WEBVTT 1 00:00:02,170 --> 00:00:04,290 ♪♪ 2 00:00:04,290 --> 00:00:07,750 [ Footsteps tapping ] 3 00:00:07,750 --> 00:00:09,710 [ Elevator bell dings ] 4 00:00:09,710 --> 00:00:12,250 [ Tapping continues ] 5 00:00:12,250 --> 00:00:14,540 Why are marble floors so expensive 6 00:00:14,540 --> 00:00:17,330 but marbles are, like, super cheap? 7 00:00:17,330 --> 00:00:18,880 I actually don't know how much marbles cost. 8 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,120 Why am I here, again? 9 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,460 We're going into a negotiation 10 00:00:21,460 --> 00:00:23,000 with one of the best litigators in the country -- 11 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,250 Phillip Kaws. Yep. 12 00:00:24,250 --> 00:00:26,250 Saw his name on the door and the building. 13 00:00:26,250 --> 00:00:27,170 And he's, like, super famous. 14 00:00:27,170 --> 00:00:28,460 Why am I here? 15 00:00:28,460 --> 00:00:30,210 You're here because Kaws is gonna try to intimidate us 16 00:00:30,210 --> 00:00:31,880 by packing this room with an army of attorneys. 17 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:33,120 So I'm a seat filler. 18 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:34,750 No, we just need you to sit with us 19 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:36,290 so our side doesn't look so empty. 20 00:00:36,290 --> 00:00:37,920 That is literally exactly what a seat filler does. 21 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:38,920 What's the case? 22 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:40,330 Please do not distract me. 23 00:00:40,330 --> 00:00:41,710 This is why I came back from Texas -- 24 00:00:41,710 --> 00:00:43,790 to go up against legends like Phillip Kaws. 25 00:00:43,790 --> 00:00:45,710 This is my moment. Stop. 26 00:00:45,710 --> 00:00:46,540 Okay, maybe "This is my moment" 27 00:00:46,540 --> 00:00:47,830 was a little over-the-top, but it felt -- 28 00:00:47,830 --> 00:00:48,960 No, I mean, yes, that was insane, 29 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:49,920 but that's not what I'm talking about. 30 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:51,420 We are colleagues, 31 00:00:51,420 --> 00:00:53,120 and I am taking time away from my busy caseload 32 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:54,120 to help you out. 33 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:55,540 What is the case? 34 00:00:55,540 --> 00:00:57,250 We're negotiating the surrender of Isaiah West, 35 00:00:57,250 --> 00:00:58,500 huge real-estate developer. 36 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:00,580 Yeah, I know. His name is on buildings, too. 37 00:01:00,580 --> 00:01:03,250 Seems like a great guy. He was just on "The View." 38 00:01:03,250 --> 00:01:04,710 What? I like "The View." 39 00:01:04,710 --> 00:01:07,250 West paid out nearly $20 million in bribes all over New York 40 00:01:07,250 --> 00:01:09,580 to win the Hudson Nine construction contract -- 41 00:01:09,580 --> 00:01:11,830 three multi-use skyscrapers going up in midtown. 42 00:01:11,830 --> 00:01:13,920 We have him on a dozen counts of wire fraud and bribery. 43 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:15,120 We have e-mails, we have documents, 44 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:16,710 we have cooperating witnesses. 45 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:18,750 We have a witness who will testify he heard West offer -- 46 00:01:18,750 --> 00:01:21,210 Okay. Okay. Got it. You have a case. 47 00:01:21,210 --> 00:01:22,830 What are you worried about, then? 48 00:01:22,830 --> 00:01:24,540 Kaws has an army of associates. So what? 49 00:01:24,540 --> 00:01:25,500 [ Whispering ] They're just people. 50 00:01:30,380 --> 00:01:32,000 [ Whispering ] Have they blinked? 51 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,170 Third from the left -- she blinked, I think. 52 00:01:34,170 --> 00:01:36,420 Twice. I think. 53 00:01:36,420 --> 00:01:38,460 That guy has red eyes. 54 00:01:38,460 --> 00:01:41,580 Actual cyborg eyes, like the Terminator. 55 00:01:41,580 --> 00:01:43,920 Shh. It's just tactics, that's all. 56 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,380 They are insanely good seat fillers. 57 00:01:46,380 --> 00:01:47,830 Mr. Kaws should be here any minute. 58 00:01:47,830 --> 00:01:48,960 We're fine. Thank you. 59 00:01:50,170 --> 00:01:51,790 [ Telephone rings ] 60 00:01:54,790 --> 00:01:55,790 Mm-hmm. 61 00:01:55,790 --> 00:01:57,500 I see. 62 00:02:00,380 --> 00:02:02,500 Mr. Kaws would like to apologize. 63 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:05,080 He had a sudden family emergency and had to leave. 64 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,290 Can we call your office once we have more information? 65 00:02:08,290 --> 00:02:09,880 Now what? We call his bluff. 66 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,580 You think he's lying about the emergency? Don't know. Don't care. 67 00:02:11,580 --> 00:02:13,290 I'm calling the FBI and having them pick up Isaiah. 68 00:02:13,290 --> 00:02:14,750 We came here to avoid the spectacle 69 00:02:14,750 --> 00:02:16,080 of having a prominent New Yorker 70 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:17,420 cuffed and dragged through the streets. 71 00:02:17,420 --> 00:02:19,420 I am not going to let Kaws play me. 72 00:02:19,420 --> 00:02:20,830 Mr. Knox. 73 00:02:20,830 --> 00:02:23,040 Turns out Mr. Kaws' wife was only in a fender bender. 74 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:24,710 She's being released from the hospital. 75 00:02:24,710 --> 00:02:26,330 Would you be fine meeting in an hour? 76 00:02:26,330 --> 00:02:27,880 You want us to wait here for an hour? 77 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,080 Actually, would you mind meeting Mr. Kaws at his apartment? 78 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,210 ♪♪ 79 00:02:33,210 --> 00:02:36,000 I kind of want to see where he lives. 80 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,170 Is there a seat filler needed? 81 00:02:37,170 --> 00:02:38,790 Otherwise, I'm going back to work. 82 00:02:38,790 --> 00:02:39,830 We got this, thanks. 83 00:02:39,830 --> 00:02:41,580 You were good. 84 00:02:41,580 --> 00:02:43,080 ♪♪ 85 00:02:44,540 --> 00:02:45,790 [ Sighs ] 86 00:02:45,790 --> 00:02:46,880 Ted: What's good? 87 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,750 Nothing is good. 88 00:02:48,750 --> 00:02:50,920 I've been calling Anderson Frank all morning. He's not picking up. 89 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:53,500 It's generally not a super-literal question. More like a greeting. 90 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:55,290 Seriously, we need to make sure he's coming to court tomorrow. 91 00:02:55,290 --> 00:02:56,750 He is our key witness -- 92 00:02:56,750 --> 00:02:58,460 Ask me. Huh? 93 00:02:58,460 --> 00:02:59,580 Ask me what's good. 94 00:02:59,580 --> 00:03:01,670 What's...good? 95 00:03:01,670 --> 00:03:03,540 I had a great breakfast. Talked to my mom for a bit. 96 00:03:03,540 --> 00:03:04,920 Then I went to the boxing gym. 97 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:07,330 20 on the heavy bag, did pads, sparred. 98 00:03:07,330 --> 00:03:09,000 Then I went to Anderson Frank's house 99 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,880 and confirmed that he'll be in court tomorrow. 100 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:12,330 That's what's good. 101 00:03:12,330 --> 00:03:14,710 I thought you said it wasn't a literal question. 102 00:03:14,710 --> 00:03:15,960 You box? 103 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:17,460 You made a face like I told you 104 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:18,790 I won a national lumberjack competition in high school. 105 00:03:18,790 --> 00:03:20,290 Yeah, I box. 106 00:03:20,290 --> 00:03:21,750 You just don't look like the type. 107 00:03:21,750 --> 00:03:22,670 What's the type? 108 00:03:22,670 --> 00:03:23,920 Tough. 109 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:25,040 What do you know about looking tough? 110 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:26,580 I'm tough. You box? 111 00:03:26,580 --> 00:03:27,920 No, but I bet I could pick it up. 112 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:29,290 You're tiny. I'm fast. 113 00:03:29,290 --> 00:03:30,670 You don't work out. You don't know that. 114 00:03:30,670 --> 00:03:31,710 You're always here. 115 00:03:31,710 --> 00:03:32,710 [ Inhales ] 116 00:03:32,710 --> 00:03:35,040 I have superhuman stamina. 117 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,120 You've probably never punched anyone in your life. 118 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,960 Mm, Noah Sullivan, Maureen Moreno, Duncan Pressman. 119 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,330 Kindergarten, fifth-grade summer, 120 00:03:41,330 --> 00:03:42,710 senior year high school. 121 00:03:42,710 --> 00:03:43,920 Two hooks and a jab. 122 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:44,920 Oh, let's fight, then. 123 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,620 Not here. My gym, Canal and Church. 124 00:03:46,620 --> 00:03:48,500 I go Tuesdays and Thursdays. 125 00:03:48,500 --> 00:03:49,380 Cool. 126 00:03:49,380 --> 00:03:51,170 I guess I'll show you what's good. 127 00:03:51,170 --> 00:03:53,080 ♪♪ 128 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,040 Jill: Sandra! 129 00:03:59,290 --> 00:04:01,170 Nice weather. People are out. 130 00:04:01,170 --> 00:04:03,620 That includes the FBI and the NYPD, 131 00:04:03,620 --> 00:04:05,380 which means more arrests, more cases, 132 00:04:05,380 --> 00:04:07,290 and less of anything else you do in your free time. 133 00:04:07,290 --> 00:04:08,330 Good morning. 134 00:04:08,330 --> 00:04:11,210 A dinner cancellation for you, Sandra. 135 00:04:11,210 --> 00:04:13,460 Continue never making plans. 136 00:04:13,460 --> 00:04:15,790 Jay, you won't be riding your bike anytime soon. 137 00:04:15,790 --> 00:04:18,830 Actually, I'm gonna give this to someone more senior. 138 00:04:18,830 --> 00:04:20,000 Well, what is it? 139 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,580 A drug case. 140 00:04:21,580 --> 00:04:23,670 I had 16 drug cases last year -- at once. 141 00:04:23,670 --> 00:04:25,580 This isn't a normal drug case. 142 00:04:25,580 --> 00:04:27,620 I'm not a normal public defender. 143 00:04:27,620 --> 00:04:29,080 [ Both laugh ] 144 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,290 This client is a federal inmate. 145 00:04:32,290 --> 00:04:33,620 I meet my clients in jail all the time. 146 00:04:33,620 --> 00:04:36,120 Federal prison. Otisville, not the MCC. 147 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,380 Federal prison is different. 