I am not surprised by the two defendants refusing to accept the consequences of their actions. It seems in keeping with their view of the world - the rules don’t apply to them. They may believe that with their celebrity no jury will convict them. I think they are mistaken. In my view, the jury will dislike them for their wealth and arrogance, and will be angry at how they used their wealth to deprive two unknown students of a chance to attend USC. By refusing to plead guilty, the defendants will not be given any credit for acceptance of responsibility, and for saving the government the time and effort needed to prepare for trial. In addition, the money laundering charge is a much more serious offense than wire or mail fraud. For sentencing purposes, the advisory range of imprisonment starts at a substantially higher level than an ordinary fraud. A bad decision all the way round.
I agree.
When did this turn into money laundering!?!
What are they working for the Gambinos? :)
I assume the donated money was somehow washed.
I stopped following this a week or so ago.
What will happen is it will be drawn out with continuances until the defendants are old and gray or they can find some sort of Liberal reason to let them off, not to mention mistrials, i doubt any of them will ever see prison time.
The kids knew what was going on. Their school counselor was suspicious. They are trying now to protect their kids.