Tom Goldstein was a prominent lawyer in D.C. who argued dozens of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court until a double life involving high-stakes poker games sidetracked his career. Now Goldstein is wagering that jurors will reject federal tax evasion charges brought against him and spare him from prison.
Goldstein will stand trial this week on allegations by federal prosecutors that he filed false tax returns by failing to report millions of dollars he won in poker games, lied on mortgage applications and made improper payments through his law firm Goldstein & Russell to fund a lavish lifestyle.
He has denied knowingly violating the law, saying in court papers that errors in his tax returns were due to sloppiness by his bookkeepers and accountants. Goldstein, who pleaded not guilty, twice turned down an offer of a plea deal by the DOJ. Read more about Goldstein and the trial from Jan Wolfe.