148 00:04:38,380 --> 00:04:40,960 I'm a city kid, Jill. I can handle this. 149 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,380 How do I get to Otisville? 150 00:04:51,170 --> 00:04:52,880 [ Elevator bell dings ] 151 00:04:54,620 --> 00:04:55,500 [ Chuckles ] 152 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:56,750 Mr. Knox. 153 00:04:56,750 --> 00:04:58,750 [ Laughs ] 154 00:04:58,750 --> 00:05:00,120 Ms. Littlejohn. 155 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,040 No. 156 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:02,710 Ah, respect. 157 00:05:02,710 --> 00:05:06,210 But it's Leonard, Kate, and Phil from this point forward. 158 00:05:06,210 --> 00:05:07,880 And thank you for coming to me. 159 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,290 I know it's highly irregular, but couldn't be avoided. 160 00:05:11,710 --> 00:05:13,460 Y'all like pie? 161 00:05:13,460 --> 00:05:14,460 Phil: Mmm. 162 00:05:14,460 --> 00:05:16,120 My wife, Cheryl -- 163 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,000 the smell of sweet potato pie really brightens her up. 164 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,380 Is she okay? 165 00:05:19,380 --> 00:05:20,750 No concussion. Back's a little stiff. 166 00:05:20,750 --> 00:05:22,210 She was lucky. 167 00:05:22,210 --> 00:05:23,000 And she's got a good lawyer. 168 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:23,920 [ Chuckles ] Oh. 169 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,170 Sir -- Phil. 170 00:05:25,170 --> 00:05:26,540 We should talk. Of course. 171 00:05:26,540 --> 00:05:28,750 I will personally escort him to you, 172 00:05:28,750 --> 00:05:30,460 but we enter through the back of the building. 173 00:05:30,460 --> 00:05:31,670 No agents, no press. 174 00:05:31,670 --> 00:05:34,170 We'd prefer if a few plain-clothed agents 175 00:05:34,170 --> 00:05:35,290 escort Isaiah from his home. 176 00:05:35,290 --> 00:05:37,120 The paparazzi camp out in his building 177 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,830 because of all the high-profile people that live there. 178 00:05:39,830 --> 00:05:42,460 There will be an overanalyzed photograph, 179 00:05:42,460 --> 00:05:43,620 and we can't afford that. 180 00:05:43,620 --> 00:05:45,500 Fine. 181 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:47,170 No agents. And no leaks. There'll be no press. 182 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,290 It's nice to work with reasonable prosecutors. 183 00:05:51,290 --> 00:05:52,790 So, Monday, noon. 184 00:05:52,790 --> 00:05:54,330 Tuesday would be better. 185 00:05:54,330 --> 00:05:56,830 His daughter Goldie -- she just turned 5. 186 00:05:56,830 --> 00:05:58,380 Unbelievably cute. 187 00:05:58,380 --> 00:06:00,710 She has her first ballet recital Monday night. 188 00:06:00,710 --> 00:06:03,380 We conceded everything else. We're not conceding on the day. 189 00:06:03,380 --> 00:06:04,670 Isaiah will surrender his passport. 190 00:06:04,670 --> 00:06:06,040 He wants to face these charges. 191 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:07,500 Just not until Tuesday. 192 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,120 You're trying to make me care about things I don't care about. 193 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:10,170 He can't miss that recital. 194 00:06:10,170 --> 00:06:12,210 And I need him in on Monday. 195 00:06:12,210 --> 00:06:15,710 ♪♪ 196 00:06:15,710 --> 00:06:18,830 Kate, why don't we have some pie? 197 00:06:18,830 --> 00:06:21,620 See if we can't... change Leonard's mind. 198 00:06:21,620 --> 00:06:22,880 ♪♪ 199 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,620 Roger: You ate his pie, and now his client 200 00:06:24,620 --> 00:06:26,000 gets to come in the back door? 201 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,830 On Tuesday? 202 00:06:27,830 --> 00:06:30,210 When I and the FBI explicitly told you Monday? 203 00:06:30,210 --> 00:06:31,830 West already surrendered his passport. 204 00:06:31,830 --> 00:06:33,540 He's got two G5s. 205 00:06:33,540 --> 00:06:35,960 We will have him in custody on Tuesday. That's what matters. 206 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,170 You know what matters? Perception. 207 00:06:38,170 --> 00:06:39,960 And now the perception is, 208 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,500 if you are a billionaire with a fancy attorney, 209 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:45,170 the U.S. government will polish your shoes for you. 210 00:06:45,170 --> 00:06:46,620 What was wrong with his wife this time? 211 00:06:46,620 --> 00:06:48,330 Flu? Minor car accident? 212 00:06:48,330 --> 00:06:50,830 ♪♪ 213 00:06:50,830 --> 00:06:52,420 A fender bender. 214 00:06:52,420 --> 00:06:55,830 [ Chuckling ] I mean, hey, you're not alone. 215 00:06:55,830 --> 00:06:57,620 The city is littered with prosecutors 216 00:06:57,620 --> 00:06:59,620 who have been felled by the smell of Kaws' pie. 217 00:06:59,620 --> 00:07:00,670 Sir, I -- 218 00:07:00,670 --> 00:07:02,670 You ate his pie! 219 00:07:02,670 --> 00:07:04,670 ♪♪ 220 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,080 ♪♪ 221 00:07:15,420 --> 00:07:17,040 Leonard: Your Honor, the defendant, Isaiah West, 222 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,750 is charged with four counts of wire fraud 223 00:07:18,750 --> 00:07:21,250 and seven counts of bribery of a public official. 224 00:07:21,250 --> 00:07:22,750 As set forth in the indictment, 225 00:07:22,750 --> 00:07:24,880 Mr. West engaged in a sophisticated -- 226 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,380 He has the indictment right there in front of him, Mr. Knox. 227 00:07:26,380 --> 00:07:28,170 I think we can move this along. 228 00:07:28,170 --> 00:07:31,920 Your Honor, always a pleasure to be in your court. 229 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,380 We're asking that Mr. West 230 00:07:33,380 --> 00:07:34,750 be released on his own recognizance. 231 00:07:34,750 --> 00:07:36,500 He's a flight risk. He surrendered his passport. 232 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:38,170 He has two private planes. 233 00:07:38,170 --> 00:07:39,920 And where's he gonna land them? The moon? 234 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:41,750 I believe they might have that capacity, Your Honor. 235 00:07:41,750 --> 00:07:42,790 This is a nonviolent offense. 236 00:07:42,790 --> 00:07:44,580 Which is only one factor to consider. 237 00:07:44,580 --> 00:07:46,000 He also poses no threat to the community, 238 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,040 which is another factor. 239 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,380 Should we go through all of them? 240 00:07:49,380 --> 00:07:51,420 Judge Byrne: Okay. Great. You two done? 241 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,830 Bail is set at $1 million. 242 00:07:54,830 --> 00:07:56,500 The government also requests home detention. 243 00:07:56,500 --> 00:07:57,920 Uh, Your Honor, if I may, 244 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,380 Mr. West is scheduled to appear 245 00:08:00,380 --> 00:08:02,920 at the I Have A Dream Foundation in Washington, D.C., this week, 246 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,290 where he's being honored as one of their annual Dream Holders. 247 00:08:06,290 --> 00:08:07,920 I contacted the I Have A Dream Foundation 248 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,210 in advance of this hearing. 249 00:08:09,210 --> 00:08:11,080 As Mr. West's honor was bestowed 250 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,920 primarily because of his generous financial donation, 251 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,210 which the Foundation has now decided to return, 252 00:08:16,210 --> 00:08:18,790 pending clarification of Mr. West's pecuniary ethics, 253 00:08:18,790 --> 00:08:21,500 he is no longer being honored as one of their Dream Holders. 254 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:22,620 I'm sorry to interrupt, Mr. Kaws. 255 00:08:22,620 --> 00:08:24,960 I just thought we could move this along. 256 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,500 I'll agree to home detention. 257 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:28,540 We're in recess. 258 00:08:28,540 --> 00:08:29,830 Nice work. 259 00:08:29,830 --> 00:08:30,920 I know. 260 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:32,290 You ready to talk deal? 261 00:08:32,290 --> 00:08:33,290 Depends. 262 00:08:33,290 --> 00:08:35,170 You coming to me? 263 00:08:35,170 --> 00:08:37,170 ♪♪ 264 00:08:37,170 --> 00:08:39,000 Probation? $25 million fine? 265 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,920 What's $25 million to someone worth $2.5 billion? 266 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,120 Well, I believe it's still $25 million. 267 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,170 With no jail time. The government needs a deterrent. 268 00:08:46,170 --> 00:08:47,500 Well, who are you trying to deter? 269 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:49,540 All the developers that do this all the time? 270 00:08:49,540 --> 00:08:51,620 Here's an idea for a deterrent -- 271 00:08:51,620 --> 00:08:52,670 prosecute them. 272 00:08:52,670 --> 00:08:53,790 I will. 273 00:08:53,790 --> 00:08:55,670 But your client could go to jail for 20 years. 274 00:08:55,670 --> 00:08:57,710 Because of excessive and redundant charging, 275 00:08:57,710 --> 00:08:59,170 which might appear 276 00:08:59,170 --> 00:09:01,210 as if the government is out to get Isaiah. 277 00:09:01,210 --> 00:09:02,880 You know, if I didn't like you, 278 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,580 I might...start saying as much in the press. 279 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,380 For the whole world to hear. 280 00:09:08,380 --> 00:09:11,250 Every...potential...juror. 281 00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:14,670 You know, Isaiah is beloved in this city. 282 00:09:14,670 --> 00:09:17,170 He was born and raised in Brownsville. 283 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,920 I can accept five years, $5 million fine, 284 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,000 with 5 years supervised release. 285 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,540 Five years supervised release? 286 00:09:26,540 --> 00:09:28,210 Which means that he couldn't work in real estate 287 00:09:28,210 --> 00:09:29,460 for five years? 288 00:09:29,460 --> 00:09:31,170 You want to effectively put him out of business. 289 00:09:31,170 --> 00:09:32,380 I want my deterrent. 