Well,
that
didn’t
take
long.
Tom
Goldstein,
revered
Supreme
Court
litigator
turned
cautionary
tale,
has
officially
traded
his
D.C.
home
—
the
one
prosecutors
say
he
secured
by
lying
to
mortgage
lenders
—
for
a
spot
in
the
Chesapeake
Detention
Facility
in
Baltimore.
The
move
comes
after
authorities
arrested
the
SCOTUSBlog
co-founder
claiming
he
posed
a
“significant
flight
risk,”
which
tends
to
happen
when
you
fail
to
disclose
millions
in
cryptocurrency
transactions
while
simultaneously
crying
poor
in
court.
Honestly,
the
only
thing
shocking
about
this
case
is
that
Goldstein
didn’t
try
to
settle
the
whole
matter
double-or-nothing
heads
up
Hold
‘Em.
The
charges
against
Goldstein
—
tax
evasion,
mortgage
fraud,
and
the
general
financial
shenanigans
—
allegedly
stem
from
a
lifestyle
that
makes
The
Wolf
of
Wall
Street
look
like
an
HR
compliance
video
fueled
by
high-stakes
poker
and,
(they
say)
multiple
mistresses.
Winning
and
ultimately
losing
millions
all
while
routinely
arguing
before
the
Supreme
Court.
Folks,
I
give
you
peak
performance
personified.
After
initially
lawyering
up
with
some
of
Trump’s
legal
team
—
arguably
one
of
his
better
decisions
(we’re
grading
on
a
heavy
curve)
—
Goldstein
abruptly
decided
to
represent
himself.
They
say
the
lawyer
representing
themselves
has
a
fool
for
a
client,
but
if
the
coverage
of
Goldstein’s
decision
is
anything
to
go
by,
the
strategy
might’ve
been
to
play
up
his
financial
woes
while
arguing
that
it
violated
his
Sixth
Amendment
rights
if
he
couldn’t
access
his
home
to
pay
for
legal
counsel.
Of
course
his
plea
of
poverty
hit
a
snag
when
the
federal
government
called
his
bluff,
claiming
that
Goldstein
had
received
$8
million
in
crypto
and
transferred
$6
million
of
it.
Unsurprisingly,
Chief
U.S.
Magistrate
Judge
Timothy
J.
Sullivan
was
not
amused
by
these
allegations,
revoking
Goldstein’s
bond,
sending
him
straight
to
Baltimore’s
maximum-security
correctional
facility.
Do
Not
Pass
Go.
Do
Not
Collect
$200.
Or
4
DOGECOIN
as
the
case
may
be.
Judge
Orders
Indicted
SCOTUSblog
Co-Founder
Tom
Goldstein
Detained
Without
Bond
[National
Law
Journal]
Earlier:
SCOTUSblog
Founder
Indicted
In
Wild
Poker-Fueled
Tax
Case
Tom
Goldstein
Hires
Trump’s
Lawyers
In
First
Good
Bet
In
Years
SCOTUSblog
Founder
Interfered
With
Witness,
Poses
A
Flight
Risk,
According
To
Prosecutors
BREAKING:
Tom
Goldstein
Arrested
AGAIN.
Feds
Claim
SCOTUSblog
Founder
Made
Secret
Crypto
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