What if he’s not confident The One will be able to survive this, or even another scandal? He’s forced to play the hand he’s been dealt - sing and maybe get a lesser sentence, be silent and maybe get a pardon.
That might be an easy decision if it were only between two parties, but when multiple people are involved in a crime, somebody else is liable to get the deal by squealing first. If he thinks a pardon will not be available, he sings in order to be the first.
It’s hard to imagine living like that, but that’s the life he chose.
Hard to believe someone who stinks more than bill clinton did has won the White House.