{"id":311,"date":"2026-01-15T13:46:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/ex-us-supreme-court-advocate-stands-trial-over-poker-cash\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:46:29","slug":"ex-us-supreme-court-advocate-stands-trial-over-poker-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/ex-us-supreme-court-advocate-stands-trial-over-poker-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-US Supreme Court Advocate Stands Trial Over Poker Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Double-life lawyer<\/h2>\n

A jury trial in a Maryland federal court this week has brought prominent ex-US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) advocate Tom Goldstein back into the limelight. It comes after the shock revelation in January 2025 of Goldstein\u2019s double life involving high-stakes gambling.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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not reporting millions of dollars<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Goldstein will appear in court this week facing allegations from federal prosecutors that he falsified tax returns by not reporting millions of dollars he won in poker games.<\/p>\n

Highly respected during his long career as a Washington attorney, Goldstein is also accused of lying on his mortgage applications and making improper payments via his law firm to bankroll his high living.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The man regarded as a \u201clegal pioneer\u201d has, however, twice rejected plea deals from the Justice Department, maintaining: \u201cI have never, ever believed that I did anything wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moonlighting DC-style<\/h2>\n

Reuters <\/em>cited ex-DOJ lawyer York Faulkner, who claimed defense lawyer Jonathan Kravis\u2019 strategy is likely to persuade jurors. Kravis is arguing that Goldstein tried to comply with tax laws<\/a> but sometimes made errors because of his busy schedule and that his \u201csmall law firm lacked a sophisticated accounting operation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Faulkner, who has prosecuted tax cases, said in cases like these \u201cwhat you are looking for is a systematic way of hiding or diverting money.\u201d He added the federal indictment makes Goldstein \u201cseem like someone who was scrambling to put out fires.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goldstein\u2019s indictment in January 2025 came as a shock to the legal community, with George Washington University law professor JP Collins echoing many when he stated \u201cthe allegations against him were unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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high stakes gambling, mistresses in the workplace\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cFraud, tax evasion, high stakes gambling, mistresses in the workplace,\u201d explained Collins. The professor added that Goldstein\u2019s story would bomb at pilot stage if it were a TV show \u201cbecause no one would believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the feds, the legal wiz hired investors to fund his high-stakes poker games, like the one in 2016 where he won $26m playing a California exec.  <\/p>\n

Casanova of DC<\/h2>\n

The indictment also alleged that \u201cbetween 2016 and 2022, Goldstein was involved in, or pursued, intimate personal relationships with at least a dozen women, transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goldstein was, however, successful in having his extra-marital affairs thrown out as evidence with regard to tax evasion charges.<\/p>\n

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They just put in those charges to dirty me up\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThose charges have nothing to do with taxes,\u201d Goldstein told the New York Times<\/em>. \u201cThey just put in those charges to dirty me up, to make the jury dislike me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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