290 00:09:32,380 --> 00:09:34,120 Or would your client prefer to miss 291 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,580 every milestone in his daughter's life? 292 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:38,330 I'll take it back to Isaiah. 293 00:09:38,330 --> 00:09:42,120 ♪♪ 294 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:43,380 Acknowledge this moment with me, Leonard. 295 00:09:43,380 --> 00:09:45,120 You're a prosecutor 296 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:46,420 in the Southern District of New York. 297 00:09:46,420 --> 00:09:49,040 I am a partner at one of the largest 298 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,120 and most prestigious law firms in the country. 299 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:55,210 Two black men negotiating 300 00:09:55,210 --> 00:09:58,460 above the greatest city in the world. 301 00:09:58,460 --> 00:10:02,080 Moments like these were unfathomable 302 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,000 back when I decided to go to law school. 303 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,170 I always like to acknowledge them. 304 00:10:06,170 --> 00:10:09,540 You are extremely talented. 305 00:10:09,540 --> 00:10:12,790 ♪♪ 306 00:10:12,790 --> 00:10:15,380 This is an honor, sir. 307 00:10:15,380 --> 00:10:17,580 You've been something of a role model to me. 308 00:10:17,580 --> 00:10:18,830 [ Exhales ] 309 00:10:18,830 --> 00:10:20,580 You'll hear from me. 310 00:10:20,580 --> 00:10:24,500 ♪♪ 311 00:10:26,210 --> 00:10:28,170 Do you know what you're being charged with? 312 00:10:28,170 --> 00:10:30,330 They're saying bagman plus ITD. 313 00:10:30,330 --> 00:10:31,620 That's right. 314 00:10:31,620 --> 00:10:33,620 Is that right? I have no idea what you just said. 315 00:10:33,620 --> 00:10:35,250 Possession with intent to distribute. 316 00:10:35,250 --> 00:10:36,620 That is right. 317 00:10:36,620 --> 00:10:39,040 The allegation is you were in the yard 318 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,420 when a drone dropped a tennis ball filled with meth. 319 00:10:42,420 --> 00:10:45,000 There's a video of me grabbing the ball. 320 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,830 The wack-ass guard found the dope in my cell. 321 00:10:47,830 --> 00:10:49,380 I'm cooked. 322 00:10:49,380 --> 00:10:51,170 I just wanted to send some money back to mom. 323 00:10:51,170 --> 00:10:53,880 I'm the only one she's got. 324 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:55,460 I was supposed to be out in two months 325 00:10:55,460 --> 00:10:56,880 off my original gun charge. 326 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:58,290 Now it'll be years. 327 00:10:58,290 --> 00:11:00,500 I know you're not feeling lucky now, 328 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:04,620 but your luck changed when Jay Simmons took your case. 329 00:11:04,620 --> 00:11:06,250 Who the hell is Jay Simmons? 330 00:11:06,250 --> 00:11:08,040 I am Jay Simmons. 331 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:09,460 I took your case. 332 00:11:09,460 --> 00:11:10,880 Listen to me. 333 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,120 This is a single incident with a tiny quantity. 334 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:15,830 You've been way overcharged here. 335 00:11:15,830 --> 00:11:17,330 You think so? Oh, I know so. 336 00:11:17,330 --> 00:11:18,920 I know the prosecutor, too. 337 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:20,330 We can work together. 338 00:11:20,330 --> 00:11:23,170 Fight fans around the world! 339 00:11:23,170 --> 00:11:25,330 Boy, have we got something special for you! 340 00:11:25,330 --> 00:11:28,500 A battle royale! 341 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:32,880 Welcome...to...the... Affair in the Square! 342 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:34,580 Stop. I'm just trying to lighten the mood. 343 00:11:34,580 --> 00:11:36,250 The mood is fine. I'm charging distribution. 344 00:11:36,250 --> 00:11:38,580 If he pleads guilty, he stays at Otisville an additional four years. 345 00:11:38,580 --> 00:11:39,830 Four years? 346 00:11:39,830 --> 00:11:41,000 We're talking about a quantity so small, 347 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,750 it fit inside a tennis ball. 348 00:11:42,750 --> 00:11:44,880 You -- You can't name three balls smaller than that. 349 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,170 That...sounds stupid. Why would I do that? 350 00:11:47,170 --> 00:11:49,080 [ Scoffs ] I love the way we communicate. Celia -- 351 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:50,880 I'm still charging your client with distribution, 352 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:52,960 unless Mr. Brooks cooperates, 353 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:54,670 flips on someone else in that prison. 354 00:11:54,670 --> 00:11:56,330 Distribution. 355 00:11:56,330 --> 00:11:58,080 How was the Affair in the Square? 356 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,330 Eh, a bit of a letdown, if I'm being honest. 357 00:12:01,330 --> 00:12:03,880 Should have been there. No backing down, no pie eating. 358 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:05,250 I earned his genuine respect. 359 00:12:05,250 --> 00:12:06,750 I'm just waiting for an answer. 360 00:12:06,750 --> 00:12:08,960 I think we have it. 361 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:10,790 The excessive and redundant charging in this matter 362 00:12:10,790 --> 00:12:13,120 clearly demonstrates that, for some reason -- 363 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,880 for some reason -- 364 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:18,620 the U.S. government is out to humiliate Isaiah West -- 365 00:12:18,620 --> 00:12:21,670 take him down, show him his place. 366 00:12:21,670 --> 00:12:25,620 Now, you might ask yourself, why might that be? 367 00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:27,750 I will not allow the government 368 00:12:27,750 --> 00:12:29,960 to rob this black man of his livelihood. 369 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:31,580 He will not be used as a scapegoat, 370 00:12:31,580 --> 00:12:34,540 as men who look like him have been for centuries. 371 00:12:34,540 --> 00:12:36,250 I have two words for the government 372 00:12:36,250 --> 00:12:37,830 and my friend Leonard Knox -- 373 00:12:37,830 --> 00:12:39,830 no deal. 374 00:12:39,830 --> 00:12:41,290 [ Reporters shouting questions ] 375 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,460 What is this? Draft remarks for my press conference. 376 00:12:47,460 --> 00:12:48,540 What press conference? For the West case. 377 00:12:48,540 --> 00:12:50,250 That's not happening. I have to respond. 378 00:12:50,250 --> 00:12:51,960 No, you do not. You will not. 379 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:53,080 If Kaws gets out in front of this -- 380 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,080 He's out in front of this. 381 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,710 He's out in front of you. 382 00:12:55,710 --> 00:12:57,710 He framed the narrative. He owns it in the public now. 383 00:12:57,710 --> 00:12:59,830 And you going on TV will only exacerbate the situation 384 00:12:59,830 --> 00:13:01,620 and make you and this office look petty. 385 00:13:01,620 --> 00:13:02,620 No! 386 00:13:02,620 --> 00:13:04,250 [ Sighs ] 387 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,170 What do they say? "Fight a boxer and box a fighter"? 388 00:13:08,170 --> 00:13:10,210 Kaws is trying to make this a street fight. 389 00:13:10,210 --> 00:13:11,920 Build the case, win on points. 390 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,670 ♪♪ 391 00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:17,670 ♪ Brah, brah, brah, brah ♪ 392 00:13:17,670 --> 00:13:19,750 ♪ I'm not cool like you ♪ 393 00:13:19,750 --> 00:13:21,290 Ooh! That all you got? 394 00:13:21,290 --> 00:13:23,210 I nearly took your hands off, dude. 395 00:13:23,210 --> 00:13:24,540 Decent, but if you want more power, 396 00:13:24,540 --> 00:13:25,960 you got to open up your stance. 397 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:26,750 You're a righty? Yeah. 398 00:13:26,750 --> 00:13:27,750 All right. 399 00:13:27,750 --> 00:13:28,920 Left foot forward. 400 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,120 Feet shoulder-width apart. 401 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,120 Drive through the punch. 402 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:34,250 Okay. 403 00:13:34,250 --> 00:13:35,920 Now throw that Duncan Pressman hook 404 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:37,620 and really step into it. 405 00:13:37,620 --> 00:13:39,000 ♪ Go with the flow ♪ 406 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,040 Wow! That's -- Better. 407 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:42,670 But if we were sparring, I could easily counter. 408 00:13:42,670 --> 00:13:44,620 Yeah, you wish. Right down the middle. 409 00:13:44,620 --> 00:13:46,040 ♪ I chew, chew, chew, 'cause they hope I choke ♪ 410 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:47,290 Hmm. 411 00:13:47,290 --> 00:13:48,620 You're throwing a solid punch, 412 00:13:48,620 --> 00:13:50,330 but your hands drop when you bring your glove back. 413 00:13:50,330 --> 00:13:52,460 All right, you're punching out like this. 414 00:13:52,460 --> 00:13:54,880 Your left hand has to stay at the side of your face 415 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:56,710 because you're most vulnerable when you open up. 416 00:13:56,710 --> 00:13:57,790 And when your glove comes back, 417 00:13:57,790 --> 00:13:59,580 it has to come right back to your chin. 418 00:13:59,580 --> 00:14:01,290 ♪ I'm boss ♪ 419 00:14:01,290 --> 00:14:02,290 Here? 420 00:14:02,290 --> 00:14:04,580 Ehh... 421 00:14:04,580 --> 00:14:05,960 Right there. 422 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:07,790 ♪ I'm a bitch, I'm a boss ♪ 423 00:14:07,790 --> 00:14:10,120 ♪ I'm a bitch and a boss, I'm-a shine like gloss ♪ 424 00:14:11,380 --> 00:14:12,460 All right, put those pads back on 425 00:14:12,460 --> 00:14:14,000 so I can hit you some more. 426 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,920 ♪♪ 427 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:18,500 One, two, three. 428 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:20,080 ♪♪ 429 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,000 Herbert, I really am sorry, 430 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,380 but I couldn't get the prosecutor to agree to a deal. 431 00:14:24,380 --> 00:14:26,210 It's fine. 432 00:14:26,210 --> 00:14:27,790 Now, if you want to cooperate -- 433 00:14:27,790 --> 00:14:28,880 I want to go to trial. 