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Sentencing of ex-Rep Chris Collins about to begin in #SDNY court, we will live-tweet here. On way into 40 Foley Square, was told that Collins demanded to but was rejected from entering through side / staff entrance on Pearl Street. Waiting for "All Rise." Thread

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 While still waiting at 2:54 for 2:30 sentencing of Collins to begin, there's certainly video of Collins approaching that side entrance. But trusted source tells Inner City Press that because of elevator outrage, only swipe pass holders in through that door, so...

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 OK - we've begun. Judge Broderick: "This matter is on for sentencing today. If any point Mr Collins you don't understand anything I've said, just tell me." Says he's read pre-sentencing report of Nov 22/Dec 23. And defendant's 180 pages of letters from supporters.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: First let's address the defendant's objections. Who will be arguing them?
It'll be Baker & Hostetler's Jonathan New. He wins the first skirmish, striking the word "therefore" from the pre-sentencing report. Judge Broderick cites the 302 reports.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick turns to Paragraphs 38 and 41 of pre-sentencing report, asks Collins' lawyer New about statements by Collins, his son Cameron and Stephen Zarsky.
New complains that FBI showed up for his client at 6 am.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 New: They asked him about trading in Innate and about his son. Not to excuse his lies, but when faced with questions that would implicate himself and his son, he decided to lie, then tipped his son. One lie leads to another...

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: I'm not exactly sure what an obvious lie is. Some people would say, "You got me." But it seems strange that Lauren Zarsky came up with exactly the same story.
New: I'm not aware of other questions at that time, other than one from the press.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 New: The government put together a strong case here. If they'd found someone to say Mr. Collins and Cameron coordinated their stories, we would have heard it. We don't want an evidentiary hearing on this.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Assistant US Attorney Max Nicholas: There's strong evidence these statements were coordinated. We believe that Mr. Collins and Cameron and Lauren Zarsky had this lie baked and ready to go. The objection should be overruled.
Judge Broderick: the gov't wins this

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: I find there was an agreement between Christopher Collins and Cameron Collins.. and that Cameron told the Zarskys about the failure of the drug test.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: OK, let's address the Dorothy Zarsky call in paragraph 39.
New: We don't dispute that the call happened, a voice mail 35 second long. But we don't believe inferences should be drawn from it.
Judge Broderick: But you don't dispute that it's true

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 AUSA Nicholas: The statement should be kept in, and inferences drawn from it. They can argue against the inference, on behalf of Congressman Collins. But it should stay in, since it's true.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: The issue is whether it's factually accurate, & the parties agree that it is. There was a call, a voice mail left that was not an insubstantial amount of time for a voice mail. But wait- does it include the outgoing message time? It doesn't impact

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick is back on script, telling Collins that the sentencing guidelines used to be binding. Waiting to see if he says "Booker and his progeny." Nope. Straight to calculation on guilty plea to counts 1 and 11....

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: Insider trading, 8 points. $700,000, plus 14 points. Impeding administration of justice, plus 2. With abuse of position, your adjusted offense level is 26. Minus 3, and criminal history 1, the guideline is 46 to 57 months.

The parties agree.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: I find there is no basis for a departure, and that I have the authority to grant a variance, and the parties can argue for that. The defense has suggested a variance and a sentence of probation with home confinement, community services and a fine

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: Probation suggests a year and a day, and that government suggests at the high end of the guideline. So let's hear argument.
AUSA Nicholas starts. "There's a notion being put forward by the Congressman that this was an emotional crime. We disagree

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 AUSA: Congressman Collins emailed the head of Innate about the "failed drug test" [that's how it was phrased - no one tested positive for drugs] - and then he took action to try to save money for the family, of which they had no need.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: I have no way of knowing if the conversation started with Christopher Collins telling his son that he was still "somewhat freaking out" because of financial and emotional connection to the company. "But there was time."

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: Mr Barr, that was a six minute call. There was time to decompress. It could have been walked back. I'd like you to address that. But first, Mr. Nicholas.
AUSA Nicholas: The agreement that Cameron would sell, that was a financial decision

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 AUSA Nicholas: There's then the doubling down in the lie to the FBI. A second crime in order to get away with the first crime. A deliberate decision months later. It came in advance of running again for election to Congress, a professional benefit

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 AUSA Nicholas: The manner in which he ran for re-election implicates the 3553 factors. The Court has received letters from constituents disappointed, they feel they were lied to. Someone who knew they committed a crime asked them to place a public trust in them

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 AUSA Nicholas: The Congressman sought out public venues to seek that public trust. He described the charges as meritless. This was a public interview with the press. It is very different than saying, I'm not addressing the case. He decided to entangle the two

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: Mr Collins was entitled to say, I'm going to be vindicated. Defendants say that all the time. Where is the distinction? Do I need to focus on the statements themselves? Or just on the decision to run again?

