Bail Bondsman. So he is intimately aquanted with the legal system. While not smart enough to keep himself out of trouble, he's batting a 100 on backing out of trouble. 1st in, pleads out to the lesser, 1st round draft to squeal, better chance of cutting a deal before his information is duplicated or stale. Fear is a hell of a drug.
$5,000 fine, 200 hours of community service and has to write a sorry note? Feels like nothing versus election fraud. Tbf, he is lower level, first and cooperative but still....