434 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,540 Okay. 435 00:14:31,540 --> 00:14:33,960 That is absolutely your right, 436 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,170 but I have to advise you, 437 00:14:35,170 --> 00:14:37,000 there will be some real challenges, given -- 438 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,920 I mean, how can they tell what I pick up 439 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,120 in a grainy video? 440 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:41,330 It's not actually that grainy. 441 00:14:41,330 --> 00:14:42,790 Maybe I picked up a rock. 442 00:14:42,790 --> 00:14:45,960 Maybe. Or maybe it was yellow and bounced like a tennis ball. 443 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,040 And these drugs are in my cell? 444 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:49,330 Says who? 445 00:14:49,330 --> 00:14:51,420 The prison guard. He is who says that. 446 00:14:51,420 --> 00:14:53,500 This court doesn't even have jurisdiction over me anyways. 447 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:56,250 I really don't think we have a jurisdictional argument. 448 00:14:56,250 --> 00:14:57,960 Under the UCC, we do. 449 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,460 The Uniform Commercial Code? 450 00:14:59,460 --> 00:15:00,540 Maybe the FCC? 451 00:15:00,540 --> 00:15:02,040 Or the UFC. 452 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,500 That could be it. That's not it. 453 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:04,880 Why -- Why are you -- 454 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,290 I just know that my lawyer thinks 455 00:15:06,290 --> 00:15:07,580 that I'll get acquitted if we go to trial. 456 00:15:07,580 --> 00:15:09,120 Your lawyer? 457 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,210 I am your lawyer. 458 00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:13,380 Yeah. Of course. 459 00:15:13,380 --> 00:15:15,210 But I picked up inside counsel, too. 460 00:15:15,210 --> 00:15:16,380 Inside where? 461 00:15:16,380 --> 00:15:18,000 Here. This prison. 462 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,380 I got lucky. 463 00:15:19,380 --> 00:15:21,460 Randy Stanton agreed to take my case. 464 00:15:21,460 --> 00:15:23,000 Who the hell is -- 465 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,250 Randy Stanton. Nice to meet you. 466 00:15:24,250 --> 00:15:26,080 I'd shake, but, uh... I understand. 467 00:15:27,540 --> 00:15:29,380 You're eyeing my sneakers. 468 00:15:29,380 --> 00:15:31,790 Air Force 1s -- classics. 469 00:15:31,790 --> 00:15:34,250 I have no idea what they are, but they are blindingly white. 470 00:15:34,250 --> 00:15:35,920 Like, so white. Like, how do you keep sneakers that white? 471 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,250 You're from New York? 472 00:15:37,250 --> 00:15:39,580 I had some questions about my client, 473 00:15:39,580 --> 00:15:40,790 whom I hear you've been advising. 474 00:15:40,790 --> 00:15:42,460 Herbert's a sweet kid. 475 00:15:42,460 --> 00:15:44,250 Just needed some help with his trial strategy. 476 00:15:44,250 --> 00:15:45,580 You see, that's the thing. 477 00:15:45,580 --> 00:15:48,040 There isn't any trial strategy 478 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:49,880 because if we go to trial, we will lose. 479 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,580 Certainly with that attitude. 480 00:15:51,580 --> 00:15:53,830 Listen, I can coach you through the precedents 481 00:15:53,830 --> 00:15:55,330 we'll be citing on our client's behalf. [ Scoffs ] 482 00:15:55,330 --> 00:15:56,380 My client -- 483 00:15:56,380 --> 00:15:57,920 You don't have to be threatened by me. 484 00:15:57,920 --> 00:15:59,250 Threatened? 485 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:00,750 We're just two lawyers strategizing. 486 00:16:00,750 --> 00:16:03,170 Oh, you're a lawyer! Technically? 487 00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:04,420 You're either a lawyer or you're not a lawyer. 488 00:16:05,620 --> 00:16:06,880 I practice law. 489 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,960 I educated myself in the prison law library. 490 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,670 25 years of studying, as opposed to 3. 491 00:16:12,670 --> 00:16:14,330 Not quite the same as attending law school 492 00:16:14,330 --> 00:16:16,460 taught by accredited legal professionals. 493 00:16:16,460 --> 00:16:18,120 You're right. Mm. 494 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:19,830 I'm also not buried in so many student loans 495 00:16:19,830 --> 00:16:21,290 that I have to live with my parents. 496 00:16:21,290 --> 00:16:23,330 I don't live with my parents. 497 00:16:23,330 --> 00:16:24,330 Anymore. 498 00:16:24,330 --> 00:16:26,080 For, like, weeks. 499 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:27,330 A week. 500 00:16:27,330 --> 00:16:29,670 Feels like much, much longer. 501 00:16:29,670 --> 00:16:31,380 How did you know I lived with my parents? 502 00:16:31,380 --> 00:16:33,750 I was just highlighting a particular type of experience. 503 00:16:33,750 --> 00:16:35,880 Listen, the strategies you filled Herbert's head with 504 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:37,120 will not work. 505 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:38,920 Trust me. I know this prosecutor. 506 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:40,210 And Herbert has to flip on someone, 507 00:16:40,210 --> 00:16:43,000 or he will be here for years 508 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,460 instead of a few more months. 509 00:16:44,460 --> 00:16:46,040 The world out there is very different. 510 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:47,120 You want me to -- 511 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:48,790 You have to talk to Herbert. 512 00:16:48,790 --> 00:16:52,460 Giving the government something is his only way out of this. 513 00:16:54,670 --> 00:16:55,670 I'll talk to him. 514 00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:59,790 Seth: If I were Kaws, and also because 515 00:16:59,790 --> 00:17:01,290 I'm the only one here who worked at a big firm -- 516 00:17:01,290 --> 00:17:03,460 Mid-sized firm. Bigger firm. 517 00:17:03,460 --> 00:17:05,710 ...I would want to separate Isaiah from the rest of the company, 518 00:17:05,710 --> 00:17:08,000 say Isaiah had no clue what was happening underneath him. 519 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,040 We have multiple credible witnesses who are going to testify 520 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:11,880 that Isaiah was overseeing this entire effort. 521 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,420 The assemblyman's aide personally saw Isaiah make an ask. 522 00:17:14,420 --> 00:17:16,000 So why isn't Kaws having Isaiah take a deal? 523 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,420 He can't -- guys like this promise their celebrity clients 524 00:17:18,420 --> 00:17:19,750 they can get them off, no problem. 525 00:17:19,750 --> 00:17:21,420 There's no benefit to Kaws settling. 526 00:17:21,420 --> 00:17:22,790 If he wins, he's a magician. 527 00:17:22,790 --> 00:17:24,920 If he loses, the case was unwinnable. 528 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,580 [ Knock on door ] Mr. Knox? 529 00:17:26,580 --> 00:17:27,620 Just put it on the desk. 530 00:17:29,460 --> 00:17:30,830 Whoa, whoa! What's all this? 531 00:17:30,830 --> 00:17:32,540 Is it cool if I just leave the other cart outside your door? 532 00:17:32,540 --> 00:17:34,330 Sure. 533 00:17:34,330 --> 00:17:35,790 ♪♪ 534 00:17:35,790 --> 00:17:38,210 Kate: They're motions from the defense -- 535 00:17:38,210 --> 00:17:39,330 dozens and dozens of motions. 536 00:17:39,330 --> 00:17:40,460 A Motion to Suppress. 537 00:17:40,460 --> 00:17:41,790 A Motion to Change Venue. 538 00:17:41,790 --> 00:17:43,080 A Motion to Compel. 539 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:44,920 A Motion in Limine to exclude. 540 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,420 A Motion in Limine to admit. 541 00:17:46,420 --> 00:17:48,290 I'm gonna have to argue every single one of these, 542 00:17:48,290 --> 00:17:50,540 even though most of them are baseless. 543 00:17:50,540 --> 00:17:52,170 At least now we know what Kaws' strategy is -- 544 00:17:52,170 --> 00:17:54,420 to wear us out. 545 00:17:54,420 --> 00:17:57,170 [ Digable Planets' "Rebirth of Slick" plays ] 546 00:17:57,170 --> 00:18:03,170 ♪♪ 547 00:18:06,540 --> 00:18:07,710 Tell me what we got. 548 00:18:07,710 --> 00:18:09,790 Your Honor, the defense's Motion to Change Venue 549 00:18:09,790 --> 00:18:11,290 is entirely baseless. 550 00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:13,670 We obviously disagree, Your Honor, 551 00:18:13,670 --> 00:18:15,620 but in light of new discovery provided by the prosecution, 552 00:18:15,620 --> 00:18:18,420 we'd like a day's recess to better prepare our argument 553 00:18:18,420 --> 00:18:19,670 and revise the motion. 554 00:18:19,670 --> 00:18:21,120 Your Honor, the defense's motion 555 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:23,250 is based on the type of paper used 556 00:18:23,250 --> 00:18:24,380 to copy the defendant's bank statements 557 00:18:24,380 --> 00:18:25,880 that we've entered into evidence. 558 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,330 It's junk. 559 00:18:27,330 --> 00:18:28,790 The defense has conferred with 560 00:18:28,790 --> 00:18:31,620 and is prepared to call several paper experts 561 00:18:31,620 --> 00:18:34,920 who can testify to the high probability of inaccuracies 562 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:37,460 when facsimiles are created on paper 563 00:18:37,460 --> 00:18:40,290 as low-caliber as the kind the government utilizes. 564 00:18:40,290 --> 00:18:41,580 Motion denied. 565 00:18:41,580 --> 00:18:43,710 Our witness's private posts 566 00:18:43,710 --> 00:18:47,500 in his fantasy football league are irrelevant. 567 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:50,120 Your Honor, first and foremost, fantasy football 568 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:51,830 in the way this league was set up is illegal. 569 00:18:51,830 --> 00:18:53,580 The witness already broke the law. 570 00:18:53,580 --> 00:18:56,170 And his posts show a pattern of lying 571 00:18:56,170 --> 00:18:58,750 and racially insensitive comments. 572 00:18:58,750 --> 00:18:59,960 Motion granted. 