Lou Manzo

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348 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 17 Sep

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Pablo Torre Finds Out · Steve Ballmer's Victim Impact, the Man Who Prosecuted Aspiration and the Abacus of Incarceration: Kawhi-Gate, Part X · 5 May 2026 podcast

There are many cases in financial crime and violent crime where victims can both be a perpetrator and a traditional sense of victim, somebody who's been scammed or hurt by an offense.

In other words, can two things be true at the same time?

It's a strategic choice the attorney has to make, where generally you want less focus on your client when federal investigators are around.

That's what I preach every day.

Let's get them out of our hair.

move on, etc.

So by writing this letter to the judge, it does raise the question that the judge will start asking questions and say, what does the NBA have to do with this?

And then it's going to prolong the process, which is exactly what I would think Stephen Ballmer would not want.

On the other hand, it's, you know, a self-serving letter, so it can help you in the court of public opinion.

And I think that's kind of the trade-off that they must have made.

Totally depends on the judge.

There are some judges who use the sentencing guidelines as a Bible, and they say, okay, we'll take the bottom to the top, I'll find a spot in the middle, and that's where we'll settle.

So those judges are more circumscribed and probably ask less questions because there's a smaller decision tree.

The sentencing guidelines, though, are completely voluntary.

And that's that way for, what, 20 years now.

So a judge can say, thank you, sentencing guidelines, for your advice.

I'm going to depart upward or depart downward.

And that is subject to fairly minimal review on appeal in Southern District of New York, where we are now.

The sentencing guidelines are 90% of the time in white collar, downward departures.

Other jurisdictions that have less white collar are usually more within the guidelines.

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