Boeing's $1.1 billion settlement with the DOJ over 737 Max fraud charges angers crash victims' families, who call the deal unprecedented and unjust.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote a Friday letter urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to drop its prosecution against Boeing, which the Trump

Boeing has reportedly reached a tentative deal with the Justice Department to avoid having to plead guilty for violating the terms of a criminal settlement connected to the 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed more than 300 people.

But Boeing has largely avoided criminal prosecution. Boeing reached a deal with the Justice Department regarding its criminal investigation in January 2021 and was placed on corporate probation.

Boeing and the Justice Department declined to comment ... back under the microscope and the subject of multiple federal investigations into its manufacturing and safety oversight systems.

Boeing previously agreed to plead guilty to charges that employees lied to air safety regulators before the crashes, also agreeing to pay $2.5 billion to resolve the criminal investigation.

The victims' family members had until 5 p.m. Thursday to be heard after receiving a letter from the DOJ that a deal was in the works.

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