He should have sang like a canary
If he did sang like a canary they would accuse him of being a right wing nut and give him life with no probation.
Taking one for the team, yeah that’s the spirit.
Seriously, these Ponzi schemes have been springing up like weeds. Do their instigators have suicide wishes? This is a tiger that you cannot forever grip by the tail.
He was probably being fed some BS by a DNC lawyer in a $3,000 suit on the other end of plexiglass:
"Listen Norman, we KNOW this judge, OK? He's one of us. Now, you play ball, and you're gonna get off easy. You decide to start naming names.....well......"