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 AUSA Nicholas: Every defendant has the right to assert innocence. But Collins courted the public trust, to hold this high office having just lied to the FBI to cover up a crime he had already committed 10 month earlier.

Mr. New is asking for the floor. Not yet.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 AUSA Nicholas: They are saying he should get a lesser sentence among other reasons because he was a Congressman. We think this is wrong. Things militate the other way. He was in a position to write the country's laws. So he should have known.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 AUSA Nicholas: They mention a reluctance to go back to the home district. That's no cushion against a guideline sentence. It does not promote respect for the law. It would not be the right message to send

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: But what about charitable giving? There were things in the letters that were not publicized.

AUSA Nicholas: Material bounty should not be a cushion against a guideline sentence. This was a gratuitous crime.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick to Collins' lawyers: There were affirmative ads taken out.
Collins' lawyer: I understand your concerns, but the campaign that he ran, he did not issue press statements related to the case.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins' lawyer: Yes, his party need to retain the seat. But he took a minimalist view...
Judge Broderick: There certainly were ads, even if they didn't say, Trust me, then said, Don't trust that guy. I don't want to focus on the ads, but where it ends up.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: It ends up with where the constituents are now, without representation.
Collins' lawyer: It was a difficult decision. He felt he did not have the opportunity to get his name off the ballot.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins' lawyer: We submitted our client's correspondence with Innate's CEO...
Judge Broderick: I'm sure I'll continue to get letters. People were looked at ECF [really?], others were reading the newspapers. Let me make a comment: I tried to get to the facts

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: I tried to separate out the emotion. Some who wrote me letters were angry, about political things. That has no place in sentencing. I tried to cut through that. But I interrupted you, Mr. New. Please go on.
New: I'll let Mr. Barr do it.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 AUSA Nicholas: He violated his oath. He represented people in the State of New York. Several minutes before sentencing we began aware of an article, just after he decided to run again. He said the charges were meritless. But our recommendation would be the same.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 AUSA Nicholas: Our investigation showed that after the picnic, the Congressman had dinner at a very nice place in Washington, BLT Prime. He was not freaking out and pulling his hair out.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins' lawyer: Yes he did have dinner afterward. But it was with people who had come in... We had a chance to speak with them afterward.

[Now the turn.] He has accepted responsibility well in advance of trial. Probation says he is remorseful.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: He will be tormented forever that his son now has a felony conviction. He carries the weight of having let down his constituents. He is losing the right to vote, which for someone that was involved in public service is a heavy price.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr is now quoting SDNY Judge Rakoff. To Judge Broderick. "Your Honor, Chris is a fundamental good and decent human being who has lived a remarkable, 69 year law abiding life. Consider all 69 years."

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: Collins took over distressed companies and saved jobs. Mary Collins said it best: Chris is the type of person who when he sees a need, he steps in. Let's talk about those letters. I found a letter by Workman, all the risk Chris took...

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Now Barr is talking about... the Boy Scouts.
"There were many letters about how he gives without reserve, helped people who couldn't pay their mortgages, people in abusive relationships... One of his former spokesmen said, I wish others got to know him

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: He served his community well for more than 10 years. Now the government wants to top end of the guideline. That's excessively punitive. He accepted responsibility.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: When I read the US submission there is zero credit for all the good he'd done in his life. I was puzzled how their recommendation differs from Probation, which "has no bias."
Judge Broderick: I find flawed Probation accepting the emotional, protecting my son

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: He could have called his son and said, You can't trade on this, but I am going to look out for you. And he could have done that for the Zarskys. You are protecting your son by committing an illegal act?

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: I think what is not coming across is that this company, Chris has invested his heart and soul. He believed in it, thought it was going to be a magic bullet for people with this serious disease

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: People who get upsetting news sometimes make bad decisions. People aren't robots. He does charitable things. He didn't need the money. And neither did the son. I'm quite sure it was the emotional state he was operating in that caused him to do a stupid thing

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: A lot of times when people have stepped in the proverbial soup, or tar pit, what ever you want to call it, they do stupid things. The usual prosecution of insider trading in this District are schemes of years, not short like this.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: But this is a case where the stock was going to go down.
Barr: The cases of making profits are more serious than trying to avoid loss...
Judge Broderick: Not to the people who are riding the stock to the end and taking the loss.
#InsiderTrading101

