Well, that didn’t take long.
Tom Goldstein, revered Supreme Court litigator turned cautionary tale, has officially traded his D.C. home — the one prosecutors say he secured by lying to mortgage lenders — for a spot in the Chesapeake Detention Facility in Baltimore. The move comes after authorities arrested the SCOTUSBlog co-founder claiming he posed a “significant flight risk,” which tends to happen when you fail to disclose millions in cryptocurrency transactions while simultaneously crying poor in court.
Honestly, the only thing shocking about this case is that Goldstein didn’t try to settle the whole matter double-or-nothing heads up Hold ‘Em.
The charges against Goldstein — tax evasion, mortgage fraud, and the general financial shenanigans — allegedly stem from a lifestyle that makes The Wolf of Wall Street look like an HR compliance video fueled by high-stakes poker and, (they say) multiple mistresses. Winning and ultimately losing millions all while routinely arguing before the Supreme Court.
Folks, I give you peak performance personified.
After initially lawyering up with some of Trump’s legal team — arguably one of his better decisions (we’re grading on a heavy curve) — Goldstein abruptly decided to represent himself. They say the lawyer representing themselves has a fool for a client, but if the coverage of Goldstein’s decision is anything to go by, the strategy might’ve been to play up his financial woes while arguing that it violated his Sixth Amendment rights if he couldn’t access his home to pay for legal counsel.
Of course his plea of poverty hit a snag when the federal government called his bluff, claiming that Goldstein had received $8 million in crypto and transferred $6 million of it.
Unsurprisingly, Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Sullivan was not amused by these allegations, revoking Goldstein’s bond, sending him straight to Baltimore’s maximum-security correctional facility.
Do Not Pass Go. Do Not Collect $200.
Or 4 DOGECOIN as the case may be.
Judge Orders Indicted SCOTUSblog Co-Founder Tom Goldstein Detained Without Bond [National Law Journal]
Earlier: SCOTUSblog Founder Indicted In Wild Poker-Fueled Tax Case
Tom Goldstein Hires Trump’s Lawyers In First Good Bet In Years
SCOTUSblog Founder Interfered With Witness, Poses A Flight Risk, According To Prosecutors
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Well, that didn’t take long.
Tom Goldstein, revered Supreme Court litigator turned cautionary tale, has officially traded his D.C. home — the one prosecutors say he secured by lying to mortgage lenders — for a spot in the Chesapeake Detention Facility in Baltimore. The move comes after authorities arrested the SCOTUSBlog co-founder claiming he posed a “significant flight risk,” which tends to happen when you fail to disclose millions in cryptocurrency transactions while simultaneously crying poor in court.
Honestly, the only thing shocking about this case is that Goldstein didn’t try to settle the whole matter double-or-nothing heads up Hold ‘Em.
The charges against Goldstein — tax evasion, mortgage fraud, and the general financial shenanigans — allegedly stem from a lifestyle that makes The Wolf of Wall Street look like an HR compliance video fueled by high-stakes poker and, (they say) multiple mistresses. Winning and ultimately losing millions all while routinely arguing before the Supreme Court.
Folks, I give you peak performance personified.
After initially lawyering up with some of Trump’s legal team — arguably one of his better decisions (we’re grading on a heavy curve) — Goldstein abruptly decided to represent himself. They say the lawyer representing themselves has a fool for a client, but if the coverage of Goldstein’s decision is anything to go by, the strategy might’ve been to play up his financial woes while arguing that it violated his Sixth Amendment rights if he couldn’t access his home to pay for legal counsel.
Of course his plea of poverty hit a snag when the federal government called his bluff, claiming that Goldstein had received $8 million in crypto and transferred $6 million of it.
Unsurprisingly, Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Sullivan was not amused by these allegations, revoking Goldstein’s bond, sending him straight to Baltimore’s maximum-security correctional facility.
Do Not Pass Go. Do Not Collect $200.
Or 4 DOGECOIN as the case may be.
Judge Orders Indicted SCOTUSblog Co-Founder Tom Goldstein Detained Without Bond [National Law Journal]
Earlier: SCOTUSblog Founder Indicted In Wild Poker-Fueled Tax Case
Tom Goldstein Hires Trump’s Lawyers In First Good Bet In Years
SCOTUSblog Founder Interfered With Witness, Poses A Flight Risk, According To Prosecutors
BREAKING: Tom Goldstein Arrested AGAIN. Feds Claim SCOTUSblog Founder Made Secret Crypto Transactions
