FBI poised to step up investigation into News Corp
Source: Independent UK
FBI poised to step up investigation into News Corp
US bureau ready to step in if Met inquiry into alleged wrongdoing at Murdoch papers falters
The FBI has told Scotland Yard it is "prepared to step in" if the Metropolitan Police fails to investigate the full extent of impropriety in the Murdoch empire. The warning came at a meeting between the transatlantic law enforcement groups at the Ministry of Justice in London.
Every piece of evidence surrendered by News Corporation to Scotland Yard is also being passed to US investigators. The disclosures, which prompted more than 20 arrests, including Sun journalists, have also sparked a separate FBI inquiry into whether News Corporation bribed officials in Russia. US investigators are collecting evidence given to the Leveson inquiry and parliamentary select committees.
"The FBI made it perfectly clear that if the British police drop the ball on this they will pick it up and run with it," said one legal source familiar with the US investigation.
Fear of such a US investigation, where financial penalties and potential jail sentences are held to be more punitive than in the UK, is one reason cited why News Corp, Murdoch's US holding company, has stepped up efforts to assist UK police in recent months. It is widely believed to be one of the reasons it handed over to police a cache of millions of emails containing evidence of possible crimes, to the dismay of many of its own staff. The Murdoch operation has assembled a team of US legal "big guns" to deal with inquiries by the FBI and other investigators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/fbi-poised-to-step-up-investigation-into-news-corp-7576425.html
RUMMYisFROSTED
(30,749 posts)PSPS
(13,603 posts)RUMMYisFROSTED
(30,749 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,371 posts)RUMMYisFROSTED
(30,749 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,949 posts)I'm sure plenty of malfeasance can be found on this side of the pond as well, so why waste time?
Booby
(13 posts)glinda
(14,807 posts)Fearless
(18,421 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)blaze
(6,365 posts)From the article linked: "The Murdoch operation has assembled a team of US legal "big guns" to deal with inquiries by the FBI and other investigators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission."
I would love to be hopeful.... but remain doubtful.
fightthegoodfightnow
(7,042 posts)It's about time.
They have broken US law already.
and the Justice Department are doing nothing. When the shit hits the fan, DOJ and FBI will negotiate with Murderdoc and his cronies to try and keep his ass out of jail. When you got lots of cash, justice is measured in dollar amounts.
glinda
(14,807 posts)How convenient.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)I guess. Depends upon who is in charge of that.
Citizen Worker
(1,785 posts)operation that nailed NY governor Elliott Spitzer and may have been done at the urging of Bush.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)the FBI had found no wrong doing in the USA.
The Second Stone
(2,900 posts)but right now I'm surfin' the net, because the net ain't gonna surf itself.