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Government case against Tom Goldstein is falling apart
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Date: February 17th, 2026 9:45 AM Author: Bat Shit Crazy Comical Fortuitous Meteor Dysfunction https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/tom-goldsteins-vigorous-defense-gives-the-jury-a-lot-to-chew-on (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49675546) |
Date: February 17th, 2026 9:46 AM Author: Bat Shit Crazy Comical Fortuitous Meteor Dysfunction They raised doubts about whether Goldstein—who won and lost millions of dollars at a time in poker games with Hollywood stars and billionaires—actually had net gambling income to report. His lawyers repeatedly said there’s no evidence that Goldstein directed anyone to mischaracterize transactions as business expenses, or that he intended for income to go unreported.
And that was all before Goldstein took the stand Feb. 11, not only to explain away the prosecution’s tax case but to introduce his defense to other charges he’d seemingly admitted to.
Goldstein collected two big wins before the trial even started. On the eve of trial, the government dismissed its tax evasion charges for all years except 2016, and Goldstein’s lawyers were able to exclude evidence that he had multiple extramarital affairs and put several of the women on his law firm’s payroll.
And while much of his defense pivoted on what was reported to whom, when and how, Goldstein and his lawyers came back to one key point: his adventures in high-stakes poker mostly cost him. And if he failed to report his gambling winnings and losses accurately, it either wasn’t willful or was the fault of his accountants.
Even in 2016, a year when Goldstein reported net winnings of $2.7 million on his tax return, he told jurors that was the result of bad math. He said he actually lost by several million, walking through records and explaining what he misunderstood when he calculated the figure he provided to his accountants in October 2017.
All told, Goldstein said he believes he’s down $10 million from his years of gambling.
“I’m a loser,” he told the jury. |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 9:47 AM Author: Carnelian vibrant national has any interesting evidence came out besides what's mentioned int he toobin article a few weeks ago? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49675548) |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 9:49 AM Author: Bat Shit Crazy Comical Fortuitous Meteor Dysfunction Not yet. I’ve met Tom a few times and it didn’t occur to me that he was going to take the stand. He’s the most silver tongued lawyer I’ve ever met. Government is probably fucked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49675551) |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 9:55 AM Author: Carnelian vibrant national how far are we away from the jury getting the case?
it's sad that one's life can be ruined by a bogus prosecution |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 9:47 AM Author: olive dashing property famous landscape painting lol at this bald fraud (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49675549) |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 9:50 AM Author: Bat Shit Crazy Comical Fortuitous Meteor Dysfunction Defense lawyers salivating at the prospect of new “Bald Fraud” defense. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49675553) |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 9:51 AM Author: Carnelian vibrant national “I’m a loser,” he told the jury, tp. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49675555) |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 9:51 AM Author: Bat Shit Crazy Comical Fortuitous Meteor Dysfunction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49675556) |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 1:30 PM Author: avocado gaming laptop Soyyyyy un judío I'm a loser baby You have to acquit me |
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Date: February 26th, 2026 12:22 AM Author: adaptive rotational sensory ability (trauma based) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49695912) |
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Date: February 26th, 2026 10:18 AM Author: Refunkulus (I Always Post Always TP) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49696336) |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 1:08 PM Author: smoky startled regret Fascinating story all around.
Hopefully there's a mini documentary instead of a god awful movie like Molly's Game. |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 1:10 PM Author: Dead space u can tell he did "it" (w/e it is) solely by his last name and he should hang publicly (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49675975) |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 1:26 PM Author: deep yellow doctorate Tommy Supreme and the Blitz?
Another Jewish movie about Jewish shenanigans (perversion, gambling) |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 1:28 PM Author: Carnelian vibrant national enough about cslg and chandler's poker night (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49676015) |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 1:29 PM Author: Brindle Pozpig this guy sounds really, really fucking jewish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49676018) |
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Date: February 17th, 2026 1:59 PM Author: deep yellow doctorate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49676084) |
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Date: February 25th, 2026 6:35 PM Author: N904PD lol OP and Jeffrey Toobin BTFO
Guilty on 12/16 counts
Guess his shtick only works on appellate dorks |
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Date: February 26th, 2026 12:19 AM Author: CapTTTainFalcon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49695907) |
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Date: February 26th, 2026 9:08 AM Author: .,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49696197) |
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Date: February 26th, 2026 9:11 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., Wow. Does he have any appellate chances? Seems like the judge erred in the side of the defense in a lot of these pre trial rulings. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49696205) |
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Date: February 26th, 2026 1:28 PM Author: @grok, is this true? He’s going to prison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49696948) |
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Date: February 26th, 2026 1:37 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., nonresponsive. nobody gets deferred sentencing pending appeal. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49696979) |
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Date: February 26th, 2026 12:24 AM Author: Frutiger Aero cases that fall apart are the best kind tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49695917) |
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Date: February 26th, 2026 9:07 AM Author: N904PD Goldstein you can ge stomped by Tobey/ You 55 year old bald-headed fag
Among the witnesses who testified during the trial was actor Tobey Maguire, who starred in 2002's "Spider-Man" and other films. Maguire, who is not accused of wrongdoing, told jurors he hired Goldstein in 2020 to try to recover more than $7 million that a Texas businessman allegedly owed the actor in a poker debt.
Goldstein's legal work helped Maguire recover the money. Maguire testified that Goldstein had him route his $500,000 legal fee to a third party rather than pay it directly to him.
I had flagged this from the indictment didn’t realize it was spidey lol. I imagine all his bullshitting about it being an accident fell flat since I haven’t heard any explanation for how he “forgot” to report this 500k in income lol |
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Date: February 26th, 2026 1:30 PM Author: @grok, is this true? That whole story in the indictment was crazy. Too bad they’ll never make a movie about a bald appellate lawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835648&forum_id=2Firm#49696951) |