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Jury Convicts SCOTUSblog Co-Founder Tom Goldstein on Tax and Mortgage Fraud Counts

Prosecutors said he hid tens of millions in poker income to fund an extravagant lifestyle, with sentencing to be scheduled.

FILE - Tom Goldstein, who writes SCOTUSblog.com, poses for a photograph in front of the Supreme Court, Oct. 31, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
Tom Goldstein, a top U.S. Supreme Court attorney and former publisher of the SCOTUS blog news website arrives for jury selection in his trial on charges of tax fraud, at U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S., January 13, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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Overview

  • A federal jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, found Goldstein guilty on 12 of 16 counts after about two days of deliberations following a six-week trial.
  • The convictions cover one count of tax evasion, four counts of aiding the preparation of false tax returns, four counts of willful failure to pay taxes on time, and three counts of false statements on mortgage applications.
  • Prosecutors alleged he concealed massive poker winnings in 2016, diverted fees from his law firm to cover gambling debts, and failed to disclose multimillion-dollar liabilities on 2021 home-loan forms.
  • Jurors acquitted him on some aiding-false-returns charges, and a judge previously dismissed a separate charge related to alleged payments to women.
  • Goldstein, a retired Supreme Court advocate and co-founder of SCOTUSblog, testified that errors stemmed from reliance on advisers and he remains free pending sentencing.