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- Boeing agreed to plead guilty to defrauding the US on Sunday.
- In May, the DOJ accused Boeing of violating a 2021 settlement over two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes.
- An attorney for the victims' families said he has filed an objection to the plea deal.
Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to defrauding the US, essentially admitting to accusations that it violated an earlier agreement to strengthen its safety measures in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019.