WaPo is using masturbatory numbers as clickbait – @Popehat has been trying, for years, to make it clear that white-collar criminals, like Trump, usually get much less than the maximum statutory sentence for their crimes, but apparently to no avail. We won't need all the champagne bottles we've been hoarding for this occasion. Also, Popehat's writing is great, but if you're not really interested in how the US legal system works, please treat this toot as clickbait and ignore the link https://popehat.substack.com/p/beware-the-flood-of-trump-sentencing