>America would lose a competitive edge compared to foreign adversaries.

So murder is okay in a private company if it is important enough for "a competitive edge"? That means specifically that they are above the law.

“But people are going to lose jobs” is always the excuse used when arguing to treat a criminally fraudulent company with kid gloves. Do we really think ~100k people temporarily losing their job (at a criminal enterprise) is going to make America lose its edge?

EDIT: Also: if America’s “edge” largely comes from its business leaders’ immunity from their company’s wrongdoing, then I’m not sure that’s an edge worth keeping.