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: I was very struck that the government's sentencing submission did not address some of the 3553a factors - they only addressed four of the factors. One of the most important is the characteristics and history of the defendant. All of the good things.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: I don't understand why the government did not redact this information. Now Mary Collins lives worried.
Judge Broderick: Did you complain to the government?
Barr: It was too late, it had already been reported.
Judge Broderick: It's never too late.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: It was gratuitous. Maybe there was a great reason for it. I'm not the smartest guy in the world. I don't know. There's a difference with a false statement given at 6 am in your bathrobe. It's not like going to Congress

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: We live in a very polarized society--

Judge Broderick: Let me say this: not in here. I think I would speak for all of my colleagues too. Especially when you're talking about sentencing.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: I rarely make public statements... I mean, this is a public forum. But this is for some of the people who wrote the letters, so that they understand what is really going on here

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Barr: He's paid dearly for this. We hope that you will be merciful. We also believe that with passage of the First Step Act, Congress has indicated its views on elderly non violent offenders...

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: Mr Collins, do you wish to be heard?

Collins: I do. First I want to thank you for being so well thought out. I can't ask for anything more than that.
[Now Collins is sobbing.] Sorry, I'm an emotional person.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins: The three first words of the Boy Scouts, "On my honor." And I've tarnished my reputation. I will never be involved in Scouting again, which is my life.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins: That has rocked me to the core. I violated my core values. I am standing here, probably the last time I will do anything in public. I left Buffalo. I cannot face my constituents. People feels sorry for me. They shouldn't. I did what I did. It's awkward.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins: This is perhaps my last time to address those I have injured. All of my constituents. It's millions. 1.4 million people for ten years. I served under the Cub Scouts' motto, Do your best. Now I'm a former member of Congress.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins: To have that asterisk by my name, it kills me. I'm not in a good place right now. Many of my former colleagues in Congress were texting me this morning. I let them down, and the President of the United States.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins: It's hard to look at my wife, she had her credit card canceled. My daughter had her brokerage account canceled. I apologize to the FBI for lying to them. I'll be paying the consequence for that here momentarily.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins (whispering) - "I was in a dark place... When I was in that dark hole, she said to me, 'Don't leave us, I want you in our kids' life.' I climbed out of it because of her... The stress because of her disease. My pushing her around Disneyworld

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins: I've destroyed the reputation of my son, he's 27, he can't be involved in Scouting. He'll probably never have a job. He was one of the most distinguished Scouts in New York State.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins: Three days ago, notes from my grandchildren. My eight year grand daughter, she says, Papa Chris--
She has to think I am a criminal. She doesn't. My 14 year old grandson

[says names - while his lawyer complains of non redaction of personal information]

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Collins: My mom was always proud of me, I'm glad she's not here to see this. You could show your mercy to me. I'm going to give back one way or another. Be merciful to my son.

His statement of over. Now the sentence...

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: I described the approach I took in reviewing the letters, all except six or seven at the end. I give more weight to the quality of the letters than the quantity. I tried to bore down to what was factual, to what the defense was trying to give me.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: With respect to his time as County Executive and then in Congress, I didn't consider the content of bills or of decisions. First on the circumstances of the offense: it's serious, a crime that goes to the heart of our financial system.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: You were a member of the board, that has legal significance. You owed a duty to Innate and you betrayed that duty. It makes people believe the market is rigged.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: I've been doing this, as a judge and as a prosecutor and as a defense lawyer, often people should just say nothing. But lying is serious. There was the passage of time.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: You could have shared the information with your son but said, Don't trade. But you took another turn. In my mind, there is no good explanation. Then even after, they could have bought it back. Therefore I don't view this as spur of the moment

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: You told Probation you have fond memories of your childhood... You started working at an early age. I'm going to consider that, and your public service without looking at what decisions you made, to support this or that

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: Your constituents don't have any representation right now. It has nothing to do with party affiliation. They have no one. That's the way it's worked out.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: Mr. Collins, please rise. It is the judgment of this court that you be sentenced to 26 months.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: I was never a Scout. I can understand why one would not want a convicted felon to be involved with young children. But maybe something could be done.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: Is there a request as to where Mr Collins will serve this incarceration?
Collins' lawyer: A camp. FCP Pensacola.
Judge Broderick: I'll recommend Pensacola. If you find a facility closer, let me know before the judgment gets issued.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: I understand it's hard to go back to Buffalo. But I encourage that you go back. You might find it helpful to yourself. You don't have to listen to me.

Collins' lawyer: Could we pay the $200 special assessment next week?

Judge Broderick. Sure. And the fine, too.

@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @EdDrantch @politvidchannel @WBFO @kylegriffin1 @jilevin @axios @DanTelvock @NewsChannel9 Judge Broderick: We're going to redact the names of the grandchildren. Communicate with the court reporter. Alright, I apologize for taking so long. We'll stand adjourned.
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