Carlos Ghosn Is Looking for a Judge
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Today former Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn gave his first press conference since fleeing bail in Japan in a large black box. On Monday I expressed my fervent hope that the press conference would feature a reenactment of his escape, with the box, but it did not. (Though the Wall Street Journal has another account of his escape today.) The press conference was kind of boring. “Ghosn dodged questions about the logistics of his escape,” which is all that any sensible person would care about.
Still, as someone who writes a fair amount about white-collar crime, and who is married to a criminal defense lawyer, I have some residual fascination with Ghosn’s view of the criminal justice system as an optional and negotiable process that he can reject if it doesn’t meet his standards. Here’s Bloomberg News: