And he will be a formidable foe for prosecutors looking to put the famous couple behind bars, former colleagues say. “Sean is a prosecutor's worst nightmare," said Jeffrey Cramer, who was in the U.S. attorney's office with him in Chicago. Trach, 42, is known as a savvy young lawyer who's friendly with the prosecutors at the Boston courthouse, where Loughlin and Giannulli are scheduled to stand trial alongside six other parents in October. Prosecutors have emails and recorded phone calls between Loughlin and Giannulli and the admitted mastermind of the bribery scheme, Rick Singer. But Loughlin and Giannulli say they believed the checks they wrote were legitimate donations that would support Singer’s charity or go directly to USC as a fundraising gift.

Source: ABC News March 11, 2020 11:35 UTC