573 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:01,710 ♪ I'm cool like dat, I'm cool like dat ♪ 574 00:19:01,710 --> 00:19:04,580 ♪ I'm cool like dat, I'm cool like dat ♪ 575 00:19:04,580 --> 00:19:06,750 Here's the bread I owe you. 576 00:19:06,750 --> 00:19:09,250 [ Laughter ] 577 00:19:09,250 --> 00:19:11,920 ♪ We be the chocolates taps on my raps ♪ 578 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,960 ♪ She innovates at the speed of cat naps ♪ 579 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:14,960 ♪ He at the funk club... ♪ 580 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:15,960 Motion denied. 581 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:16,710 Denied. 582 00:19:16,710 --> 00:19:17,620 Denied. 583 00:19:17,620 --> 00:19:18,380 Denied. 584 00:19:18,380 --> 00:19:19,420 Reconvene on Monday morning 585 00:19:19,420 --> 00:19:21,330 for the commencement of the trial. 586 00:19:21,330 --> 00:19:22,790 ♪ I'm black like dat ♪ 587 00:19:22,790 --> 00:19:24,040 ♪ Well, yo, I funk like dat ♪ 588 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,880 You look beat. Get some sleep. 589 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,580 ♪ I'm in like that, 'cause I swing like that ♪ 590 00:19:27,580 --> 00:19:29,790 ♪ We jazz like that, we freak like that ♪ 591 00:19:29,790 --> 00:19:31,170 ♪ We zoom like that ♪ 592 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:32,120 ♪ We out, we out, we out ♪ 593 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,540 How are things at Otisville? 594 00:19:38,540 --> 00:19:40,080 Let me tell you what it's like... 595 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:41,580 to ride a bike through the city, Jill. 596 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:43,710 It's never an entirely smooth ride -- 597 00:19:43,710 --> 00:19:46,540 You can have the bike metaphor or the helmet. 598 00:19:46,540 --> 00:19:48,210 Not both. 599 00:19:48,210 --> 00:19:49,290 Not either. 600 00:19:49,290 --> 00:19:51,290 Hit a little snag, but going well. 601 00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:53,920 Snag? I told you, prison clients are a different beast. 602 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:55,540 It isn't the client. It's his attorney. 603 00:19:55,540 --> 00:19:56,960 Aren't you his attorney? 604 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,580 He hired inside counsel. 605 00:19:59,580 --> 00:20:01,420 A jailhouse lawyer certainly complicates things. 606 00:20:01,420 --> 00:20:02,790 Do not worry. 607 00:20:02,790 --> 00:20:05,540 I've already used my wit and expertise to win him over. 608 00:20:05,540 --> 00:20:07,920 Herbert is going to cooperate. 609 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,210 So this is under control? 610 00:20:09,210 --> 00:20:11,210 Like I said, I am a kid from Queens. 611 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:12,750 I can do anything. 612 00:20:12,750 --> 00:20:14,330 Under control. 613 00:20:14,330 --> 00:20:16,120 "Mission... 614 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:17,620 Un-impossible." 615 00:20:17,620 --> 00:20:19,040 Okay. 616 00:20:20,540 --> 00:20:22,080 You have got to take that helmet off. 617 00:20:24,290 --> 00:20:25,460 Wait. What's this? 618 00:20:25,460 --> 00:20:27,330 Your case at Otisville. A call came through. 619 00:20:27,330 --> 00:20:29,540 Herbert got tossed in the SHU. 620 00:20:29,540 --> 00:20:30,580 Solitary. 621 00:20:30,580 --> 00:20:32,670 [ Groans ] 622 00:20:32,670 --> 00:20:34,670 "Mission Impossible"? 623 00:20:34,670 --> 00:20:36,790 [ Sighs ] 624 00:20:36,790 --> 00:20:38,120 [ Elevator bell dings ] 625 00:20:40,380 --> 00:20:41,380 What are you doing? 626 00:20:41,380 --> 00:20:42,170 Nothing. 627 00:20:42,170 --> 00:20:43,880 Is that my newspaper? 628 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,460 [ Exhales ] What kind of question is that? 629 00:20:45,460 --> 00:20:47,500 You're in my office. You're holding a newspaper. 630 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:49,170 I'm pretty sure it's got my name on it. 631 00:20:49,170 --> 00:20:50,500 What? 632 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:53,540 The Sentinel ran an article today about Kaws. 633 00:20:53,540 --> 00:20:54,830 So? 634 00:20:54,830 --> 00:20:56,080 He talks about the case. Of course he does. 635 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,250 He talks about you. 636 00:20:58,250 --> 00:20:59,460 Let me see. You shouldn't. 637 00:20:59,460 --> 00:21:01,120 Do you think that's the last paper on Earth? 638 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:02,330 You need to focus on this trial. 639 00:21:03,670 --> 00:21:04,960 Read it to me. What? 640 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,750 You're not gonna give it to me, so read it to me. 641 00:21:06,750 --> 00:21:07,830 It's a distraction. 642 00:21:07,830 --> 00:21:09,920 Read it...to me. 643 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,330 [ Paper crinkles ] 644 00:21:14,330 --> 00:21:17,210 Uh, Kaws talks a lot about himself and his upbringing. 645 00:21:17,210 --> 00:21:18,540 Don't care. 646 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:22,210 "Isaiah West is a favorite son of New York City." 647 00:21:22,210 --> 00:21:23,540 What does he say about me? 648 00:21:23,540 --> 00:21:29,540 ♪♪ 649 00:21:30,250 --> 00:21:32,460 "Contrast Mr. West 650 00:21:32,460 --> 00:21:34,620 with the prosecutor, Leonard Knox, 651 00:21:34,620 --> 00:21:36,420 who has been handed everything in his life. 652 00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:38,380 Son of a United States Senator -- 653 00:21:38,380 --> 00:21:40,420 privileged enough and blind enough to history 654 00:21:40,420 --> 00:21:42,880 to be a black Republican." 655 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:47,290 ♪♪ 656 00:21:47,290 --> 00:21:49,790 "As Mr. Kaws gets visibly irritated, 657 00:21:49,790 --> 00:21:51,670 I understand the historical significance 658 00:21:51,670 --> 00:21:54,790 of words like 'token' and 'Uncle Tom.' 659 00:21:54,790 --> 00:21:57,120 As a black man born in the Jim Crow South, 660 00:21:57,120 --> 00:21:58,330 I don't use these words lightly. 661 00:21:58,330 --> 00:21:59,420 I know their power. 662 00:21:59,420 --> 00:22:00,750 But in this case, 663 00:22:00,750 --> 00:22:02,790 I don't see any other way to describe Mr. Knox. 664 00:22:02,790 --> 00:22:04,540 I wonder if he even realizes 665 00:22:04,540 --> 00:22:07,460 the true reason he was chosen for this case. 666 00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:09,290 Pure optics." 667 00:22:09,290 --> 00:22:10,670 ♪♪ 668 00:22:10,670 --> 00:22:12,080 Leonard: Optics? 669 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,540 Is that why I was chosen for this? 670 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:15,960 I can't answer your question. 671 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,710 You put me on this case! 672 00:22:17,710 --> 00:22:20,620 No, I didn't. I put Littlejohn on it, and I was overruled. 673 00:22:20,620 --> 00:22:21,790 This came from above. 674 00:22:21,790 --> 00:22:24,880 ♪♪ 675 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,580 I need to talk to you about the Isaiah West case. 676 00:22:27,580 --> 00:22:31,710 Something's bothering you enough to barge into my office, 677 00:22:31,710 --> 00:22:32,920 so let's talk about it. 678 00:22:35,330 --> 00:22:36,500 [ Sighs ] 679 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:40,170 Why was I chosen for this case? 680 00:22:42,620 --> 00:22:44,080 You think you want the answer, 681 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,830 but what you really want is for me to lie to you. 682 00:22:45,830 --> 00:22:46,880 That's not what I want. 683 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:48,290 Yes, it is. 684 00:22:48,290 --> 00:22:50,380 You want me to tell you that you were chosen 685 00:22:50,380 --> 00:22:52,000 solely because of your immense talent 686 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,460 and tremendous work ethic. 687 00:22:53,460 --> 00:22:56,040 I can't do that, because I chose you 688 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,250 because you're a black man. Mr. Knox. 689 00:22:58,250 --> 00:23:00,580 Of course you are talented. 690 00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:02,790 You wouldn't be in this building otherwise. 691 00:23:02,790 --> 00:23:05,290 But you were specifically chosen 692 00:23:05,290 --> 00:23:06,960 due to the color of your skin. 693 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,750 I know how Phillip Kaws plays the game. 694 00:23:09,750 --> 00:23:12,920 I also know Isaiah West is a beloved figure in this city. 695 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,540 And I also believe that he broke the law, 696 00:23:15,540 --> 00:23:18,460 and I dislike when people break the law and go unpunished. 697 00:23:18,460 --> 00:23:20,330 Why do you look surprised? 698 00:23:20,330 --> 00:23:21,880 I'm disappointed. 699 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,830 Because we're post-racial? 700 00:23:23,830 --> 00:23:25,960 Because I value winning over your feelings? 701 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,710 I have earned everything I have ever gotten in my life. 702 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:33,790 [ Sighs ] 703 00:23:33,790 --> 00:23:36,000 I can tell that you believe that. 704 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,920 But no. You haven't. 705 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:40,460 No one has. 706 00:23:42,290 --> 00:23:44,290 I grew up in Battle Creek, Michigan. 707 00:23:44,290 --> 00:23:47,000 My mother worked at a cereal plant. 708 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,920 My father worked everywhere and nowhere, 709 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,380 if that makes any sense. 710 00:23:50,380 --> 00:23:53,120 Needless to say, my mother was thrilled 711 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:56,170 when I was accepted to Stanford in 1983. 712 00:23:56,170 --> 00:23:58,380 I was terrified 713 00:23:58,380 --> 00:24:01,790 of how liberal everyone said California was. 714 00:24:01,790 --> 00:24:05,960 Yet it took all of seven hours for someone to suggest 715 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,710 that I was only there 716 00:24:07,710 --> 00:24:09,920 because of some affirmative action quota. 717 00:24:11,290 --> 00:24:13,380 I called my mom that night, 718 00:24:13,380 --> 00:24:15,540 tried not to break down. 719 00:24:15,540 --> 00:24:18,040 I told her what was said to me. Her response? 