James O'Keefe "wiretap" charges reduced to minor misdemeanor (Mary Landrieu)

From this:

Federal prosecutors filed reduced charges Friday against conservative activist James O'Keefe and three others who were accused of trying to tamper with the phones in Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office.

The new charges are contained in a bill of information, which can only be filed with a defendant's consent and typically signals a plea deal. The new filing charges videographer the four with entering a federal building under false pretenses, a misdemeanor. They had been arrested Jan. 25 on felony charges.

...J. Garrison Jordan, a lawyer for another defendant, Robert Flanagan, said his client has "an agreement worked out with the government" but wouldn't elaborate or confirm that the others also have reached a deal with prosecutors.

...Federal authorities initially accused the four of trying to tamper with Landrieu's phones, but the new filing merely says they planned to pretend to test the phone system.

I don't need to tell anyone that this is almost exactly what I predicted at the time, well before anyone else. The only question is what punishment they'll receive; it might just be a relatively small fine. See the link for why the meta of this story is important: it shows how the political class is endangering the U.S.