You know that the criminal cases related to the demise of Enron Corp. are a different breed of cat when articles such as this appear in the Houston Chronicle explaining what former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay and former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling are going in their spare time while preparing for trial:
Enron’s two former top guns are keeping busy — one doing court-ordered charity work at a warehouse and the other pulling together a self-explanatory Web site.
Ex-Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling has been seen doing menial chores at a Houston Habitat for Humanity warehouse and ex-Enron Chairman Ken Lay and staff are working on an Internet site to present information he wants the public to know about his case.
Skilling is fulfilling a magistrate judge’s order that he do charity work by mopping up and doing other chores at a Houston Habitat for Humanity warehouse. . . U.S. Magistrate Judge Frances Stacy required that Skilling, whose lawyers said preparing his legal defenses was his full-time job, also perform community service while on bond.
Skilling’s codefendant ex-Chairman Ken Lay is working with his staff preparing a Web site not yet ready for viewing.
Lay has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of conspiracy and fraud relating to his last months at Enron and four felonies relating to fraud in his personal banking. . .
Kelly Kimberly, Lay’s publicist, said they are in the process of developing background on Lay and up-to-date information on his case.
When last contacted about the Web site, www.kenlayinfo.com, Kimberly said no launch date had been chosen.
Is it just a matter of time before the Justice Department hires publicists and and creates websites for the prosecution?