Judge orders SCOTUSblog founder Goldstein to home confinement until sentencing
SCOTUSblog co-founder and appellate attorney Tom Goldstein, who was convicted by a federal jury on multiple counts of fraud and tax evasion, was ordered place under home confinement Thursday. (Photo by Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)
A Maryland federal judge has ordered SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein, who was convicted on various fraud charges this week, to be placed under home confinement until his sentencing.
Even though prosecutors had raised a “profound” concern about Goldstein’s flight risk, they did not ask U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby of the District of Maryland to detain him, Law360 reports.
Prosecutors insisted on placing Goldstein, who surrendered his passport, under home confinement, saying he could “wake up and realize” what kind of sentence he’s facing and decide to “not come back to this court,” according to the story.
Griggsby agreed that Goldstein posed a flight risk, citing his “long history of international travel” and his access to funds and people abroad “that could facilitate such travel.” She settled on confinement with exemptions for him to receive court-ordered treatment and to meet with his attorneys.
The judge’s rulings Thursday came one day after Goldstein was convicted on 12 counts, including tax evasion, aiding and abetting the filing of false returns, failure to timely pay, and mortgage fraud. A sentencing date has not been set.
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