$$$$. He’s running low. In his prepared statement to the court, I believe I heard on Rush that he had to sell his house to help pay for all the legal fees into millions of dollars.
It’s not unheard of for someone to plead guilty to something get out from under a runaway prosecution.
plus..he did a lot of shady lobbying..much like Manafort...They probably had that on him, and he cut a deal..