Yes, and there’s no way this car was not going to get impounded.

Good question. Let’s see... there’s an automobile exception to the warrant requirement broad enough to fit an aircraft carrier through sideways. Plus, in this case, the car was abandoned in a public place, would need to be moved off the public streets, and is likely an instrumentality of a crime.

Ha haaa haaaaaa! Wow....

Yep. The financial services industry occupies a spot so central to politics and politicians that they’ll never be treated like anyone else. The GM and Chrysler deals might seem extreme, but imagine the reaction at the mere hint of stiffing the stockholders of the country’s top banks in bankruptcy proceedings....

“Fart logic” = brilliant.

Thanks. The “lawyers-were-on-meth” theory didn’t grab me, either.

Don’t forget that he is a pretty quick study when it comes to reflection and self-betterment.

Then he can go screw himself.

Of course! Maybe Jones will wind up as a televangelist after Governor Lesnar pardons him.

Estimated Jon Jones maturation date: April 1, 2068 (earliest projected release date on his future convictions for fraud, witness tampering, racketeering, impersonating a postal employee, and transporting meth across state lines in a Yugo).

Good question.

Back in the olden days (not from personal experience), I understand there were jailhouse artists who would lash a piece of sharp metal to the clapper of a mechanical alarm clock with dental floss, wind the dickens out of the thing, dip the metal in India ink, aim, and let fly.

All of the forfeiture revenue and none of the costs of prosecution and incarceration when would-be defendants simply consent to the forfeiture. And no tax increase!

Yep, I agree. I’m not sure how forfeited money is handled (like a fund for victims or investigations), but it gives the FBI & FTC some positive $ flow to show Congress when budget season rolls around...

Yeah, it does. NY law is the same as Florida law, so the federal basis for snagging the $ will still be there.

The odds in fact weren’t accurately disclosed, according to the complaint.

“Low-hanging bag of money.” Well put.

One supposedly can never use enough putative weasel words.

Smells.

Yeah, it was fraudulent, because WTC refused to disclose actual odds of winning, according to the complaint.