Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of all your burner accounts. Would be funny (and entirely unsurprising) though if a Real Andrew Olsen turned up saying “SO THIS is why I got all those dings on my credit report, and where all those mailing list subscriptions came from! I was going nuts wondering!”
I can accept there’s an argument that punishment generally may not help. But I feel this is an exception.
People like Santos, or white collar criminals in general, have advantages a typical criminal doesn’t have. They don’t need to commit crimes. They do it because they see gains to be made and they feel that the risks are low due to their access to quality legal assistance. The worst they usually face are things like fines or probation.
If they faced a significant threat of going to prison, it would matter to them. These are not people who are used to dealing with hardship or adversity. They would assess the risks and rewards and conclude something like “I could make ten million dollars but I might end up in prison. So I guess I’ll play it safe and only make one million dollars by legal means.”
Can it even work that way? If it’s ordered to be unsealed, the information gets out. It’s not like George is the only one with access to the information. The Court certainly knows.
So he is claiming that he will refund the bail money, thus making the point moot, and actually go to jail until trial? There is no way anyone with any faculties would take that seriously.
I just assumed it was typical GQP weaseling rather than Devolder-typical lies. If he claims to the masses that he fought the release to protect his people, but that the unfair Dems/Libs/Communists wouldn’t let him, he wins as a culture warrior, which might once again enable the grift flow.
