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Although the world may hate Ken Lay, he has a big fan in Lee Perry. Mr. Perry can regularly be found outside the courthouse in Houston with his handmade signs cheering on the smartest guy in the defendant's chair.

Here's Perry with Lay on April 3.

And again on March 9.

Well...who is this guy?

The Houston Chronicle made an early attempt in January:

A man who identified himself as Lee Perry held up a homemade sign proclaiming Lay's innocence. Perry said he did independent auditing of the company in its heyday and that everything was on the up and up.

A man who identified himself as?? Yeesh, that’s not a confidence builder. Come to think of it, neither is "independent auditing of the company."

Perry has said that doesn’t know Lay personally, but as the trial has gone on you'd think he's become Lay’s consigliere.

Here they are yesterday:

And again on March 27:

These photos were taken two weeks apart, and Lay has the same suit, tie and BFF. The good news for Perry is that in that caption for the above photo, he's been upgraded to "author and former Enron auditor."

So not only does Ken Lay have 18 homes, but he also has his own personal author and cheering section. See, these are the parts of the New Economy I like best.

Posted by edelfenbein at April 11, 2006 11:39 AM