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==Arthur Andersen==
 
==Arthur Andersen==
 
:{{see also|Enron scandal}}
 
:{{see also|Enron scandal}}
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Weissmann prosecuted the Big 5 accounting firm Arthur Andersen. Weissmann argued that Arthur Andersen  had covered up for [[Enron]] and convinced the judge to instruct the jury that they could convict the firm regardless of whether its employees knew they were violating the law. That ruling was later overturned by the [[Supreme Court]] in a 9-0 ruling, in which the court held that "the jury instructions failed to convey the requisite consciousness of wrongdoing."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Willman|first1=David|title=Mueller deputy Andrew Weissmann has a reputation for hard-charging tactics — and sometimes going too far|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-weissmann-20180216-story.html|accessdate=20 February 2018|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=19 February 2018}}</ref> 85,000 jobs were destroyed by indicting the whole company and not just its board of directors.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/20/meet-the-very-shady-prosecutor-robert-mueller-has-hired-for-the-russia-investigation/</ref> [[Kathryn Ruemmler]] worked with Weissmann on the case.
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Weissmann prosecuted the Big 5 accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP. Weissmann argued that Arthur Andersen  had covered up for [[Enron]] and convinced the judge to instruct the jury that they could convict the firm regardless of whether its employees knew they were violating the law. That ruling was later overturned by the [[Supreme Court]] in a 9-0 ruling, in which the court held that "the jury instructions failed to convey the requisite consciousness of wrongdoing."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Willman|first1=David|title=Mueller deputy Andrew Weissmann has a reputation for hard-charging tactics — and sometimes going too far|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-weissmann-20180216-story.html|accessdate=20 February 2018|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=19 February 2018}}</ref> 85,000 jobs were destroyed by indicting the whole company and not just its board of directors.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/20/meet-the-very-shady-prosecutor-robert-mueller-has-hired-for-the-russia-investigation/</ref> [[Kathryn Ruemmler]] worked with Weissmann on the case.
    
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