Why The DOJ Got Benchslapped In Austria: A Conversation With FCPA Blog's Richard Cassin
Columnist Zach Abramowitz chats with Richard Cassin of the FCPA Blog about how the DOJ got benchslapped -- for fabricating evidence.
Last month, the New York Times reported that the DOJ had failed in its attempt to extradite Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash on FCPA charges alleging that Firtash had bribed Indian officials to the tune of $18.5 million for mining rights. Two things stood out in the story. First, Judge Christoph Bauer found that the charges were politically motivated, which has some lamenting the DOJ’s broad overreach. Plus, per the Times, Judge Bauer accused the United States government of fabricating testimony, questioning whether the so-called witnesses that the U.S. failed to produce (they could produce only affidavits) even existed. The irony of the DOJ alleging corruption while being accused of fabricating the existence of witnesses is hard to miss.
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Zach Abramowitz is a former Biglaw associate and currently CEO and co-founder of ReplyAll. You can follow Zach on Twitter (@zachabramowitz) or reach him by email at zach@replyall.me.