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If I was his attorney, I would have advised he negotiate for a lighter sentence in exchange for cooperation around bringing others to justice. Standard practice

by vnchr 7y ago

If I was his attorney, I would have advised he negotiate for a lighter sentence in exchange for cooperation around bringing others to justice. Standard practice. He could have gotten off with a light sentence and brought many others to justice. He’s literally done that before.

choko 7y ago
At his age, even a lighter sentence would likely be a life sentence. I think he knew that, and seeing the rest of his life would be court cases and jail, took the easy way out. Assuming this was in fact suicide, he made a logical choice.
goalieca 7y ago
It sounds like trump was involved in at least one instance. I don’t think any lawyer would advise against flipping on that turd sandwich while Moscow mitch is running the senate.
- whamlastxmas 7y ago
  There's zero evidence of this.
  - sangnoir 7y ago
    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/women-sent-mar-a-lago-vip-calendar-girl-party-trump-epstein.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/women-sent-mar-a...
  - JKCalhoun 7y ago
    Certainly testimony anyway: https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/06/23/donald-trump-rape-lawsuit/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/06/23/donald-trump-rape-law...
    - makomk 7y ago
      That case was odd. It's not clear that the plaintiff even exists. The addresses on record for her in the court system were bogus, journalists haven't been able to speak with her, she was a no-show at the press conference promoted by her lawyer where she was supposed to appear, and all of the lawsuits were dropped before she could testify.
- burfog 7y ago
  1. banning Epstein from all Trump properties due to Epstein's inappropriate behavior toward an underage girl 2. being the one acquaintance willing and eager to talk with the prosecutor for Epstein's first case, and thus enabling the prosecution to make progress
sangnoir 7y ago
> He’s literally done that before. Exactly - the prosecutors no longer have that capital, otherwise it would come off as getting another rich guy get away with it, again. Not to mention those involved in the last deal are already in a world of trouble.
watertom 7y ago
He was going to spend his life in prison this time. They couldn’t give him the death penalty so there was no deal to be made. Epstein was never going to talk, anyway.

by vnchr 7y ago

choko 7y ago

At his age, even a lighter sentence would likely be a life sentence. I think he knew that, and seeing the rest of his life would be court cases and jail, took the easy way out. Assuming this was in fact suicide, he made a logical choice.

goalieca 7y ago

It sounds like trump was involved in at least one instance. I don’t think any lawyer would advise against flipping on that turd sandwich while Moscow mitch is running the senate.

whamlastxmas 7y ago
There's zero evidence of this.
- sangnoir 7y ago
  https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/women-sent-mar-a-lago-vip-calendar-girl-party-trump-epstein.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/women-sent-mar-a...
- JKCalhoun 7y ago
  Certainly testimony anyway: https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/06/23/donald-trump-rape-lawsuit/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/06/23/donald-trump-rape-law...
  - makomk 7y ago
    That case was odd. It's not clear that the plaintiff even exists. The addresses on record for her in the court system were bogus, journalists haven't been able to speak with her, she was a no-show at the press conference promoted by her lawyer where she was supposed to appear, and all of the lawsuits were dropped before she could testify.
burfog 7y ago
1. banning Epstein from all Trump properties due to Epstein's inappropriate behavior toward an underage girl 2. being the one acquaintance willing and eager to talk with the prosecutor for Epstein's first case, and thus enabling the prosecution to make progress

sangnoir 7y ago

> He’s literally done that before. Exactly - the prosecutors no longer have that capital, otherwise it would come off as getting another rich guy get away with it, again. Not to mention those involved in the last deal are already in a world of trouble.

watertom 7y ago

He was going to spend his life in prison this time. They couldn’t give him the death penalty so there was no deal to be made. Epstein was never going to talk, anyway.