Senators Demand DOJ Prosecute Boeing Executives Over Safety Failures

Lawmakers criticize lenient plea deal and urge criminal accountability for leadership amid ongoing safety concerns.

Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal have called for the Department of Justice to hold Boeing executives criminally accountable for safety issues.
The plea deal with Boeing includes a $243.6 million fine and a three-year probation but has been criticized as insufficient by the senators and victims' families.
Recent technical failures, including a door plug blowout on a 737 Max, continue to raise safety concerns about Boeing's aircraft.
The Justice Department argues that conspiracy to defraud the government is the most serious charge it can prove against Boeing.
A federal hearing is scheduled for October 11 to address objections to the plea deal from families of the 737 Max crash victims.