A trial is drawing to a close for the tax-evasion case against a prominent Supreme Court lawyer accused of failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars in winnings…
GREENBELT, Md.(AP) — As an attorney, Thomas Goldstein routinely argued cases before the Supreme Court and published a popular blog about the nation’s highest court. Unbeknownst to friends and colleagues, Goldstein also became an ultra-high-stakes poker player who grossed tens of millions of dollars in winnings but racked up a staggering gambling debt.
The secretive side of Goldstein’s life has been the focus of a six-week trial in Maryland for a tax-evasion case against the SCOTUSblog…