Boeing pleaded not guilty to a fraud charge before a federal judge in a Texas courtroom today — as loved ones of the victims of the deadly 737 MAX crashes looked on.
The aerospace giant came to an agreement with the Department of Justice two years ago to avoid prosecution by paying $2.5 billion in fines to the families and to the airlines that had to ground their 737 MAXs.
However, U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor has now ordered Boeing to be arraigned after the victims’ families filed a brief stating that it was unfair for the deferred prosecution to be reached without their knowledge or participation.
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