Political Quotes

“on a separate subject, there was a decision reached this week by the Department of Justice which was very troubling. A lawyer sold out his client. It happens all the time. It is wrong, but it happens. What makes this case unique is the lawyer is the Attorney General and the client is the people of America. In a lawsuit that had been brought against the tobacco companies, there was expert testimony to the fact these tobacco companies should pay up to $130 billion over 25 years for lying to the American people and for all the medical expenses their deadly product created. A similar lawsuit was brought by the States not that long ago. So the Department of Justice, slow to begin this process, was taking the tobacco companies to court. Then, out of the blue, came the following, and this was reported in the press: After 8 months of courtroom argument, Justice Department lawyers abruptly upset a landmark civil racketeering case against the tobacco industry yesterday by asking for less than 8 percent of the expected penalty. Suing for $130 billion, the lawyer for the people of the United States walked into the courtroom this week and said: Oh, we just want $10 billion. The story goes that this Justice Department lawyer, Stephen Brody, even shocked the tobacco company representatives by announcing that he only needed $10 billion over 5 years. The Government's own expert said $130 billion over 25 years. What a discount.…”