By Dave Michaels and Andrew Tangel
WASHINGTON -- Boeing won't be prosecuted over violating an earlier criminal settlement under a tentative deal with the Justice Department that would allow America's biggest exporter to avoid being labeled a felon, according to people familiar with the matter.
The aerospace company would receive a nonprosecution agreement instead of having to plead guilty, which it had agreed to do toward the end of the Biden administration, the people said. The reversal would be one of the most stark examples of how the Trump administration has taken a less aggressive approach to enforcing the law against big companies.
The case stems from Boeing's admission that former employees deceived air-safety regulators before two deadly crashes of 737 MAX jets in 2018 and 2019. Boeing resolved the criminal investigation in January 2021 and was placed on a form of corporate probation. But prosecutors said last year that Boeing violated that settlement, which had required it to improve its antifraud compliance program.
Write to Dave Michaels at dave.michaels@wsj.com and Andrew Tangel at andrew.tangel@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 16, 2025 11:24 ET (15:24 GMT)
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