that Boeing doesn't receive criminal charges when a mid level employee does Or what is what looks like it appears to be an institution institutional breakdown So will the jury have to believe that he was a rogue employee who was carrying this out by himself or can they believe others were at fault as well and still find him guilty The jury can believe that others were at fault as well and still find him guilty It just goes to the sense of I think the arguments that the defense attorneys are likely to make are that the jury will appeal to the jury's sense of fairness And a jury can jury can nullify a verdict for any reason Now they get instructions from the court to follow the instructions and apply the elements of each charge to the facts proven at the trial But if the jury gets the sense that there's not fairness here it could really go the wrong way for the government You are a former federal prosecutor Would you rather be the prosecution or the defense Which side do you think has a stronger case Well this would be a tough one because in this case the crashes were so tragic the loss of life unnecessarily occurred and clearly Foraker had knowledge of this problem that could have prevented those crashes But it's clear that many other people knew or should have known about this and the defense are going to make a real big part of this case about the FAA and those FAA agents are going to have to testify a trial and they're going to be scorched on cross examination And it's likely I would think forkner could be convicted even if others weren't charged were involved when I charged in the case But I think that the jury it's going to be tough for the jury to go forward If the defense is able to get into their arguments the fact that foreigners kind of escape go Is there a possible There's always a possibility of a play do you think that the prosecutors might be looking to flip him They might This was a but this was a pretty extensive investigation and when the company entered into the settlement And again I haven't read the terms going settlement It would appear that Boeing did a pretty extensive internal investigation and cooperated with the government Extensively So I would think that I would think that they have all the information that this is probably going to be the only charge coming out of it Really because even Peter di fazio the Democrat from Oregon said senior leaders throughout Boeing are responsible for the culture of concealment that ultimately led to the 7 37 max crashes He's saying this shouldn't be the only indictment I think he's right I think it shouldn't be the only indictment but from reading the fact that Boeing that Boeing was allowed to settle and that Boeing's I would expect Boeing would have done a really thorough internal investigation into their compliance and that they would have done extent to be allowed to settle like this they would have extensively cooperated with the government So my expectation based on my experience the charges that came out now would have been inclusive of all of the people they felt they could make a charge and had a reasonable likelihood of conviction at trial Things could change of course and maybe could provide conversations that weren't recorded in email or something that the government doesn't have So of course that could always happen But I'm surprised it's only four here but I would also be surprised if other people were charged in this case What kind of sentence is he looking at Sentencing guidelines are with fraud cases are triggered and tied to what the loss amount was to the victim of the crime If he gets convicted and there have sentencing the defense and the prosecution are going to have a lot of sparring over weather forkner is accountable for the loss that these airlines suffered as a result of the crashes Their liability to passengers also that Boeing settlement 2.5 billion clearly Boeing is providing that amount and fortunate would argue after convicted that sentencing that he wasn't responsible for these losses He would argue for a much lower sentence than maybe the guidelines Otherwise if it's the whole amount he's going to have very high guidelines probably up to life in prison I don't expect a judge to give him that amount of time I think the judge would probably look at this and find he was a mid level employee But there certainly was a lot of loss of life The number of people who died in these crashes is really horrific So I would expect significant sentence maybe between 5 and ten years Thanks Mark That's Mark lidl of Nixon Peabody.
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"Former Boeing pilot was charged with deceiving U.S. aviation regulators in the first prosecution related to two fatal 7 37 max accidents in 2018 that prompted the longest grounding of a commercial jetliner in U.S. aviation history Mark faulkner a former chief technical pilot for the company pleaded not guilty to the charges Joining me is former federal prosecutor Mark lytle a partner at Nixon Peabody Tell us about the charges that faulkner is facing The charges are really twofold One is charges related to false statements and intent to defraud regarding false writings or certifications records regarding an aircraft part And that's a statute that's not normally used but it's basically titled fraud involving aircraft parts in interstate commerce That's counts one through two accounts three through 6 are wire fraud counts wire fraud is an allegation that someone had a scheme in order to defraud and obtain money and property by false and fraudulent pretenses And that's the whole indictment It's a 6 count indictment There's also a forfeiture notice where they try to collect any money that was gained as a result of this large crime or traceable to those offenses There's a trail of messages and emails from fork near where he bragged of using Jedi mind tricks on regulators complain that the max was designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys Will that be a key part of the prosecution's case against him Well it depends They may try to bring you know certainly the case is an example that continues to show up in the modern era with email and electronic communications where people sort of just say what's on their mind It doesn't think about what they're saying So there's certainly some of those statements by working are going to be embarrassing I would expect that the government would try to use those to the extent that they put knowledge in forkers had about the mcas failure or the mcas simulation that he learned about I expected defense attorneys would try to limit that because it might be prejudicial or not relevant really to the charges that are alleged against them So in one he says I basically lied to the regulators unknowingly Does that cut for him or against him It cuts both ways The way it cuts against him is if his statement acknowledging that he's received this new disclosure internally about where the mcas operates and what circumstances which is significantly broader than what Boeing had previously known and or disclosed the FAA So it goes against him in that way It sort of puts that the marker where he's saying he knew about this And it sets the stage for future allegations that later on he didn't tell the SAA about it It goes for him because this word that he added unknowingly is sort of his statement that like wow I've had all these conversations the FA and they told me all this stuff internally about the mcas but now it's different and now they're going to say I didn't lie You know I just didn't know about it The email about Jedi mind tricking regulators was to an FAA official So some of his emails seem to suggest that people in the FAA at least some people knew about the changes to the MCH And it wasn't that the FAA knew nothing Yeah this is a challenging indictment for the government to bring on a number of levels But clearly before any of these charges came out obviously during the scope of the FAA's investigations of those two crashes and how they occurred clearly there were a lot of criticism of the FA certification process that they weren't hands on that they weren't involved in certifying aircraft enough that as a regulator they should have been much more involved This Jedi mind statement puts a number of people on the FAA on notice that they should have looked harder at this They should have taken this and said wait what do we got here So clearly when fork goes on trial there's going to be a lot of effort by his attorneys I would expect to actually put the SAA on trial He's a mid level employee It's kind of hard to imagine that this all happened solely because of his actions or inactions That's right I mean that's one of the real shortcomings of trying to charge one person in an environment where when you look at the indictment itself there's some emails by him where he's worried that he's going to cost Boeing millions of dollars and clearly there's an environment there where you've got an employee who's worried about that And maybe that's infringing his judgment But more to the point the legal point these wire fraud counts and this SAA front a critical element to these charges are that forker intended to defraud somebody of money or property That's going to be really difficult It's clear that he lied and it's clear that he made some false statements and omissions mostly omissions but to say that he wanted to sort of make money through those lies It looks apparently that he's a mid level employees worried about his reputation or worried about a reputation that results in people saying he cost the company money and that's not enough to say he intended to defraud airline customers of Boeing Coming up next on the Bloomberg law show I'll continue this conversation with Mark lytle of Nixon Peabody and we'll talk about how much of an uphill battle this trial may be for prosecutors You're.