After Hours: Wrongly Prosecuted by DOJ in the College Admissions Scandal
Full Measure After Hours
Sharyl Attkisson
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
It was known as Operation Varsity Blues, the college admissions scandal. When the FBI wrongly accused parent John Wilson, the former president of Staples International, he refused to buckle and fought back. It cost him his life’s savings— but he won. And now he’s telling a story of government corruption.
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| 0:30.8 | Hi everybody, Cheryl Ackison here. |
| 0:36.6 | Welcome to another edition of Full Measure After Hours. |
| 0:40.1 | Today, a fascinating story of a parent wrongly prosecuted by DOJ in the college admission scandal. |
| 0:50.0 | What a twisted tale you're going to hear about today. It has to do with a little told story of the 2019 college admission scandal also known as Operation Varsity Blues. |
| 1:02.0 | You may recall the FBI accused as Operation Varsity Blues. |
| 1:02.9 | You may recall the FBI accused dozens of parents, college employees, and their go-betweens |
| 1:09.1 | in a bribery scheme where the parents are trying to get their students admitted to top colleges. |
| 1:15.0 | What you probably haven't heard about is one component that sounds maddeningly familiar to me after years of covering all kinds of stories and scandals, the Department of Justice |
| 1:25.8 | wrongly accused a parent and tried to bully him and depleting guilty to things he didn't do |
| 1:32.3 | and then kept piling on more and more charges to punish him |
| 1:36.6 | when he didn't agree to plead guilty. Most people can't fight that kind of pressure. |
| 1:42.0 | First, they don't have the money. It can |
| 1:44.1 | cost millions of dollars in legal fees and other expenses. Second, with all the |
| 1:49.8 | wild overcharging, there's a possibility the accused, even when innocent, will end up with serious |
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