Early trial sought for Ken Lay in bank fraud case

[Judi Lynn]

Early trial sought for Ken Lay in bank fraud case

April 5, 2005, 12:47AM

Ken Lay is expected in court in January 2006 to be tried with two colleagues for fraud at Enron, but prosecutors would like to see him there sooner.

Enron Task Force prosecutors asked Monday that Lay, former chairman of the energy giant, be tried on his personal banking fraud charges in May or June of this year.

Legal experts read varied motives into this government tactic and do not entirely agree on how U.S. District Judge Sim Lake might respond, although more expect the judge won't push Lay to trial. Even Lay's lawyer, Mike Ramsey, calls the request "intriguing."

Some say the judge will not muddy local waters by trying the smaller case against Lay first and exposing the larger Enron fraud cases' jury pool to a big dose of publicity.
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[truthisfreedom]

1. if this is a ploy to make him "un-triable" in the ENRON case, bushco is

behind it.

[saigon68]

2. He will SKATE

Count on IT !!!

[MADem]

3. How CONVEEEEEEEEEEENIENT.......

...that they are shoving the press out of the White House during this time!!! Since they'll be over at the Ike Bldg, they won't be able to see who comes and goes around the Oval Office during this difficult time for poor Mister Lay!!!

I said this in another thread, but it bears repeating. Subversion of democracy works best without witnesses, even lameass ones.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Thanks for the insight. Didn't know the times coincided.

That would explain they have been toying with the time on this very well. So sad they can always get by with this.

Clinton wouldn't have been called on a trick like this in a heartbeat.

[GetTheRightVote]

5. Yes, it must be a Repub attempt at keeping Delay safe from justice

He must be punished for his lies and deceit or even the justice system is at stake in the future.

:kick:

[unhappycamper]

6. I seem to recall the invasion / bombing of Iran is scheduled to

start in June 2005 also. It's gonna be a busy month.

[leftofthedial]

7. early?

that's laughable. he should have been tried years ago.

it pays to pay the king

[Judi Lynn]

9. "Early," maybe in a different dimension. I couldn't believe it, either. n/

[applegrove]

8. He is gettting a ****ing Pardon. Don't waste my time with a trial. n/t