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Originally Posted by tirebob
I think it is quite possible they held them as long as possible hoping to get them to plead down as they did because now there is zero chance of them turning around and suing the government over the entire thing. If so, it worked.
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The suing part becomes more relevant now that a judge has ruled that there was no legal justification for invoking the Emergency Act. That may explain the timing of the deal.