British official urges U.S. to press corruption charges against Murdoch

[Tx4obama]

British official urges U.S. to press corruption charges against Murdoch

Thursday, July 4, 2013 19:03 EDT

A prominent Labour MP has said US authorities should press corporate corruption charges against Rupert Murdoch’s global empire after he admitted in a secretly recorded meeting with staff on the Sun that payments to police were part of “the culture of Fleet Street”.

Chris Bryant, who has been compensated for phone hacking by the defunct News of the World, said the latest revelations were “another reason” for the FBI to take action under the foreign corrupt practices act, which makes it an offence for American companies to pay public officials on foreign soil.

The MP for Rhondda said he had spoken to the Met police, and claimed the force had been in touch with the FBI. But he added that he believed the UK authorities were reluctant to consider bringing any corporate corruption charges in the UK because the force was “waiting for Operation Elveden [the investigation into unlawful payments made to public officials] to finish”.

Meanwhile, Labour colleague Tom Watson, MP for West Bromwich East, has written to a leading US politician, Senator John D Rockefeller, asking him to ensure the US authorities’ investigations into News Corporation “are not inhibited in going to the very top”.

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Full article here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/04/british-official-urges-u-s-to-press-corruption-charges-against-murdoch/

[Scuba]

1. Never happen. Holder's too busy busting state-licensed MMJ dispensaries.

[msongs]

2. and he bleieves if you are too big you can commit crimes w/out prosecution because it might upset

the way of things at the highest levels

[hollysmom]

3. I say go for it.

Sick of him

[HooptieWagon]

4. Obama prosecute Murdoch for secret wiretaps?

Its a joke, right?