Ok, fair enough. But how would you distingush Johnny from say a guy like John Dean, who was part of a conspiracy and instead of doing a G. Gordon Liddy and taking his licks with a serious prison sentence, sang like a canary?
It doesn't say so in your link re John Dean but does "plea bargain" or "plea agreement" say anything to you?
Also, anyone who works for any politico in DC (or home office) is supposed to, when the time calls for it, "fall on the sword" as G. Gordon Liddy did. ("Mea culpa, mea culpa maxima.) Otherwise, you never get hired by any other politico in DC. The politicos in DC expect absolute loyalty from ALL their staffers.
The most recent example of falling on the sword is Gary Condidit's chief of staff Mike Lynch. Yeah, right, it was Lynch's own doing to call the attorney in San Mateo Co. and have the attorney's PI write up an affidavit for Anne Marie Smith to sign. But... that's another thread. NEVER FORGET