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Previously
on "For the People"...

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Tina:
Chief Judge Nicholas Byrne.

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Welcome to
the Mother Court.

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Ms. Krissman,
I'm on duty today.

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Tina: When cases come in,
I e‐mail them to you.

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Anybody who's new,

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this is United States Attorney,
Douglas Delap.

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My mother came by for lunch
and wanted to say hi.

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Senator Knox.
A pleasure.

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Calling your mommy
is never a power move.

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Kate: I don't want fun.

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I want challenging,
interesting.

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You're smart, attractive.

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You're a catch.

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I'm gonna grab something
to eat if you...?

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Think I'm out
for this one.

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Good night, Kate.

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[ Door opens ]

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[ Siren wails in the distance ]

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[ Indistinct conversations ]

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May I come in?

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[ Alarm clock blares ]

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪ I don't want much ♪

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♪ I just wanna be a better man ♪

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♪ To my baby ♪

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♪ Mm, mm ♪

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♪♪

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♪ What can I do?
What can I do? ♪

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♪ To get back to your heart ♪

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♪ I'd swim
the Mississippi river ♪

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♪ If you would give me
another start, girl ♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪ What can I do?
What can I do? ♪

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♪ To get back to your heart ♪

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♪ I'd swim
the Mississippi river ♪

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♪ If you would give me
another start, girl ♪

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[ Horns honk ]

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Shade grown.
Macadamia milk.

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[ Clears throat ]
And still I'll drink it.

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Why are you working
out here?
Mm.

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My office ‐‐
there's stuff in it.

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You could move it.

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And I like looking up
at that.

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Duty.
Duty.

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Duty.
This makes you happy?

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A little bit.

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What do I do on duty?

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Mm, you have two choices.

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You can walk
across Foley Square

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and tell Tina Krissman
you're on duty,

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in which case,
she'll give you this...

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Okay. I got it.

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Okay.

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...or you can
check your e‐mail.

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Either way.

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Hey,
what are you doing here?

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I work here.
Fraud.

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No, seriously.
I was sworn in with you guys.

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That's my office
right there.

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I got a fraud case.

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You had a fraud case,
right?

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Against
Kate Littlejohn.

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Is your case against
Kate Littlejohn?

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No.

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Then you should
be fine.

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I meant, what are you
doing here so early?

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Drug hearing.

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And now I'm late.

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What kind of fraud?

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Judge Vaughn: Wine?

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Broti: Yes, Your Honor.

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The defendant, Mr. Mahler,
is a wine forger.

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As alleged the indictment,

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Mr. Mahler was filling bottles

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that appeared to be
rare and expensive vintages

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with cheap, fake wine.

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Basically fair,

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but I wouldn't
really call it "cheap".

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No talking.

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The indictment alleges
he made millions.

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Those assets were frozen
by the government, Your Honor.

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Which is why he needs
a public defender.

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Yes, Your Honor.
Thank you.

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With the standard
restrictions

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and the added requirement

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that Mr. Mahler
refrains from

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the manufacture, sale,
or consumption of wine,

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I'll release him
pending trial.

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We'll stand in recess.

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I'd like for you to come by
my office this afternoon

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so we can discuss
some things.

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It's a date.
It's not a date.

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I can bring lunch.

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Don't.

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[ Elevator dings ]

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October 5th, 1998 ‐‐

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you remember anything
about it?

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I was in sixth grade.

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Phil Stoller's wedding day.

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Congressman Phil Stoller
from the New York 16th?

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From the front page.

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He's having an affair.

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Wasn't a great wedding.

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Bad oysters.

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An ice sculpture

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that melted into
the shape of a penis.

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First dance
to "Mustang Sally".

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I knew the marriage
was never gonna work out.

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I didn't know
it was gonna take me out.

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Out of what?

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The woman Congressman Stoller
was having an affair with

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was also married
to a printer.

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Two days after he found out
about the affair,

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Stoller paid
half a million dollars

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in federal campaign funds

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to the husband's
printing business.

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Hush money, so he wouldn't
expose the affair.

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That's the question.

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If we can prove Stoller
paid the money

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in order to keep
the affair secret,

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we have a case against him

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for misappropriation
of campaign funds.

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If we can't,
then we don't.

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Roger's conflicted out
because he went to the wedding.

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I've already
suffered terribly.

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That sculpture...
it haunts me.

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So, this is yours, son.

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I honestly have no idea

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who you are
or where you came from,

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but you have
Roger's attention.

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Nail this case,
and you'll have mine.

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What are you doing?

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Getting ahead of things.

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You're getting ahead of work
in my office?

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No, I'm getting ahead of
you coming to my office

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and interrupting
my work.

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If I start in here,

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I figure I might be safe
for the day.

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I'll probably
still come by.

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I've got
a big drug case.

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This guy gets paid $100
to deliver a package,

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throws it in his backpack,

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goes into the station
at 116th Street,

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jumps a turnstile

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and gets stopped
by a few beat cops.

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Mm‐hmm.
That package?

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57 grams of meth.

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57 grams?

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That's right.

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This is 57 grams,

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and anything over 50

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is a mandatory minimum
of 10 years in prison.

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The only thing big
about your case...

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is the sentence.

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Thanks for the visit.

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My cousin's friend
had this friend.

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Heard I knew this other guy
from back in the day.

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Said I could make
some money

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if I was willing
to be a go‐between.

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Had you done this
before?

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Maybe a few times.
Mm.

