DOJ Closing Abbott Labs Case Spurs Wider Corporate Crime Retreat

DOJ Closing Abbott Labs Case Spurs Wider Corporate Crime Retreat(news.bloomberglaw.com)

72 points by petethomas 3 hours ago | 19 comments

The administration seems to be pro-crime, which is very problematic.

vannevar 1 hour ago | |

Given that the President is a convicted felon who maintains that what he did was fine, and that he has pardoned thousands of unrepentant criminals, and that the vast majority of his party enthusiastically endorsed all this, I would say "pro-crime" is an understatement.

Kapura 1 hour ago | | |

_strongly_ pro-crime

hightrix 13 minutes ago | |

This admin is pro-money. Anything and everything can be bought. Pardons, contracts, legal outcomes, you name it. Bribe trump and he'll do whatever you ask.

ck2 6 minutes ago | |

Trump Inc is a white-collar crime family which is why he pardons every white-collar crime they can find

BTW you know those classified records he took to Mar-a-lago that almost put him in prison?

They were all the records about his family businesses, it's documented, they were unique investigation records and he was trying to end all investigations

sandworm101 46 minutes ago | |

Pro rich people crimes. They remain very much against poor people who break the law.

jackb4040 29 minutes ago | | |

Let's be honest, poor people in general.

mindslight 37 minutes ago | | |

I don't think this quite captures it. The "Dual State" concept seems much more on point. https://www.thefunsinthefight.com/p/welcome-to-the-dual-stat...

skeledrew 25 minutes ago | | |

To be poor is a crime.

eunos 1 hour ago |

> criminal case against Abbott Laboratories over contaminated baby formula

In Communist China they would be shot

ourmandave 26 minutes ago | |

They also disappear you for selling books critical of the Party, so it's a two edged katana.

Ex-HK bookseller Lam Wing-kee, detained by China in 2015, dies in Taiwan at 70

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/03/g-s1-131904/ex-hk-bookseller-...

hightrix 12 minutes ago | | |

Yes, and so does trump's America.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/...

pavel_lishin 1 hour ago | |

Hey, here in America, sometimes CEOs get shot as well.

Kapura 1 hour ago | | |

not by the state, however. important distinction.

red-iron-pine 16 minutes ago | | |

rarely

JumpCrisscross 30 minutes ago | | |

> here in America, sometimes CEOs get shot as well

No, they don't. The UnitedHealth dude who got shot had a CEO title, but Thompson was ultimately a middle manager.

The actual CEO of UnitedHealth Group–the one who signs off on its financial statements and fields quarterly calls–and the billionaire owners were fine. Which explains, in part, why nothing changed after the shooting.

tracker1 23 minutes ago |

This is just more than a little fucked up... I think we've "limited" liability way too much in terms of corporations... it's the investors that are meant to be protected, executives and board members are not meant to be immune. And I do think in the worst cases, the death penalty should be on the table.

edit: to be clear, IMO, corporate power is an expression of govt power, which should be minimized.