Precisely why this will never go to trial. If I were his attorney defending him I would call every last politician he met with or paid “contributions “ to, directly and indirectly. The trial would last 100 years.
I bet there is a plea deal and this quietly goes away.
I have a tendency to agree with you, one way we will know is if SBF gets offered sweetheart plea deal, maybe serve a couple of years in a country club minimal security prison and pay a fine in exchange for pleading guilty, eliminate all the testimony and discovery that might come out at trial.
If word starts to spread SBF and his lawyers are going the scorched earth route to be found no guilty, either he will be Epsteined or given a sweet deal.