[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Thanks Travis, well said. You won’t change any minds here though.

And it’s funny how there was no response to this question posted earlier:

But my question for you is this… if there was no shill bidding and just the trimming, does this case still result in a plea deal?

If that were the case, I think he certainly could have been charged with a crime, but as a matter of prosecutorial discretion I think it relatively unlikely they would have pursued it. No doubt the complaints of shill bidding were the impetus for going after him.