See I'm no lawyer and haven't followed closely, but I always wondered if there was a chance that the "deals" were done to a)avoid trials b)save prosecution extra work c) as far as the dudes actually pleading, getting a lesser sentence

In other words "Yo Flynn you guilty, we know it and you know it. If you cooperate and plea, save us extra work of a trial, we'll go easy on sentencing"

I always thought the idea of "oh shit they gave up all the goods and snitched on Trump" was sort of a pipe dream.

Maybe I'm missing some things.