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to waive some venue and jurisdiction issues that required the counts to be tried in the eastern district of virginia. and there s some consequences to having two separate trials, one of which is under the complicated federal sentencing formula, he would be a previously convicted felon, and that will enhance his sentence a little bit. white collar sentences are never really high. so having faced conviction, he likely wanted to cut a deal and see if he could somehow combine the two into a guilty plea. what about the legal costs of two trials? legal cost is, you know, an interesting thought. the second trial in d.c. is not a repeat of the virginia trial. his co-defendant is a russian, who is in russia, not available to be tried alongside him. many of the exhibits, now that we ve seen the government s exhibit list, are e-mails that