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Free him and audit everyone
I think the paperwork to start that process is here - https://www.justice.gov/pardon/apply-pardon
Incidentally, they might try to bullshit their way out of a direct answer by saying some misinformation about how "there is a five-year waiting period before a person can apply for pardon," but just remind them that's not how it worked for Michael Flynn and a whole bunch of other people under the last administration. Whether or not this gets done comes down solely to the President's willingness to order it.
Find me the petition and I'll sign it
Put me on the jury and I'll nullify it
The fact that this guy is going to jail by January but Trump isn't even close, means something is very wrong with our justice system.
He took a plea deal so they don't have to spend time bringing the case to trial.
He took the plea deal probably because he can’t afford a lengthy legal battle, decline to pay his lawyers, getting court dates shifted, appointing his own judge,… There is an entirely separate US justice system for the rich and powerful.
Or there might have been more than enough evidence to convict him but the prosecutor offered him a deal with less time served in exchange for making the process easier on the courts.
You can fight a case through trial but if you've got bad facts you've wasted your time and money (unless you've got a PD) plus might just end up serving a greater sentence.
That's not to say that having the capacity to afford serval attorneys on retainer isn't beneficial, just that there is such a thing as a good plea deal when you're stuck with bad facts.
Or the cops told him that they had plenty of evidence to convict, scared him with a lengthy prison sentence, and he chose a plea deal because he viewed it as exactly that, a deal for a lesser punishment.
We should treat this man like the subway passengers treated Spider-Man after he saved their lives
Guilty of being moral and ethical. Billionaires should not exist.
Where's the gofundme
For real. I'll fund the fuck out of this dude. We need more people like him that are willing to do the right thing.
Seriously, I'll sign any petition or donate to any gofundme for this guy.
It’s only fair to give him the same punishment that one of those “wealthy Americans” would receive, right?
That's called a whistleblower. You know those people you put behind bars.
Jury nullification. Stand in solidarity.
Although, if he plead guilty already, nm lol
A hero! Now that the news knows the information that the IRS has, time to push to properly audit them to pay their fair share.
Fucking legend
The message is clear. Don't mess with rich people's money.
Everyone else? lol nah you'll just get audited.
Chad move by the IRS consultant
The hero we needed.
I can't believe he backed up the info on an ipod. Didn't realize those still existed.
If I were in the jury I would simply say this man did no crime.
Robinhood's right hand man!
Littlejohn gonna do Littlejohn things! Ya love to see it.
Ahchoo?
Gesundheit
Unaware of how he evaded protections put in place by the IRS...
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
What protections?
Is there a link to the records database?
this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2023
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