Jacob Frenkel Government Quotations

Less rope is needed for two necks, as the government's noose tightens. The government always benefits from the addition of high-level insiders who would have been party to conversations with most senior executives.

Mr. Wright has conveyed previously to the government his intent to be responsive to the government's investigation. He has not indicated to the government either personally or through counsel any change in those plans.

We have the government being very aggressive on the concept of criminal intent in jury charges. And now we have the number two example of it being overturned.

The government's prosecutions of corporate fraud will be judged based on the verdict in this case. If there is an acquittal, the government's corporate fraud prosecutions will be deemed at best a modest success. To the extent the government is being tested, this is the final exam.

Various counsel have communicated with the government on his behalf since the allegations arose.

This is not somebody who made some inadvertent false statement, ... This is a case where a jury convicted a CEO for lying to two different government agencies. That's a big deal.

In the last two years, the government has painstakingly climbed ladders, gotten different people along the way to plead guilty in order to go after someone at the higher rung. We're now at the top of the ladder.