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There are a lot of strong opinions on the 1960 charge on X right now, but don't forget to appreciate the human element here. Roman Storm was not found guilty on the two charges that EACH carried potential 20 year prison sentences. While there is still a fight left ahead of him, he has to be breathing a sigh of relief right now.
🚨NEW: Just caught @rstormsf outside the courtroom. I asked how he was feeling. In a quiet voice, but with a noticeable smile, he told me:
“It’s a big win. The ‘1960’ charge is bullshit and we’re going to fight it all the way. You know how President Trump said ‘fight, fight, fight’? We’ll do that too.”
He expressed relief at not being remanded to jail and mentioned his 5-year-old daughter as one of the reasons he plans to keep fighting the one charge he was convicted on.
He said he’s heading back to Seattle tomorrow.
The US Government put Tornado Cash on the SDN List, restricting all U.S. Persons from accessing it. A court ruled the government did not have the power to do that, so it was removed from the list.
That’s separate from the issues here, though. Has no real bearing on the charges against Roman Storm.
Always hard to put much stock in lengthy deliberations, but it’s probably a positive sign for the defense here.
That said, this is a complicated issue since we’re talking about a case of first impression.
During deliberation, the jury is allowed to ask the judge questions and the judge only sends back a response after talking to prosecution and defense about it.
First jury question is basically "did the government ever have evidence to prove its case?"
Bullish Roman. Hopes up 🤞
Kind of amazing coming from the government’s “expert.” With the cryptocurrency industry, all the true experts are nameless accounts on X with wassie profile pics. Tough job convincing a jury of that though.
🚨JUST IN:
IRS Special Agent George, tasked with tracing the Government's first witness' funds to Tornado Cash, testifies that he does not know what crypto[.]com is, doesn't know the difference between ERC-20 and ETH