720 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:19,250 "So what?" 721 00:24:19,250 --> 00:24:21,420 ♪♪ 722 00:24:21,420 --> 00:24:23,790 So what, Mr. Knox? 723 00:24:23,790 --> 00:24:25,080 What are you gonna do 724 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,040 now that you know you've been used as a pawn? 725 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:29,960 And if you've been running around life 726 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:31,420 thinking race doesn't matter, 727 00:24:31,420 --> 00:24:34,920 that nobody notices that you're a black man, 728 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,420 then I'm happy to have done you this favor. 729 00:24:38,420 --> 00:24:40,620 They notice. 730 00:24:40,620 --> 00:24:42,670 Anything else? 731 00:24:42,670 --> 00:24:43,710 ♪♪ 732 00:24:43,710 --> 00:24:44,920 No. 733 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,710 Leonard. I'm putting the assemblyman's aide up first. 734 00:24:55,710 --> 00:24:57,080 He's our strongest witness. 735 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:58,380 We can follow with Ag-- Leonard, how are you doing? 736 00:24:58,380 --> 00:24:59,460 I'm fine. 737 00:24:59,460 --> 00:25:00,830 We can follow with Agent O'Donnell. 738 00:25:00,830 --> 00:25:02,580 What did Delap say? 739 00:25:02,580 --> 00:25:03,830 It's nothing. 740 00:25:03,830 --> 00:25:05,000 You're not fine. 741 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,540 You don't know anything about me. 742 00:25:06,540 --> 00:25:07,670 Who does? 743 00:25:10,790 --> 00:25:11,920 Close the door. 744 00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:19,330 [ Door closes ] 745 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,120 I went to boarding school. 746 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:29,170 Woodberry Forrest. 747 00:25:29,170 --> 00:25:30,960 Sophomore year, I went home for the holidays. 748 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,920 My mom got me a BMW. 749 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,670 Navy with tan interior. 750 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,380 One night, I was leaving the movies, 751 00:25:39,380 --> 00:25:41,710 and a police officer started following me. 752 00:25:43,420 --> 00:25:45,330 Felt like an hour. 753 00:25:45,330 --> 00:25:47,880 I took a right at a traffic light into my neighborhood. 754 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,250 He turned his sirens on. 755 00:25:49,250 --> 00:25:51,380 I pulled over. 756 00:25:51,380 --> 00:25:53,210 He walked up, hand on his gun, 757 00:25:53,210 --> 00:25:55,540 and asked whether the car was stolen. 758 00:25:55,540 --> 00:25:58,210 He told me to get out, put my hands on the car. 759 00:25:59,420 --> 00:26:01,170 While he ran the plates, I stood there 760 00:26:01,170 --> 00:26:05,960 confused, terrified, embarrassed. 761 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,830 He walked back and said, 762 00:26:08,830 --> 00:26:12,210 "Your mama's doing an excellent job." 763 00:26:12,210 --> 00:26:14,580 He apologized and let me go. 764 00:26:20,250 --> 00:26:23,290 I didn't tell my mom what happened. 765 00:26:23,290 --> 00:26:26,880 We have never talked about race. 766 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,920 She thought talking about it made a perceived handicap real, 767 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,380 so... 768 00:26:31,380 --> 00:26:33,330 when I went back to school, I thought I could talk 769 00:26:33,330 --> 00:26:35,420 to one of the three other black kids in my class about it. 770 00:26:35,420 --> 00:26:39,790 When I tried, Andre Merriweather... 771 00:26:39,790 --> 00:26:42,330 told me nothing had really happened, 772 00:26:42,330 --> 00:26:44,210 because I wasn't really black. 773 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:47,580 Said my mom was a sellout, and so was I. 774 00:26:47,580 --> 00:26:49,000 When I talked to my best friend, Mark Spathe -- 775 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,420 a white kid -- about it, 776 00:26:51,420 --> 00:26:54,540 he said, "Cool. You got away with it." 777 00:26:54,540 --> 00:26:56,420 He started talking about where we should go on spring break. 778 00:26:56,420 --> 00:26:57,920 I am sick of this. 779 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,670 Not belonging... 780 00:27:02,670 --> 00:27:04,170 anywhere. 781 00:27:06,670 --> 00:27:08,330 Just... 782 00:27:08,330 --> 00:27:10,920 Just for being exactly who I am. 783 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:18,790 Then people call me arrogant 'cause I walk with my head high, 784 00:27:18,790 --> 00:27:20,250 say I blow right past them. 785 00:27:20,250 --> 00:27:21,710 They don't want me anyway. 786 00:27:21,710 --> 00:27:24,210 [ Sighs heavily ] 787 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,920 I am not quitting this case. 788 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,500 I am gonna win this case. 789 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:35,460 ♪♪ 790 00:27:35,460 --> 00:27:37,830 Mr. Blinken, you were an aide 791 00:27:37,830 --> 00:27:39,880 to Assemblyman Charles Thomas, correct? 792 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:41,290 Yes, that's correct. 793 00:27:41,290 --> 00:27:43,120 In the course of your work for Assemblyman Thomas, 794 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:44,920 did you arrange a meeting between the assemblyman 795 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:46,420 and the defendant, Mr. West? 796 00:27:46,420 --> 00:27:47,290 Yes. 797 00:27:47,290 --> 00:27:48,880 And can you tell the jury 798 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,210 what transpired between Mr. West and Assemblyman Thomas 799 00:27:51,210 --> 00:27:52,540 at this meeting? 800 00:27:52,540 --> 00:27:54,710 Mr. West offered Assemblyman Thomas 801 00:27:54,710 --> 00:27:57,080 the use of a penthouse apartment in one of his buildings. 802 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:58,540 He also offered contracting services 803 00:27:58,540 --> 00:28:00,500 for the assemblyman's current residence. 804 00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:02,000 How did Assemblyman Thomas vote 805 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,040 on the Hudson Nine development after that meeting? 806 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:05,920 He changed his vote to support Mr. West's bid. 807 00:28:07,170 --> 00:28:09,960 Did Assemblyman Thomas know Mr. West 808 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,040 prior to this meeting? 809 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:12,380 He did not. 810 00:28:12,380 --> 00:28:14,290 Did they socialize? Not to my knowledge. 811 00:28:14,290 --> 00:28:15,880 Did Assemblyman Thomas socialize 812 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,210 with other New York developers bidding on Hudson Nine? 813 00:28:18,210 --> 00:28:20,210 Yes, he did -- frequently. 814 00:28:21,580 --> 00:28:22,710 White developers? 815 00:28:22,710 --> 00:28:23,920 Objection! 816 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:25,710 Your Honor, I'm simply trying to establish 817 00:28:25,710 --> 00:28:27,460 that Mr. West was at 818 00:28:27,460 --> 00:28:30,540 a serious institutional disadvantage to his rivals 819 00:28:30,540 --> 00:28:33,000 in having access to decision makers, 820 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,420 like the assemblyman. 821 00:28:34,420 --> 00:28:36,380 I'll withdraw my question. 822 00:28:36,380 --> 00:28:38,580 Agent O'Donnell, you led the investigation 823 00:28:38,580 --> 00:28:40,960 into the defendant, Mr. West, including the analysis 824 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,540 of Mr. West's financial records? 825 00:28:42,540 --> 00:28:43,380 Yes. 826 00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:45,210 Did Mr. West distribute cash 827 00:28:45,210 --> 00:28:47,710 or in-kind donations to organized labor 828 00:28:47,710 --> 00:28:49,330 involved in the Hudson Nine development? 829 00:28:49,330 --> 00:28:50,380 Yes. 830 00:28:50,380 --> 00:28:51,500 Have you investigated 831 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:53,120 other New York real estate developers 832 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,540 for allegedly bribing union officers, Agent O'Donnell? 833 00:28:55,540 --> 00:28:56,380 Yes. 834 00:28:56,380 --> 00:28:57,380 How many? Eight. 835 00:28:57,380 --> 00:28:59,960 In how many of those eight investigations 836 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:02,500 was the target of the investigation African-American? 837 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:03,670 None. 838 00:29:03,670 --> 00:29:05,210 All white? Objection. 839 00:29:05,210 --> 00:29:06,670 It goes to bias, Your Honor. 840 00:29:06,670 --> 00:29:08,960 Overruled. You may answer. 841 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,250 Yes -- all white. 842 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:12,710 How many indictments were issued 843 00:29:12,710 --> 00:29:14,380 as a result of these investigations? 844 00:29:14,380 --> 00:29:15,750 None. 845 00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:16,880 So, to be clear, 846 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,880 you investigated eight white developers 847 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,420 for the same kind of conduct alleged here, 848 00:29:21,420 --> 00:29:23,500 but in each of those instances, 849 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:25,830 the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to indict? 850 00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:27,080 That is correct. 851 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,420 You were employed by Mr. West? 852 00:29:28,420 --> 00:29:30,330 Yes, I was -- for three years. 853 00:29:30,330 --> 00:29:32,420 What was Operation Friendship? 854 00:29:32,420 --> 00:29:34,670 Operation Friendship was Mr. West's campaign 855 00:29:34,670 --> 00:29:38,120 to influence decision makers on the Hudson Nine project -- 856 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,250 unions, politicians, community leaders. 857 00:29:40,250 --> 00:29:42,540 Did Mr. West speak specifically about 858 00:29:42,540 --> 00:29:44,420 what he would use to influence these decision makers 859 00:29:44,420 --> 00:29:45,710 as part of Operation Friendship? 860 00:29:45,710 --> 00:29:46,880 Yes. 861 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,920 He spoke about in-kind gifts, 862 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:50,920 as well as cash disbursements. 863 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,830 You were fired by Mr. West, correct? 864 00:29:52,830 --> 00:29:53,880 We had a disagreement. 865 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:54,880 Yes or no? 866 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,380 Yes. 867 00:29:56,380 --> 00:29:58,500 Where do you work now, Mr. Ogoff? 