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So he strikes a deal with the Justice Department. Minimal sentence (or maybe immunity?) and he hands them the execs of a company that has continually pissed off
by mabbo 9y ago
So he strikes a deal with the Justice Department. Minimal sentence (or maybe immunity?) and he hands them the execs of a company that has continually pissed off governments world-wide by skirting around laws.
- revelation 9y agoThere are no federal or criminal charges at all. This is all civil.
- emn13 9y agoYet. But I agree that this talk of a deal sounds rather baseless. Sounds more like hollywood than real life.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoJudge Alsup did tell federal prosecutors that they should take a look at the case, though.
- aetherson 9y agoI mean... maybe. Assuming that he actually has damning evidence against Kalanick, and that, even presuming that Uber did know about the theft, they weren't circumspect about admitting it. That seems like a pretty narrow scenario. You have to believe that: a. Levandowski feels betrayed by Uber (I don't think he has cause to) b. Uber did in fact know about the theft when they hired Levandowski. c. Kalanick straightforwardly said something about the theft that was so damning that it makes for a good case a year later, or provided some kind of documentary evidence to Levandowski, rather than wink-wink nudge-nudging. d. A US Attorney is interested in offering this kind of deal (that is, giving one white-collar criminal a good deal in order to go after... a somewhat richer and more famous white-collar criminal).