DOJ dropping Adani bribery charges after a $10 billion PowerPoint

A guy gets indicted for a $250 million bribery scheme. Not alleged. Indicted. Five counts. Brooklyn federal court. The DOJ said he conspired to bribe Indian government officials, lied to investors, and obstructed justice. Then Gautam Adani hires a new lawyer from Sullivan and Cromwell, walks into Main Justice with a hundred-slide PowerPoint, and floats $10 billion in U.S. investment and 15,000 jobs. Prosecutors said on the record the investment would play no role in the resolution. Then apparently it did. Criminal charges getting dropped. The civil SEC settlement? Reportedly between fifteen and twenty million dollars. On a $250 million bribery scheme. [chuckles] That's not accountability. That's a licensing fee. This is what justice looks like when you can afford the right lawyer and the right number.