The Feds could have bankrupted him and jailed him. Why didn’t they push it? I’m glad they didn’t—I think the Feds are out of line in a lot of this—but letting him off seems out of character. The Empire seeks to destroy its enemies, not let them off.
Santilli is still on the hook in Nevada and will be jailed there ahead of a trial next year where he will face numerous charges including the notion he ‘recruited gunmen’ for the Bundy Ranch standoff in 2014.