Because he is, or at least was, part of the insider clique.
Even as late as 2014 he was still allegedly close enough to the Clintons that he and Bill could have a personal phone call hours long.
Seriously though, it is self preservation for the judge. If Trump loses, no harm in sentencing him punitively. If he wins, might as well sweep it under the rug to try and save a few lives of you and your staff.
No. I would suggest you actually read the study.
The problem that the study reveals is that people who use AI-generated code as a rule don't understand it and aren't capable of debugging it. As a result, bigger LLMs will not change that.