Interesting. I didn’t know that is what was happening
“Budget neutral” was always vague in my mind. What did it mean? I would have never guessed it meant use the existing legal system to hammer a small startup for coinjoining and take their Bitcoin for the SBR
Precedent therefore set for other spurious legal processes to gather Bitcoin for the government
The plea was them being retarded to not understand the legal precedent they could create with peer of jurors.
Seems like these so-called "Samourai" didn't understand the Bushido Code where losing face is worse than death. True Samurai would have gutted themselves and allowed their heads to be taken before "pleading" guilt to a victimless crime they didn't even commit.
A Samurai doesn't "plead" with anyone!
They certainly wouldn't have handed over their private keys either, these Deb's were role playing at being Samurai, LARPing armchair warriors who buckled, bending the knee when it came time to die in a battle the invited upon themselves.
