And shaping a narrative that isn’t as damning. Negotiating all this gives them some way to shape the story to perhaps make them seem less evil to the outside world. That, and to preserve wealth and/or get a lighter sentence.

I agree with the above poster SOMEBODY talked. Trump had access to the NSA for Pete’s sake. It’s guaranteed they found something and pursued the weakest link. These are sick people and in reality very weak. Without Thor positions of power and money, they’d be the toothless hooker on sunset strip.