My claim is that a federal plea deal costs 30k and Odell raised a million. Who was taking the donors for a ride is up in the air, but Odell had a responsibility as a “rights organization” to vet the affair and make sure people’s valuable money was not wasted via corruption. On p2prights.org, the fundraising site, he made a very specific claim:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250426105751/https://p2prights.org/projects.html> Financial prudence is essential; therefore, the fund will evaluate the cost-effectiveness of different types of legal support
He did not do this, at all.
Nor did he do this:
> We will assess the likelihood and scale of success in each case. … the probability of legal victory, and the value of the legal precedent that success might establish.
No real rights organization like the EFF would hand a law firm for someone who didn’t even go to trial yet a million fucking dollars. That’s more than it takes to go through the *entire appeals process*. I should know, I forged federal criminal precedent in my federal computer crimes case which I won on appeal. I did it with roughly 80k total, including trial and appeals. So I know very well what things cost in regards to computer crimes prosecutions.
> Why would Odell be responsible for deciding how to spend money on the Samourai plea deal?
Read the claims on his website, he claims to be responsible in multiple ways right there. It’s just another way he completely abdicated his fiduciary duty and lost yet another million dollars of other people’s money. It’s literally all he does, ever.