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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 13:18:37 JST Evan Prodromou

   I could see him saving it as an ace in the hole until after they are all convicted.

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     Rich Stein (he/him) (runrichrun@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 13:50:34 JST Rich Stein (he/him)

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     @evan
     What prosecutor would want him for a witness?? 🤔

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 13:50:34 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Rich Stein (he/him)

     @RunRichRun yes, especially after the end of the trial.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 23:12:37 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Andy Nortrup

     @andy The question isn't whether the prosecutors would offer a deal nor whether they would accept if he asked for a deal.

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     Andy Nortrup (andy@nortrup.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 23:12:40 JST Andy Nortrup

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     @evan@cosocial.ca they'll never offer him a cooperation deal. They want others to flip so they can convict him. No one else matters as much.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 23:59:51 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Andy Nortrup

     @andy I think there's a lot of expectation that Trump would use as a defense the idea that he got bad advice from his lawyers.

     So, "I was part of this because my lawyers were bad" would not feel like an admission of guilt, even if he actually pled guilty.

     https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/us/politics/prosecutors-trump-blame-lawyers.html

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     Andy Nortrup (andy@nortrup.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 23:59:53 JST Andy Nortrup

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     @evan@cosocial.ca not a lawyer, but I think that it would depend on what he was willing to plead guilty to. I don't think that he has information they want, but they would be willing to not have to risk a trial.
     
     But I doubt he's dispositionally inclined to admit guilt.