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Originally Posted by Easy 6
To my knowledge none of this has been proven in a court of law
Its still America, innocent until proven guilty right?
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Oh I don't think there's any question that he's not gonna go to jail over it. They didn't even bother charging him when they nailed some other guy's ass to the wall (gave him like 30 years, IIRC).
But I think it's fair to create a distinction between what can be proven in court and what we think might've actually happened here in determining how much we individually are willing to hold that behavior against him.
So I don't mind the speculation much. It's a worthwhile conversation to have.
Though I do take some umbrage with the inflating of the damages -- he was at least tangentially involved in a scheme that defrauded MS of $70 million. That's MUCH different than "he defrauded MS of $70 million". It would appear he had no knowledge of any 'big picture' stuff and, at worst, may have knowingly been involved in about 10% of the total amount. So I'd tap the brakes on some of that rhetoric.
I'll also recognize the absurdity of tagging 'only' onto "6-8 million of taxpayer money..."
But when a slew of folks went to jail over it and Favre wasn't even charged, that means something. And when he was pursued civilly (which can be done without proving any sort of malicious or fraudulent intent) it certainly suggests that MS isn't just protecting a favorite son.
So I think there's a lot less substance to some of this than has been suggested.