Scott Hall is the first person to plead guilty in the 19 defendant case.

Scott Hall is the first person to plead guilty in the 19 defendant case. First to flip.

  • bloopernova@programming.devEnglish
    151·
    1 year ago

    I wonder how quickly the other defendants will act, and what will they do?

    Will we see a domino effect of flips to guilty pleas?

    • clearedtoland@lemmy.worldEnglish
      222·
      1 year ago

      Turns out they’re flipping votes after all!

      …or something like that. I don’t know. I tried to be witty with it but I need more coffee

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 year ago

      At a certain point, they won’t need anyone else to flip. And I can guarantee that is a big part of the DOJ’s pressure on the defendants. Because the first to flip gets the best treatment, then every flip after that is able to offer less and less “new” info. And at a certain point, they’ll just stop offering deals altogether, because their case is already tight enough.

      Like getting one person to squeal is great. The next two or three are good. After that, it’s just unnecessary because you already have what you need. So it’s a sort of Prisoner’s Dilemma, where each subsequent person is helped less and less by squealing. And at a certain point, squealing just won’t help you at all, or may even hurt your defense if they’ve stopped offering deals and your testimony incriminates you.

      • jonne@infosec.pub
        4·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, but this guy probably never even talked to Trump. He doesn’t have a lot of useful information compared to someone like Mark Meadows. Hopefully it’ll encourage the others to flip.

        • nukeworker10@lemmy.world
          4·
          1 year ago

          But he probably did talk to Powell, who talked to Trump. Powell is batshit crazy, but she might be smart enough to know that flipping on Trump might save her.

          • jonne@infosec.pub
            2·
            1 year ago

            Powell is batshit. I don’t even know if she’d be used as a witness if she did flip.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        So it’s a sort of Prisoner’s Dilemma

        If by “a sort of” you mean “exactly a,” then sure!

        • markr@lemmy.world
          31·
          1 year ago

          If it includes being barred from running for or holding any federal or state office for the rest of his life, I’m fine with that.

          • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
            41·
            1 year ago

            I empathize, but this fucker really needs to go to jail or others will try the same.

            Do I think he will go to jail? I’m skeptical. But this is what needs to happen.