Trump co-defendant pleads guilty in Georgia election case

And what a deal he got!

$5,000 fine, 200 hours of community service and has to write a sorry note? Feels like nothing versus election fraud. Tbf, he is lower level, first and cooperative but still....

so is actual guilt

Turns out they’re flipping votes after all!

…or something like that. I don’t know. I tried to be witty with it but I need more coffee

At a certain point, they won’t need anyone else to flip. And I can guarantee that is a big part of the DOJ’s pressure on the defendants. Because the first to flip gets the best treatment, then every flip after that is able to offer less and less “new” info. And at a certain point, they’ll just stop offering deals altogether, because their case is already tight enough.

Like getting one person to squeal is great. The next two or three are good. After that, it’s just unnecessary because you already have what you need. So it’s a sort of Prisoner’s Dilemma, where each subsequent person is helped less and less by squealing. And at a certain point, squealing just won’t help you at all, or may even hurt your defense if they’ve stopped offering deals and your testimony incriminates you.