Muilenburg said he was made aware of it as part of the discovery process in the investigation early in the year and had counted on counsel to handle it. “ ‘I was made aware,’ passive voice, disclaiming responsibility,” Cruz cut in, with a mocking tone. “You’re the CEO, the buck stops with you,” he thundered. “How did your team not put it in front of you, run in with their hair on fire saying, ‘We’ve got a real problem here’? How did that not happen and what does that say about the culture at Boeing if they didn’t give it to you and you didn’t read it and say, ‘I want to see what happened!’ How
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