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A top Supreme Court<\/a> litigator and co-founder of the website SCOTUSblog was convicted by a federal jury after being charged with failing to pay\u00a0taxes on millions of dollars in gambling income stemming from his lifestyle as an ultra-high-stakes poker player.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thomas Goldstein, who once was part of the legal team that represented\u00a0Al Gore in the Supreme Court litigation over the 2000 election\u00a0ultimately won\u00a0by George W. Bush<\/a>, was found guilty of 12 of 16 counts on Wednesday following a six-week trial in Maryland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He lied to everyone around him,” Justice Department prosecutor Sean Beaty said during the\u00a0trial\u2019s\u00a0closing arguments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It was a textbook tax-evasion scheme<\/a>,” Beaty added. “And Mr. Goldstein executed that nearly flawlessly.”<\/p>\n

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Jurors deliberated for approximately two days before convicting Goldstein of one count of tax evasion, four of eight counts of aiding and\u00a0assisting\u00a0in the preparation of false tax returns, four counts of willful failure to\u00a0timely\u00a0pay taxes and three counts of false statements on loan applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Justice Department prosecutors also accused him of diverting money from his law firm to pay gambling debts and falsely deducting gambling debts as business expenses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goldstein argued more than 40 cases before the Supreme\u00a0Court before retiring\u00a0in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His defense attorney, Jonathan Kravis, told jurors that Goldstein made “innocent mistakes” on his tax returns but\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0cheat on his taxes or knowingly make false statements on his tax returns, according to The Associated Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“A mistake is not a crime,” Kravis\u00a0said, claiming the government rushed to judgment and\u00a0failed to\u00a0adequately investigate the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goldstein raked in approximately $50 million in poker winnings in 2016, including\u00a0roughly $22 million\u00a0that he won playing in Asia, according to Beaty. The prosecutor said the tax evasion scheme “fell apart” when another gambler, feeling cheated by Goldstein, notified the IRS about a 2016 debt owed to the attorney.<\/p>\n

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The trial, which started Jan. 12, included testimony by “Spider-Man” star Tobey Maguire, an avid poker player who enlisted Goldstein\u2019s help in recovering a gambling debt from a billionaire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goldstein, who testified in his own defense, denied any wrongdoing. He has said he repeatedly instructed his law firm\u2019s staff and accountants to correctly characterize his personal expenses.<\/p>\n

Goldstein also was accused of lying to IRS agents and hiding his gambling debts from his accountants, employees and mortgage lenders. He omitted a $15 million gambling debt from mortgage loan applications while looking for a new home in Washington, D.C.<\/a>, with his wife in 2021, his indictment alleges.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court-litigator-convicted-tax-evasion <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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