FASTOW PLEA DEAL BACKSTORY Judge Accepts Lea Fastow Plea Bargain

click2houston. ^ | January 8, 2004 | ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Liz]

Plea deals often involve agreements to testify against others, and the potential of a Fastow plea deal raises the possibility that prosecutors are closer to bringing a case against Lay and Skilling. Neither Lay nor Skilling has been charged in the Enron scandal, and attorneys have not said whether Fastow is willing to cooperate in prosecuting them. Enron whistle-blower Sherron Watkins said Thursday that Fastow's knowledge of Enron's inner workings could crack open the case.

Enron middle class workers out of a job, pensioneers, and shareholders are knitting and muttering "guillotine."

[Liz]

Background info on Fastow plea deal.

[ken5050]

If she's smart..she'll use the time, and the new diet..to drop, say, about 50 pounds...

[Liz]

.....Fastow plea deal raises the possibility that prosecutors are closer to bringing a case against Lay and Skilling. Neither Lay nor Skilling has been charged in the Enron scandal, and attorneys have not said whether Fastow is willing to cooperate in prosecuting them. Enron whistle-blower Sherron Watkins said Thursday that Fastow's knowledge of Enron's inner workings could crack open the case. "Sometimes I liken Jeff Skilling to a Mafia boss who used particular words. He never said, 'Go whack Joey.' He said, 'Go take care of Joey.' And now that there have been corporate problems, he tries to say that 'I just meant, send Joey on vacation.'

So Clintonesque............as the Clinton Legacy continues.

[ken5050]

Itr's obviosu that Andy cut a deal to spare his wife as much jail time as possible...thus, I'd expect that his plea agreement, which requires him to tell everything, meanas that if he doesn't come across..then HER sentence goes up..remember, she's pleading out here, and she has to ofer something as consideration...the government has bvery smartly linked the two....to ensure his cooperation...wonder if Skilling and Lay and been seen buying Depends by the case..and brown suits for their trials...

[Liz]

If she's smart..she'll use the time, and the new diet..to drop, say, about 50 pounds.

Snicker. Yeah, but facing hard time and having to disgorge all that money would give anyone the munchies.

From what I've read, prison food is notoriously unhealthy, fatty, and lacking in fresh fruits and vegetables.

Then again, Lea will have plenty of time to do lots of pushups in her cell.

[Liz]

......wonder if Skilling and Lay and been seen buying Depends by the case.....and brown suits for their trials......

I hear they were seen buying soap-on-a-rope (snicker).

[ken5050]

You know, she's gonna need a new career when she gets out..now, you've see all those spas who promote the Marine Corps physical training boot camp work outs..so if Leah shed the pounds, gets buff....she can come out with Lea Fastow's Weight Loss Centers...."Hard Time for Hard Pounds"....sh'e make a fortune....can't you just see her with Couric on the tube....you know, it's NOT a half bad idea, actually...

[ken5050]

LOL.....I actually was referring to nervousness before sentenceing..because all of a sudden these guys realize that they have NO chance of avoiding big jail time..about the ONLY deal the US would take would be ONE year off on a 100 year sentence...it wouldn't surprise me if it comes otu that they tried to cop a plea, but were turned down...

[ken5050]

Liz..off topic question..but have you heard any of the recent adds..radio and TV that FannyMae is running about how they provide mortgaages..the usual PR fluff?..the point is that the announcer sounds just like Michael Jackson....

[A. Pole]

Reform minded oligarchs (kloptocrats) like Khodorkovsky get prosecuted in Russia. How undemocratic.

[Liz]

......so if Leah shed the pounds, gets buff....she can come out with Lea Fastow's Weight Loss Centers...."Hard Time for Hard Pounds"....can't you just see her with Couric on the tube....

I think it'd work but only if post-prison Lea assumes the position of (gag) "victim". You know.....the liberal routine where they stoop down, start sobbing and complain about a VRWC.

[Liz]

......I actually was referring to nervousness before sentencing.........

I was referring to their knowledge that they're gonna get nailed and are preparing for the inevitable.

[Liz]

Haven't heard it.....wonder why would they use a MJ-like voiceover?

[Liz]

.....it wouldn't surprise me if it comes out that (Lay and Skilling) tried to cop a plea, but were turned down...

That would be true justice.

[A. Pole]

Reform minded oligarchs (kloptocrats) like Khodorkovsky get prosecuted in Russia. How undemocratic.

Should be "kleptocrats". Sorry.

[BOBTHENAILER]

So Clintonesque............as the Clinton Legacy continues.

And the RATs will continue to try and tie Enron to Pres. Bush, when he is the one prosecuting the crimes committed when Clinton and his people were in bed with Enron. How typical.

[Dog Gone]

Since he skimmed $30 million off for himself, a $20 million fine doesn't seem enough. Of course, he's probably going to lose the rest of his assets in civil suits, so he's going to end up broke no matter what.

[Liz]

Oh yeah, they can try but it's not gonna work.

[Liz]

Guess Andy'll have to drop the (gag) "compassion act" and fold-up the do-gooder Fastow Foundation he and his family used as a front.

While it lasted the foundation helped the Fastows put on a phoney public face of "tolerance and compassion" while they were ripping off Enron's shrareholderss, pensioneers and middle class workers.