The Feds know they'd lose again because at this point it looks like they're just picking on him. Their best chance was in the first trial, back in September of '05. There was only one holdout that created the mistrial. It was 11-1 to convict. My personal opinion is that if Curtis Sliwa wasn't such an asshole and so damned unlikable, the Feds would have gotten a conviction. No one felt the slightest bit sorry for that asshole.