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brooklynite

(94,520 posts) Mon Aug 3, 2020, 05:40 PM Aug 2020

Breaking: former USAID head Merritt Corrigan teams up with.....Jacob Wohl

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Breaking: former USAID head Merritt Corrigan teams up with.....Jacob Wohl (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2020 OP

Oh, will this be from the driveway of Jacob's mom's house? tanyev Aug 2020 #1

How is Wohl not in prison? Is it because he is white? LonePirate Aug 2020 #2

He got lucky - the pandemic postponed his hearing muriel_volestrangler Aug 2020 #3

tanyev

(42,552 posts)

1. Oh, will this be from the driveway of Jacob's mom's house?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Aug 3, 2020, 05:42 PM

Aug 2020

LonePirate

(13,419 posts)

2. How is Wohl not in prison? Is it because he is white?

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Mon Aug 3, 2020, 05:42 PM

Aug 2020

muriel_volestrangler

(101,311 posts)

3. He got lucky - the pandemic postponed his hearing

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 3, 2020, 06:37 PM

Aug 2020

In late February, Wohl was released on his own recognizance after an arraignment in Riverside County Superior Court on felony counts of securities fraud. A settlement hearing for Wohl and his codefendant, Matthew Johnson, was scheduled for April 21 but was postposed due to pandemic orders.

https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/jacob-wohl-assault-claims/

He seems to have committed multiple crimes since then, of course. So yeah, "because he's white" may well be it.

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