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jberryhill

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2. How is that "letting off the hook"?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 11:20 AM

Feb 2018

Gates is still guilty on 8 felonies.

Gates pled guilty to counts 1-4 and 11-14. This is not a surprise of some kind.

Yes, in exchange for the guilty plea and cooperation, the other charges were dropped. That's the entire point of making a deal.

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BREAKING: Mueller letting Gates off the hook..... [View all] brooklynite Feb 2018 OP

Not all charges have been dismissed. MineralMan Feb 2018 #1

How is that "letting off the hook"? jberryhill Feb 2018 #2

Sometimes at DU it is the same trigger happy read the headline only and repost fever as at Foxxx. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #18

We aren't all attorneys, lol sarah FAILIN Feb 2018 #24

Mueller is rewarding Gates for his information..... Pachamama Feb 2018 #3

He's dismissing the supplemental counts Gates did not plead guilty to because of cooperation Stallion Feb 2018 #4

This means if Gates phucks up, the underthematrix Feb 2018 #5

Yes without prejudice exboyfil Feb 2018 #8

Bingo. And it tells me whatever he underthematrix Feb 2018 #12

Normal result of a plea deal... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #6

Not all charges are being dismissed atreides1 Feb 2018 #7

Looks like the deal got sweeter. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #9

That's how a plea deal works Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #10

This was part of the plea deal marylandblue Feb 2018 #11

Could this also mean that PRETZEL Feb 2018 #13

There some vague language in there about actual sentence marylandblue Feb 2018 #15

Thanks nt PRETZEL Feb 2018 #16

They threw everything they had at him last week to prove a point. Renew Deal Feb 2018 #14

Dismissed charges and not a reduced sentence? Makes you wonder if he didn't just sing, but gave a fu MelissaB Feb 2018 #17

Another misinformed tweet jberryhill Feb 2018 #19

He obviously gave very valuable information and probably needs to go into witness protection. Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #20

This isn't necessarily as meaningful as it may seem. onenote Feb 2018 #21

The reason being that Mueller got A LOT in return for the plea. CakeGrrl Feb 2018 #22

Clickbait OP leftynyc Feb 2018 #23