SCOTUSblog founder says DOJ used phony witness to come after him for crypto crimes, calls for sanctions
Source: Law & Crime
Mar 20th, 2025, 3:44 pm
Attorneys for Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein — who is charged with tax evasion and accused of “hiding millions” — are calling for sanctions against federal prosecutors for making “deeply misleading and, at worst intentionally false” accusations against him in court, his legal team says.
“This conduct is part of a broader pattern of false and misleading statements by the government in this investigation and prosecution,” wrote attorney Jonathan Kravis in a Wednesday filing, which was made in support of an emergency motion to compel the Justice Department to produce “sworn” grand jury testimony of an office manager that DOJ lawyers claim was offered cryptocurrency by Goldstein and “bribed” to help obstruct justice.
According to Goldstein’s legal team, when DOJ lawyers filed their opposition to the motion on March 14, the government “completely reversed course” — revealing “for the first time” that the manager’s testimony “is flatly inconsistent with the government’s repeated public accusation” that Goldstein attempted to obstruct the investigation into his alleged crimes.
“In briefing on Defendant’s detention and release conditions, the Government proffered to the Court certain facts concerning Defendant’s repeated offers of cryptocurrency and other things of value to a witness who ‘was the one and only staff member … at Defendant’s law firm … familiar with the law firm’s financial records,'” the DOJ said in its opposition filing. “The witness has explained that Defendant did not suggest that the witness not assist in the investigation, and the witness cannot testify as to Defendant’s subjective intent.”
Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/deeply-misleading-and-at-worst-intentionally-false-scotusblog-founder-says-doj-used-phony-witness-to-come-after-him-for-crypto-crimes-calls-for-sanctions/
Full headline: ‘Deeply misleading, and at worst intentionally false’: SCOTUSblog founder says DOJ used phony witness to come after him for crypto crimes, calls for sanctions
Link to FILING (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25598742-tom-goldstein-reply-in-support-of-grand-jury-testimony/
Link to FILING (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25598742/tom-goldstein-reply-in-support-of-grand-jury-testimony.pdf
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