T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
What the prosecution--and this had to be with the knowledge and agreement of their bosses, including Garland--was this:
They made a plea deal for Bagman to get two minor misdemeanors for tax evasion with no time served, just some probation. To deal with the felony gun charge, they drew up a diversion agreement that was supposed to keep that out of court. But they also needed a mechanism in all of this to immunize Bagman from further prosecution of any of the other shit he's done. So, they tossed that into the diversion agreement to keep it out of court... except they had to put mention of it into the plea agreement to get his tax charges covered by that immunity deal.
That's where the judge comes in. All of a sudden she was like What the fuck is this? I'm supposed to sign off on the plea agreement but not the diversion agreement that you made me a party to? Is that even legal?
The prosecution sheepishly admitted it wasn't, and suddenly the defense attorneys were like, Hey, if this package deal isn't going to fly 100%, we're outta here! The worst part in all this is that the prosecution then tries to make the defense's case for going through with the deal. When the hell has a prosecutor ever switched sides in a court hearing? Talk about total collusion...
They made a plea deal for Bagman to get two minor misdemeanors for tax evasion with no time served, just some probation. To deal with the felony gun charge, they drew up a diversion agreement that was supposed to keep that out of court. But they also needed a mechanism in all of this to immunize Bagman from further prosecution of any of the other shit he's done. So, they tossed that into the diversion agreement to keep it out of court... except they had to put mention of it into the plea agreement to get his tax charges covered by that immunity deal.
That's where the judge comes in. All of a sudden she was like What the fuck is this? I'm supposed to sign off on the plea agreement but not the diversion agreement that you made me a party to? Is that even legal?
The prosecution sheepishly admitted it wasn't, and suddenly the defense attorneys were like, Hey, if this package deal isn't going to fly 100%, we're outta here! The worst part in all this is that the prosecution then tries to make the defense's case for going through with the deal. When the hell has a prosecutor ever switched sides in a court hearing? Talk about total collusion...
