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Looks like he's going away for a long time, too. Anyone here following this?

He had no choice. They weren't going to cut him a deal because everyone else sang to save their own skins, so he shot his shot, long as it was.

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 2:30 pm He had no choice. They weren't going to cut him a deal because everyone else sang to save their own skins, so he shot his shot, long as it was.

True. It was a Hail Mary shot. He had nothing to lose, I guess, but testifying in your own defense rarely works out. And he was horrible on the witness stand.

Sentencing announced today. 25 years in the pokey, though maybe less with good behavior:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/di ... r-BB1kGdFq

He's going to Federal Pound Me In The Ass Prison.

"Hello, I need my 8 billion dollars back, can you arrange for a transfer?"

"(short silence) ... uuuuh, what 8 billion dollars are you talking about?"

I think there is around 9 billion still missing!!

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... x-money-go

"At trial, the court heard from an accounting expert who said that $11.3bn in customer funds were supposed to be held at Alameda Research, FTX’s hedge fund arm. But only $2.3bn could be located. The rest had gone toward investments, political contributions, charity foundations and real estate purchases. FTX, remarkably, had left almost no records of transactions"

This is what happens when you run a business under the influence of micro-dosing on shrooms, ecstasy, and who knows what else. At least the DNC got a shit-ton of contributions.