Owner of a diesel repair and performance shop we we friendly with just announced after a few years of litigation they will be bringing their case with the EPA to jury trial in the beginning of next year.

I wish them the best, very few have the courage and resources to take the federal government to court, after years of bleeding you dry and offering deals that keep you out of prison in exchange for the forfeiture of your business and accounts. That's if you're lucky. Criminal cases can start off with door kicking, arrests and asset seizure (which i've shared shared before)

Trials like this can cost shop owners millions in the long term, regardless if it's a win or a loss. In the meantime they put pressure on shops, owners and employees trying to find anything and everything they can to send you to jail. Even up to this point it cost them tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to pay their attorneys. And still under threat of escalations, seizing bank accounts (business and personal) raiding homes and businesses. That's not including the interruption of business, owners on weekly calls, spending long nights poring through paperwork, all while knowing if they make the slightest mistake they will be taken away from their families without hesitation.

The devil sat across from you in a suit and tie, smiled and asked you how the weather was.