Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, said today that President Bush’s signing of corporate reform legislation is merely a cosmetic effort by the Bush administration to appease critics on Capitol Hill and in the media. The signing ceremony was also a publicity opportunity to bolster President Bush’s sagging poll numbers and settle the wildly volatile stock market.

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, said today that President Bush’s signing of corporate reform legislation is merely a cosmetic effort by the Bush administration to appease critics on Capitol Hill and in the media. The signing ceremony was also a publicity opportunity to bolster President Bush’s sagging poll numbers and settle the wildly volatile stock market.

While President Bush promised in today’s signing ceremony that the corporate reform legislation is "the most far reaching reforms of American business practices," and warned executives who would break the law, "you'll be exposed and punished," ironically, no criminal charges or arrests have been brought by the Bush-Cheney Justice Department in connection with high officials of Enron, Halliburton, Global Crossing or WorldCom. President Bush and senior members of his administration have close ties to Enron and its CEO, Kenneth Lay, who the president affectionately calls, “Kenny Boy.