868 00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:00,250 At Lakesea Development. 869 00:30:00,250 --> 00:30:01,500 A competitor of Mr. West's. 870 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:02,330 Yes. 871 00:30:02,330 --> 00:30:03,500 Isn't it true, Mr. Ogoff, 872 00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:05,420 that Lakesea Development has been cited 873 00:30:05,420 --> 00:30:07,580 by the Department of Housing and Urban Development 874 00:30:07,580 --> 00:30:09,830 14 times for racial discrimination 875 00:30:09,830 --> 00:30:11,750 and other violations of the Fair Housing Act? 876 00:30:11,750 --> 00:30:13,380 Objection! 877 00:30:13,380 --> 00:30:15,420 ♪♪ 878 00:30:15,420 --> 00:30:17,920 Why is Herbert in solitary? 879 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:19,380 Threw his dinner at a guard. 880 00:30:19,380 --> 00:30:21,670 Herbert? He had to get in the SHU. 881 00:30:21,670 --> 00:30:24,540 You told Herbert to throw his food at the guards? 882 00:30:24,540 --> 00:30:27,500 No. I told him he had to get in the SHU by any means necessary. 883 00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:29,290 Client discretion. 884 00:30:29,290 --> 00:30:30,580 Some guys steal, some guys shank. 885 00:30:30,580 --> 00:30:32,170 [ Sighs ] You just don't get it, do you? 886 00:30:32,170 --> 00:30:34,580 I'm trying. I really am trying. 887 00:30:34,580 --> 00:30:37,330 How many defendants have you had in federal prison? 888 00:30:38,620 --> 00:30:40,790 I don't usually like to talk about past cases. 889 00:30:40,790 --> 00:30:42,790 So none. 890 00:30:42,790 --> 00:30:44,420 I've had hundreds. 891 00:30:44,420 --> 00:30:45,880 You have any idea why 892 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,880 the government overcharged Herbert for a few grams of meth? 893 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,460 Because they thought 894 00:30:49,460 --> 00:30:51,500 his original sentence was too light. 895 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:53,210 I know this stuff. 896 00:30:53,210 --> 00:30:55,290 They're trying to squeeze Herbert. 897 00:30:55,290 --> 00:30:57,580 The bosses in here know this, too. 898 00:30:57,580 --> 00:31:00,040 They've been circling Herbert, knives out, 899 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,540 since you came through the door. 900 00:31:02,540 --> 00:31:03,620 Okay. 901 00:31:03,620 --> 00:31:05,040 So... 902 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:06,790 what do we do? 903 00:31:06,790 --> 00:31:09,380 All of a sudden, it's "we"? 904 00:31:09,380 --> 00:31:11,880 Like you said, bud, life is different out there. 905 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:16,540 I did what I could to help my client in here. 906 00:31:16,540 --> 00:31:19,170 He's still gonna face four more years in prison. 907 00:31:19,170 --> 00:31:20,790 But at least he'll be alive. 908 00:31:20,790 --> 00:31:21,540 What kind of life is that? 909 00:31:21,540 --> 00:31:25,580 ♪♪ 910 00:31:25,580 --> 00:31:29,080 I've been in here 25 years, and I'm never leaving. 911 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:30,960 Herbert will have to figure it out, 912 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,170 just like I did. 913 00:31:33,170 --> 00:31:37,670 ♪♪ 914 00:31:37,670 --> 00:31:45,750 ♪♪ 915 00:31:45,750 --> 00:31:54,040 ♪♪ 916 00:31:54,040 --> 00:32:02,420 ♪♪ 917 00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:04,290 You're stealing my moves. 918 00:32:04,290 --> 00:32:07,170 I wish I would have known. We could have coordinated. 919 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,540 I did a dress rehearsal in the courtroom 920 00:32:12,540 --> 00:32:14,250 the night before my first big trial. 921 00:32:14,250 --> 00:32:17,540 State vs. Montgomery, 1986. 922 00:32:17,540 --> 00:32:20,040 You wrote about it in your book. 923 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,210 It's great, isn't it? 924 00:32:21,210 --> 00:32:23,250 The sport of it. 925 00:32:23,250 --> 00:32:24,960 And this -- 926 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:26,500 this is the arena. 927 00:32:29,620 --> 00:32:32,460 But it can get ugly. 928 00:32:32,460 --> 00:32:34,170 Because everyone wants to win. 929 00:32:35,830 --> 00:32:38,120 I truly hope that we can shake hands at the end of this. 930 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:41,500 You don't respect me. 931 00:32:42,790 --> 00:32:44,380 You're a complete phony -- 932 00:32:44,380 --> 00:32:47,380 empty, hollow, just like this case. 933 00:32:47,380 --> 00:32:49,290 You claim to be for the people, 934 00:32:49,290 --> 00:32:50,960 but you're not for anyone other than yourself, 935 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,460 because if you were... 936 00:32:52,460 --> 00:32:53,620 [ Sighs ] 937 00:32:53,620 --> 00:32:56,420 ...you'd have Isaiah take a deal. 938 00:32:56,420 --> 00:32:58,040 My record is out there for anyone to see. 939 00:32:58,040 --> 00:32:59,620 [ Snaps fingers ] That's the first true thing you've said. 940 00:32:59,620 --> 00:33:01,210 You've spent the last 20 years 941 00:33:01,210 --> 00:33:03,080 mostly representing corporations, 942 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:04,500 making sure white CEOs don't go down 943 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:06,330 for sexually assaulting their employees. 944 00:33:06,330 --> 00:33:08,250 Your last big case? Rampart Bank. 945 00:33:08,250 --> 00:33:09,920 They literally stole a billion dollars 946 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:11,330 from everyday Americans 947 00:33:11,330 --> 00:33:13,380 in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho, and Wyoming. 948 00:33:13,380 --> 00:33:14,960 You made sure those people walked away 949 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,460 with as little as possible. 950 00:33:16,460 --> 00:33:19,620 Swifton Foods knowingly shipped their contaminated produce 951 00:33:19,620 --> 00:33:21,710 to supermarkets in the inner city 952 00:33:21,710 --> 00:33:23,710 because they thought they could get away with it there. 953 00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:26,710 Black children died. 954 00:33:26,710 --> 00:33:28,000 Which side were you on? 955 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,170 One day, you will understand -- 956 00:33:29,170 --> 00:33:30,420 Shut up, dude! I understand right now. 957 00:33:30,420 --> 00:33:32,830 I understand you don't stand for anything. 958 00:33:32,830 --> 00:33:34,920 And since you already took it there, 959 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,120 not standing for anything 960 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,380 is the least black thing I can think of. 961 00:33:39,380 --> 00:33:41,080 And if I was really petty... 962 00:33:42,380 --> 00:33:44,040 ...which I'm not, but... 963 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,620 I'm gonna make an exception for you -- 964 00:33:45,620 --> 00:33:47,170 I would also remind the world 965 00:33:47,170 --> 00:33:49,460 how you left your black wife when she was sick with cancer 966 00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:50,750 for a 26-year-old blonde. 967 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,080 You're not John Lewis, bro. 968 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,330 You are lost. 969 00:33:55,330 --> 00:33:57,040 You are a loser. 970 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,620 And your biggest mistake, beyond your many moral failings, 971 00:34:00,620 --> 00:34:03,540 was underestimating me. 972 00:34:03,540 --> 00:34:05,080 ♪♪ 973 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,120 Judge Byrne: Mr. Knox? 974 00:34:26,750 --> 00:34:28,080 [ Sighs softly ] 975 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,670 Isaiah West is a role model. 976 00:34:31,670 --> 00:34:33,120 He's a man to be admired. 977 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:34,710 I admire him. 978 00:34:34,710 --> 00:34:37,000 Some of you may have known of him prior to this case. 979 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,290 He may have spoken at your high school 980 00:34:38,290 --> 00:34:40,330 or at your college graduation. 981 00:34:40,330 --> 00:34:42,250 You may have seen him giving out toys 982 00:34:42,250 --> 00:34:43,960 to underprivileged kids on television. 983 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,620 He is a self-made New Yorker. 984 00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:48,330 He is an overwhelming success. 985 00:34:48,330 --> 00:34:50,250 Isaiah West is all of those things, 986 00:34:50,250 --> 00:34:53,960 and also a man who broke the law. 987 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,790 Make no mistake -- that is the only thing 988 00:34:55,790 --> 00:34:58,330 we are here to judge. 989 00:34:58,330 --> 00:34:59,750 The defense did not dispute the fact 990 00:34:59,750 --> 00:35:01,750 that Mr. West broke the law. 991 00:35:01,750 --> 00:35:04,380 The defense did not dispute any of our facts. 992 00:35:04,380 --> 00:35:06,710 Instead, they attempted to cloud your brains 993 00:35:06,710 --> 00:35:07,960 with baseless conspiracy theories 994 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,830 to obscure the facts. 995 00:35:10,830 --> 00:35:13,210 Is Isaiah West the first real estate developer 996 00:35:13,210 --> 00:35:14,880 to use bribes in order to land business? 997 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:16,580 I don't believe so. 998 00:35:16,580 --> 00:35:20,210 Has he experienced prejudice and retaliation 999 00:35:20,210 --> 00:35:22,670 from the established old guard of New York City developers? 1000 00:35:22,670 --> 00:35:24,420 I believe so. 1001 00:35:24,420 --> 00:35:27,250 But that does not change the fact he broke the law. 1002 00:35:27,250 --> 00:35:29,750 There are times where breaking the law is necessary, 1003 00:35:29,750 --> 00:35:32,790 where it is an effective way to bring about change. 1004 00:35:32,790 --> 00:35:37,920 Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Nelson Mandela, Bree Newsome. 1005 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,290 And there are points in history where we should look at a crime 1006 00:35:40,290 --> 00:35:42,790 and understand the larger social context 1007 00:35:42,790 --> 00:35:46,460 and potentially have that affect our determination of guilt. 1008 00:35:46,460 --> 00:35:49,210 This -- 1009 00:35:49,210 --> 00:35:51,580 right here, this moment, this case -- 1010 00:35:51,580 --> 00:35:53,750 is not one of them. 1011 00:35:53,750 --> 00:35:55,750 This is a financial crime 1012 00:35:55,750 --> 00:36:00,040 in which an incredibly wealthy man bribed officials 1013 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,830 in order to make himself even more wealthy. 