Defending him is the adept Edward Smock from the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Columbia.
Standing on the opposite side is the resolute Joshua Adam Gold from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the same district.
Prosecutors, in an olive branch of sorts, have proposed a plea deal: a maximum prison sentence of three years, strikingly below the typical sentencing guidelines.
Alexander Hamilton’s reckoning is imminent, with a sentencing scheduled for November 29.