Posted on 11/11/2019 7:11:44 AM PST by Hojczyk
It seems the prosecutors feared it would just be too humiliating to admit they had nothing, and hoped theyd somehow stumble on . . . something.
Still, Thursdays final retreat, dropping most charges at the very end, was a shocker. It left the judge dismissing those charges with prejudice, so the state can never refile them. And Exxons infuriated lawyers say those claims have cost in many respects the most severe reputation harm to the company and to the executives, so they want still stronger sanctions.
Judge Ostrager has 30 days to issue a decision. The prosecutors are surely praying hell find the Martin Act gives them so much leeway that he actually has to find Exxon guilty. If so, itll be a blaring alarm to businesses to have nothing to do with New York, because they have no hope of a fair break here.
Otherwise, the judge should explore every possible option for censuring the states attorneys whose abuse of power here has been utterly mind-blowing.
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Thanks Hojczyk. The AG is and always has been unfit for office.
One charge has not been dropped, but the judge will likely dismiss it.
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