Maria Butina pleads guilty to conspiracy...

[Billie.jeens]

They are not sure of the judicial system? I don't even know what that means. Did you read the court transcripts?

Okay
So we all know that all her legal troubles here stem from her not being registered as a lobbyist, by not filling the paperwork out.

Because lobbying is legal if done properly.


What is you understanding of what Flynn did wrong?

She was not convicted of illegal lobbying.

She was convicted of conspiracy.

When was that trial?

[ReadingRainbow]

Okay
So we all know that all her legal troubles here stem from her not being registered as a lobbyist, by not filling the paperwork out.

Because lobbying is legal if done properly.


What is you understanding of what Flynn did wrong?

She was not convicted of illegal lobbying.

She was convicted of conspiracy.

When was that trial?

The court date in which her plea deal was accepted was on the tenth I believe...


https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia ... rgain.html
A plea bargain is an agreement between a defendant and a prosecutor, in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty or "no contest" (nolo contendere) in exchange for an agreement by the prosecutor to drop one or more charges, reduce a charge to a less serious offense, or recommend to the judge a specific sentence acceptable to the defense.

As criminal courts become ever more crowded, prosecutors and judges alike feel increased pressure to move cases quickly through the system. Criminal trials can take days, weeks, or sometimes months, while guilty pleas can often be arranged in minutes. Also, the outcome of any given trial is usually unpredictable, whereas a plea bargain provides both prosecution and defense with some control over the result—hopefully, one that both can live with.

For these reasons and others, and despite its many critics, plea bargaining is very common. More than 90% of convictions come from negotiated pleas, which means less than 10% of criminal cases end up in trials.