A lawyer for Mr Trump asked the judge to impose the strictest penalty for the criminal "atrocity".

A former US tax worker has pleaded guilty to the unauthorised leak of ex-president Donald Trump's personal tax records to news organisations.

  • xtr0n@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    1 year ago

    I wonder why he plead out. I feel like there would be a really high chance that at least one juror would refuse to convict.

      • xtr0n@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yes. And you don’t get punished if you have a mistrial. But you do end up spending a fortune on lawyers and the prosecutor can choose to try you again