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Not sure about the others but I don’t think Ellison is walking. Her reward for cooperation was just a letter to the sentencing judge noting her cooperation.

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The plea deal also includes the prosecution electing to charge her with much lesser crimes than they otherwise could.

Not true. The prosecution agreed to only pursue criminal tax violations. See my other comment.

IANAL, but I think you misunderstand her plea agreement.

She pled guilty to 7 counts. 1 Count of actual wire fraud and 6 counts of various "Conspiracy to commit wire fraud, commodes fraud, securities fraud and money laundering". They have a total maximum sentence of 110 years.

Prosecution agreed to not pursue any additional charges, except perhaps criminal tax violations.

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