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On September 23, 2016, Robert Fackler, the husband and now
co-defendant of former Tax Court Judge Diane Kroupa, pleaded guilty
to corruptly impeding the IRS, a felony that carries a maximum
three-year prison sentence. It is unclear whether the plea
agreement calls for Fackler to cooperate with the government's
prosecution of his wife. Considering that the indictment charged
him with six felony counts, five or which will be dismissed under
the plea agreement, chances are good that he has agreed to testify
against his wife if she goes to trial. She now occupies the
exceedingly uncomfortable sole defendant's chair. The
Minneapolis Star-Tribune has a good recitation of the facts of the
case here.
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