Let’s say you were doing shady, illegal shit for some mob boss-wannabe. You know a lot of shit. Have emails, phone messages, recorded meetings, and one day you’re picked up on charges for something you did for the boss.
You have two choices, go to jail for 10-15 years or take a plea deal where you give up all evidence on the boss and in return are given only probation. You’d really give up a portion of your life in federal prison for that guy?
That’s the situation that this kind of shit is used for. He didn’t get this light sentence for nothing. Most of these people are spineless tools that were used and thrown under the bus by someone higher on the chain than themselves.