after he was threatened with prosecution....
Or in laymans speak....cooperate, even if you have to make sh*t up, or we’ll bury you in the DC jail with all the other Jan6th folks.
BTW, are you here legally? What about your family? Are they all here legally? Would be a shame if some of them weren’t and we had to deport them? Maybe even investigate if any are receiving any federal or state benefits in a fraudulent manner. Not sure. Might do that, might not. Up to you.
He wasn’t cooperating until the court strong armed him into giving up his original counsel, and using the public defender instead.
Straight up star chamber tactics. Remember, you got a lawyer if you were hauled before the star chamber, but your lawyer was picked for you by the crown. Oh, and jurors would be punished if they voted the “wrong” way.
Now we’ve both both for the first time on American soil.
Dangerous game being played here.