[small voice in the wilderness]

I agree with you. Except for one thing: Martha herself began weaving this tangled web with her deceit. Her attorneys can only do so much to try to get her out of it.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Tom Daschle is deeply saddened by this.

[george wythe]

Martha herself began weaving this tangled web with her deceit.

Absolutely.

Her original misdeed turned up to be a civil violation that would get her a fine.

Her obfuscating and tampering with evidence became a criminal offense.

If she had come clean at the beginning, she could have paid a fine and be done with it. Now it looks that her financial troubles will be compounded enormously, plus she's looking into a jail cell.