In 2011, Michael Conahan was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison after he and another judge, Mark Ciavarella, were found guilty of accepting $2.8m in illegal payments in exchange for sending more than 2,300 children – including some as young as eight years old – to private juvenile detention centers.
if you’re unfamiliar with the backstory of this “kids-for-cash” scandal, yes that is an accurate name for it. here’s the Wikipedia article about it.
I don’t know why is everyone so surprised, the dude is a hundred, retiring from politics, of course he will save his son. In his place as a parent I too would prioritize my son / family peace over my legacy.
That’s not the Hunter thing that’s something else.