Drudge (Sorry): KENNY BOY INDICTED AT ENRON

[Fish Inspector]

Headline only. I got so excited I couldn't wait for the story or a better source.

Fish Inspector

[arcane1]

1. Kenny-boy is gonna need one of those "trial lawyers"

let's see if Justice actually gets served for a change...

not holding my breath

[Syrinx]

2. link

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory2/2667266

[struggle4progress]

4. But wait! There's more tragic news:

Ex-Enron Chief's Wife Shutters Second-Hand Store
Wed Jul 7, 2004 02:57 PM ET

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The second-hand furniture store run by the wife of former Enron Corp. chief Ken Lay has shut its doors -- at least for now -- while the once-high flying couple seeks to sell the property.
Linda Lay opened the store Jus' Stuff near downtown Houston in April 2002, offering antiques and high-end furniture the Lays and their friends no longer wanted.
<snip>

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=5611462


Let's all pause to remember how America wept at the sad news that Linda was selling her furniture to pay the household bills ...

[NashVegas]

5. oh boy

all the outlets are spazzing out over a rumor.

which could be true :)

[Walt Starr]

3. Hmmm, I guess * can't do anything to help out ole Kenny Boy any more

seeing as how he's probably facing indictment next week.

[jpak]

6. Wonder what kind of dirt Kenny-Boy has on the Shrub and Cheney????

Will it stick to him and Dick?????

[elehhhhna]

9. He must be indicted in order to be PARDONED.

He won't stick it to anybody--and he'll be pardoned by Thanksgiving;. This is more evidence that the BA knows it's losing.

(And yes, you can be pardoned after indictment, not just conviction.)

[sofa king]

12. Is there a lawyer in the house?

I've been looking at the CFR guidelines on presidential pardons and I notice that they differ significantly from the circumstances behind at least one set of pardons I can recall--the preemtive pardon of Caspar Weinberger, Elliot Abrams, Bud McFarlane, Clair George, and a couple other guys I can't recall by Bush the Smarter after he lost the election of 1992.

It seems to me that elehhhhna is correct that Lay can and will be pardoned by Our Fearless Leader. I only differ in opinion on one point: I think our President is deluded to the point that he thinks he'll "win" again. He just doesn't give a flying fuck about guidelines, the law, conduct becoming his office, or the honor of the United States. Therefore I think Lay will be pardoned when the trial becomes an inconvenience to him, and it won't become inconvenient until Bush is inaugurated for a second term in late January.

13. I think you can be pardoned before indictment oddly enough

Ford pardoned Nixon and Nixon never got indicted.
Maybe it was a special case related to his impeachment.

[PfcHammer]

7. "New Enron indictment believed to target man at top: Ken Lay"

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory2/2667266

July 7, 2004, 3:20PM
New Enron indictment believed to target man at top: Ken Lay
By MARY FLOOD and TOM FOWLER
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

The Enron grand jury delivered a sealed indictment in court today, and lawyers close to the case believe it contains charges against ex-Chairman Ken Lay and that he will likely surrender Thursday.

The foreman of the specially-called grand jury told U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Milloy that at least 16 members were present and at least 12 voted for the indictment.  

Presenting the indictment with the foreman were Enron Task Force prosecutors John Hueston and John Hemann, who are working on the Lay investigation and have taken witnesses before the grand jury in the last few months.

Prosecutors have quizzed grand jury about Lay's receipt of warnings of financial trouble and fraud at the company within weeks of then-CEO Jeff Skilling's August 2001 departure; Lay's encouraging public statements to investors and analysts after Skilling quit; and his attempt to find an alternative to substantially writing down the "goodwill" price paid for assets.

[k in IA]

8. Anything to try to bump all the positive press for John/John.

Sorry, Kenny boy, meet the sharks.

14. I keep seeing this said and it's silly.

Like the grand jury and the prosecutors are waiting around for a news cycle to hand down an indictment?
I really don't think so.
The prosecutors in this case are NOT friends of Bush, I'd be willing to wager or even if they are social friends, I think they're out for blood just the same.

[Career Prole]

10. Dearest Ken..."Grandma Millie" sends her regards.

But don't expect any visits from her any time soon during your stay in "The Stony Lonesome".

"They're f------g taking all the money back from you guys?" complains an Enron employee on the tapes. "All the money you guys stole from those poor grandmothers in California?"

"Yeah, grandma Millie, man"

"Yeah, now she wants her f------g money back for all the power you've charged right up, jammed right up her a------ for f------g $250 a megawatt hour."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/01/eveningnews/main620626.shtml

:grr:

[yellowcanine]

11. Unfortunately it is still a RUMOR. I don't trust Drudge. The Houston

Chronicle does not say for sure that Lay was indicted.

[Kadie]

15. ABC NEWS - Ken Lay Indicted - link

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/US/ken_lay_indictment_040707.html

snip...
Details of the indictment were not immediately available. The indictment was expected to be unsealed on Thursday.

[0007]

16. Hot dog dang!!

This makes me so happy I a feel like a growing wings and flying.....

Yippity Zippity Skippity doo day!!

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18. duplicate

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