In court on Wednesday, Edelman, 73, pleaded guilty to creating a fake paper trail and making false statements that his 50% stake in the defense firms instead belonged to his French wife, Delphine le Dain. Because le Dain is not a U.S. citizen and does not live in the U.S., she was not liable to pay U.S. taxes on what the indictment stated was over $350 million in income from the business. Edelman pleaded guilty to 10 counts of the 30-count indictment, and could still face prosecution on charges related to tax evasion from 2013 to 2020. The court will determine later this year the amount of income on which Edelman evaded taxes, which will play a key role in determining his prison sentence. Tell me again that the Pentagon doesn't need to be audited up to its eyeballs.