Oh yes, and when I paid my speeding ticket last week I proved I was smuggling drugs down the interstate.
If you paid a drug smuggling fine and as part of the process admitted to smuggling drugs, I might be inclined to label you a drug smuggler as well.
In the US, over 90% of cases settle. Do you really think that they are all guilty, or maybe some of them are railroaded by the system and coerced to plea?
Let me answer that for you. Lots of innocent people plead to charges that they probably could beat, but the system has been corrupted beyond any reasonable hope of a fair trial.
Most people plead because they are either guilty or because they can’t afford to compete with the resources of the prosecution. That’s not the case for Elon.
People plead guilty all the time when they are innocent and can fight. They see that the system is rigged and bow out to limit its damage to their lives.
Elon can afford the best lawyers in the world, and unlimited expert witnesses to tell his side of the story. The prosecution has almost none of their usual advantages against a billionaire.
The didn’t violate federal interstate travel statutes because a speeding ticket is a local violation.
If you said someone who got a speeding ticket violated interstate travel statutes, then sure that fits exactly what they did.