Supreme Court litigator gets prison for tax evasion case after gambling on poker

WASHINGTON — A prominent Supreme Court litigator was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison for evading a multimillion-dollar IRS tax debt and engaging in mortgage fraud, a case that cast a spotlight on his secretive lifestyle as a high-stakes poker player and featured trial testimony from a Hollywood movie star. Thomas Goldstein, who … Read more

Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax evasion

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A top Supreme Court litigator and co-founder of the website SCOTUSblog was convicted by a federal jury after being charged with failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars in gambling income stemming from his lifestyle as an ultra-high-stakes poker player.  Thomas Goldstein, who once was part of … Read more

Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax evasion over income from high-stakes poker

WASHINGTON — A prominent Supreme Court litigator who also published a popular blog about the nation’s highest court was convicted Wednesday of tax evasion and related charges stemming from his secretive lifestyle as an ultra-high-stakes poker player. A federal jury found SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein guilty of 12 of 16 counts after a six-week trial … Read more