Tom Hardin
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attorney.
And then I eventually plead guilty.
So 2009, late 2009, I plead guilty.
And I forgot to say like the FBI, they're like, you're doing such a great job for your country.
This is the way they were framing it.
And I'm patriotic.
And I'm thinking about, I'm just trying to stay positive.
So I'm like, maybe.
You know what's going to happen?
They're probably going to drop the charges.
And maybe they're going to have me like the Frank Avondale.
Maybe I'll go back to the FBI every year and help them out.
And so I'm thinking about I'm trying to just stay positive.
And it's all a joke.
They're not going to.
You can't be a professional cooperator with the FBI.
Once they're done with you, you're done.
And so I go in the courtroom.
and see the indictment for the first time.
And the judge says, how do you plead United States of America versus Thomas Harden?