1014 00:36:02,830 --> 00:36:05,880 And Mr. Kaws is banking on you not seeing the distinction, 1015 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,920 but Isaiah West is not Rosa Parks. 1016 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:11,210 This is not a protest of a rigged system. 1017 00:36:11,210 --> 00:36:12,620 It is a crime. 1018 00:36:12,620 --> 00:36:16,080 Our role models are not perfect. 1019 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:17,880 It is a sad day when we realize this. 1020 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:19,750 They make mistakes, 1021 00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:23,420 and they should not be let off the hook when they do. 1022 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:27,750 I'm ready to go to trial. 1023 00:36:27,750 --> 00:36:29,000 You wanted it, you're getting it, 1024 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,540 but I'm not laying down. 1025 00:36:30,540 --> 00:36:32,290 Forget the Affair in the Square. 1026 00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:34,880 This is Scotland versus King Edward I, 1027 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,670 and I'm gonna fight you to the death. 1028 00:36:36,670 --> 00:36:38,380 You're gonna wish you settled this case, 1029 00:36:38,380 --> 00:36:40,460 because I'm gonna watch that scene from "Braveheart" 1030 00:36:40,460 --> 00:36:44,080 every night until this trial is over. 1031 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:47,040 You haven't seen "Braveheart." 1032 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,330 I'm dismissing the case. 1033 00:36:48,330 --> 00:36:49,500 You're dismissing the case? 1034 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:51,000 This case? T-This one? 1035 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,580 This is the case you're dismissing? 1036 00:36:52,580 --> 00:36:54,330 The guard who said he found the tennis ball in your client's cell? 1037 00:36:54,330 --> 00:36:55,580 He says he was wrong. 1038 00:36:55,580 --> 00:36:56,920 It wasn't in that cell after all. 1039 00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:58,290 Like magic -- gone. 1040 00:36:58,290 --> 00:36:59,290 Just like my case. 1041 00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:03,500 Four. 1042 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:05,170 What? 1043 00:37:05,170 --> 00:37:07,920 Golf ball, Ping-Pong ball, squash, and racquetball -- 1044 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:09,790 four balls smaller than a tennis ball. 1045 00:37:09,790 --> 00:37:10,710 I would have crushed you. 1046 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:14,790 You'll be out of here in 53 days. 1047 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,170 It's my Mom's birthday today. 1048 00:37:20,170 --> 00:37:23,250 I couldn't get her anything. 1049 00:37:23,250 --> 00:37:24,500 But this should make up for it. 1050 00:37:25,790 --> 00:37:27,580 Do you mind if I have a minute with my co-counsel? 1051 00:37:29,830 --> 00:37:31,290 Thank you both. 1052 00:37:36,330 --> 00:37:37,830 [ Door opens, buzzer ] 1053 00:37:37,830 --> 00:37:39,540 The guard changed his testimony. 1054 00:37:39,540 --> 00:37:41,290 [ Door closes ] It is a surprise. 1055 00:37:41,290 --> 00:37:42,460 Not really. 1056 00:37:42,460 --> 00:37:45,000 These guys are busy. 1057 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,040 They got a lot of pressure on them. They forget things. 1058 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:48,620 I've seen it before -- many times. 1059 00:37:48,620 --> 00:37:49,830 So, what are you gonna do now? 1060 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,290 You know how it is. 1061 00:37:52,290 --> 00:37:53,830 You win a case, you lose a client. 1062 00:37:53,830 --> 00:37:55,750 Got to get right back out here. 1063 00:37:55,750 --> 00:37:57,540 Lot of business, though. 1064 00:37:57,540 --> 00:37:59,750 And while I do have a particular expertise 1065 00:37:59,750 --> 00:38:02,330 in dental malpractice, I'm a generalist. 1066 00:38:02,330 --> 00:38:05,290 Assaults, dog bites, uh... 1067 00:38:05,290 --> 00:38:07,250 auto accidents, murder, estate planning. 1068 00:38:07,250 --> 00:38:08,880 Auto accidents in here? 1069 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,000 Guards and their families, mostly. 1070 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,250 You represent guards? 1071 00:38:13,250 --> 00:38:16,000 Everyone is entitled to a lawyer, Jay. 1072 00:38:18,710 --> 00:38:20,250 I-I have to go. 1073 00:38:20,250 --> 00:38:22,330 You're one of the good ones. 1074 00:38:23,670 --> 00:38:26,210 I hope we get to work together in the future. 1075 00:38:26,210 --> 00:38:27,210 [ Sighs ] 1076 00:38:27,210 --> 00:38:28,420 Take care of yourself, Randy. 1077 00:38:29,750 --> 00:38:31,420 Got no other choice. 1078 00:38:31,420 --> 00:38:35,710 ♪♪ 1079 00:38:35,710 --> 00:38:36,960 [ Grunts ] 1080 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:38,120 You came back. 1081 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:39,120 [ Exhaling ] Yeah. 1082 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,290 Yeah, I like it in here. 1083 00:38:41,290 --> 00:38:42,830 I like that you're here. 1084 00:38:42,830 --> 00:38:45,500 I like seeing you outside the office. 1085 00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:47,080 Hmm. 1086 00:38:48,750 --> 00:38:50,080 My life is my work. 1087 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,080 I go to sleep, I go to work. 1088 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,620 I'm not complaining. It's the way it has to be. 1089 00:38:54,620 --> 00:38:56,500 It's what I love to do. 1090 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:58,460 People's lives are in my hands, 1091 00:38:58,460 --> 00:39:00,420 and nothing is more important than that. 1092 00:39:00,420 --> 00:39:03,210 So I don't watch TV, I don't read books, 1093 00:39:03,210 --> 00:39:05,380 I don't go to the farmers market, 1094 00:39:05,380 --> 00:39:08,750 and I'm not in a bowling league... 1095 00:39:08,750 --> 00:39:11,620 because I can't afford distractions -- 1096 00:39:11,620 --> 00:39:12,920 of any kind. 1097 00:39:14,250 --> 00:39:17,710 But this cleared my mind the other day. 1098 00:39:17,710 --> 00:39:19,210 I worked better. 1099 00:39:19,210 --> 00:39:20,750 And I liked what you taught me. 1100 00:39:20,750 --> 00:39:22,670 So... 1101 00:39:22,670 --> 00:39:24,880 I'm here. 1102 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,880 I'm choosing boxing as a distraction. 1103 00:39:29,710 --> 00:39:33,420 But that is the only distraction I am choosing. 1104 00:39:33,420 --> 00:39:34,290 Understand? 1105 00:39:35,580 --> 00:39:37,580 Understood. 1106 00:39:37,580 --> 00:39:38,750 We are boxing. 1107 00:39:38,750 --> 00:39:39,920 Mm-hmm. 1108 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:41,460 ♪♪ 1109 00:39:41,460 --> 00:39:43,120 So let's box. 1110 00:39:47,170 --> 00:39:49,460 Have you reached a unanimous verdict? 1111 00:39:49,460 --> 00:39:50,960 Foreperson: Yes, Your Honor. 1112 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,830 In the matter of United States vs. Isaiah West, 1113 00:39:53,830 --> 00:39:56,170 how do you find the defendant, Isaiah West, 1114 00:39:56,170 --> 00:39:57,880 on Count One, wire fraud? 1115 00:39:59,580 --> 00:40:00,500 Guilty. 1116 00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:02,170 With respect to Count Two, 1117 00:40:02,170 --> 00:40:03,750 bribery of a public official, 1118 00:40:03,750 --> 00:40:06,380 how do you find the defendant -- guilty or not guilty? 1119 00:40:06,380 --> 00:40:07,580 Guilty. 1120 00:40:07,580 --> 00:40:09,210 With respect to Count Three, 1121 00:40:09,210 --> 00:40:11,380 conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 1122 00:40:11,380 --> 00:40:14,420 how do you find the defendant -- guilty or not guilty? 1123 00:40:14,420 --> 00:40:15,750 Guilty. 1124 00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:21,420 ♪♪ 1125 00:40:21,420 --> 00:40:22,580 Good job. 1126 00:40:22,580 --> 00:40:28,210 ♪♪ 1127 00:40:28,210 --> 00:40:30,290 [ Elevator bell dings ] 1128 00:40:30,290 --> 00:40:32,960 ♪♪ 1129 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:34,210 Ride with me? 1130 00:40:34,210 --> 00:40:36,540 ♪♪ 1131 00:40:36,540 --> 00:40:38,750 [ Elevator door closes ] 1132 00:40:38,750 --> 00:40:44,750 ♪♪ 1133 00:40:44,750 --> 00:40:45,960 You said something to me once. 1134 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:47,670 You said, 1135 00:40:47,670 --> 00:40:50,000 "You don't celebrate people going to jail." 1136 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,880 ♪♪ 1137 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,670 I don't think I fully understood that until now. 1138 00:40:55,670 --> 00:40:58,790 ♪♪ 1139 00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:01,040 I can't go back up there. 1140 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,540 What are you doing? Hand Pulled Noodle House? 1141 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,500 I have some more work... to do. 1142 00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:13,960 ♪♪ 1143 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:15,580 [ Elevator bell dings ] 1144 00:41:15,580 --> 00:41:19,250 ♪♪ 1145 00:41:19,250 --> 00:41:20,170 Leonard. 1146 00:41:23,460 --> 00:41:26,080 You belong here. 1147 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:29,420 [ Elevator door closes ] 1148 00:41:29,420 --> 00:41:32,250 [ A Tribe Called Quest's "Find a Way" plays ] 1149 00:41:32,250 --> 00:41:35,790 ♪♪ 1150 00:41:35,790 --> 00:41:37,750 ♪ Messin' me up my whole head ♪ 1151 00:41:37,750 --> 00:41:40,420 ♪ Teasin' me, just like Tisha did Martin ♪ 1152 00:41:40,420 --> 00:41:42,250 ♪ Now look at what you're startin' ♪ 1153 00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:44,460 ♪ Schoolboy's crush, and it ain't on the hush ♪ 1154 00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:47,290 ♪ The whole world see it, but you can't ♪ 1155 00:41:47,290 --> 00:41:49,460 ♪ My peoples, they complain, sit and rave and rant ♪ 1156 00:41:49,460 --> 00:41:51,880 ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Your name is out my mouth like an ancient chant ♪ 1157 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,670 ♪ Say what? ♪ ♪ Got me like a dog as I pause and pant ♪ 1158 00:41:54,670 --> 00:41:57,120 [ Panting ] 1159 00:41:59,710 --> 00:42:09,420 ♪♪ 1160 00:42:09,420 --> 00:42:18,750 ♪♪ 1161 00:42:18,750 --> 00:42:24,750 ♪♪