Boeing plant, Renton, Washington, on June 25, 2024.NEW YORK - US prosecutors are meeting with Boeing and fatal-crash victims' relatives as a July 7 deadline looms for the Justice Department to decide whether to criminally charge the planemaker, according to two people familiar with the matter and correspondence reviewed by Reuters.
Boeing's lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis on Thursday presented their case to officials from the Deputy Attorney General's office that a prosecution would be unwarranted and that there is no need to tear up the 2021 deal, one of the people said. US prosecutors have recommended to senior Justice Department officials that criminal charges be brought against Boeing after finding the planemaker violated the 2021 settlement, two people familiar with the matter previously told Reuters.