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I'm a father now,
you know?

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I'm just trying
to provide.

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I didn't know
what was in the backpack.

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What did you think
it was?
I don't know.

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Something.

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I didn't ask.

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But I didn't know.

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You think there's maybe
a way out of this?

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I'll do everything I can.

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I completely disagree.

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Did you read the paper
today?

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I don't read the paper.

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This kid, Julien Barley,
got stomped to death in prison.

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Prison's a tough place.

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He didn't belong there.

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A lot of people don't.

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He lived next door
to a stash house.

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He went over to play video games
with one of his friends

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and the cops
raided the place.

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There were
12 kilos of cocaine

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hidden away in the house.

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And Julien?

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Got 10 years
for playing video games.

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This is why
I don't read the paper.

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Why are you
making me wait?

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Right.

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Just another day, Judge.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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Man: All rise.

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♪♪

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Mr. Oliver?
Seth:
Thank you, Your Honor.

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Rodrigo Puente is charged
in Count 1 of the indictment

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with the possession of
a controlled substance

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with an intent
to distribute.

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What substance?

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Methamphetamine.

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Mr, Puente,
have you had an opportunity

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to read the indictment?

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Yes, Your Honor.

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And do you understand
the nature

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of the charges
against you?

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Yes, Your Honor.

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Was Mr. Puente selling?

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No, Your Honor.

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He was a courier?
Yes, Your Honor.

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How much meth?

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57 grams.

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57 grams?

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This is a mandatory minimum
of 10 years.

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Seth: Yes, Your Honor.

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Any criminal history?

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Two prior convictions.
For?

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Shoplifting and driving
with a suspended license.

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Misdemeanors.
Yes, Your Honor.

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Non‐violent offenses

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for which Mr. Puente
served no jail time.

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And yet still,
two criminal history points

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under the statute,

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which means he's ineligible
for the safety valve.

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Seth: Yes, Your Honor.

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In terms of a trial date,
we propose ‐‐

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I don't like this case,
Mr. Oliver.

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I'm sorry, Your Honor?

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I don't like this case.

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If Mr. Puente is convicted,

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I'll be forced
to impose a sentence

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of 10 years
in federal prison

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with no chance of parole

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on someone with essentially
no criminal history

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for carrying
a package of meth

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the size of your phone.

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This is the same
mandatory minimum

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Mr. Puente would face
for sex trafficking a child.

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I am not going to sentence
Mr. Puente

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to 10 years in prison.

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Not today.

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The judge wants us
to take another look

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at the Puente prosecution.
Done.

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He's unhappy
with the charges.

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He's unhappy
with the law.

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Tell him to write
his Congressman.

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Do you actually want me
to tell him that?

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Or you can tell him
to rev up the DeLorean

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and take Mr. Puente
back in time

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to before he decided to carry
57 grams of meth.

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I'll probably just
tell the judge our
position stands,

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leave out the rest.

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Either way.

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Who's the judge?

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Byrne.

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Jill: Doesn't sound like
Judge Byrne.

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Is this unusual?

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Judges will sometimes

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express their displeasure
about something.

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I've never heard of something
so direct.

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It was pretty direct.

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Who is that?

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No idea.

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That's her duty case?

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Really?

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[ Knock on door ]

268
00:09:58,683 --> 00:10:00,893
Roger and Delap just gave me
a new investigation.

269
00:10:00,893 --> 00:10:02,895
I'm incredibly happy
for you.

270
00:10:02,895 --> 00:10:03,896
Really?

271
00:10:03,896 --> 00:10:05,690
No. I don't care.

272
00:10:05,690 --> 00:10:06,899
It's a sensitive case,

273
00:10:06,899 --> 00:10:08,693
so I can't get
into the details ‐‐

274
00:10:08,693 --> 00:10:09,819
Perfect.

275
00:10:09,819 --> 00:10:10,903
If I can make this,

276
00:10:10,903 --> 00:10:12,321
I think I'll really be
on Delap's radar.

277
00:10:15,116 --> 00:10:16,159
You okay?

278
00:10:16,159 --> 00:10:17,493
I'm fine.

279
00:10:17,493 --> 00:10:19,036
Yeah?

280
00:10:19,036 --> 00:10:20,663
Yeah.

281
00:10:22,707 --> 00:10:25,751
I'm going to donor lunch
tomorrow with my mom.

282
00:10:25,751 --> 00:10:27,211
She always likes it
when I show my face,

283
00:10:27,211 --> 00:10:28,045
do a little
"grip‐and‐grin".

284
00:10:28,045 --> 00:10:29,422
If you're interested.

285
00:10:29,422 --> 00:10:31,465
I don't grip, I don't grin.
Zero interest.

286
00:10:32,383 --> 00:10:33,634
Yeah, you seem fine.

287
00:10:37,722 --> 00:10:39,682
Toby:
Thanks for having me in.
I'm your lawyer.

288
00:10:39,682 --> 00:10:40,683
Still.

289
00:10:40,683 --> 00:10:42,727
These are serious charges,
Toby.

290
00:10:42,727 --> 00:10:44,645
Well, then, I'm glad
I have a serious lawyer.

291
00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:45,605
Too serious, maybe?

292
00:10:47,523 --> 00:10:48,691
What is that?

293
00:10:48,691 --> 00:10:50,276
The judge specifically said

294
00:10:50,276 --> 00:10:52,195
no manufacturing, sale,
or consumption.

295
00:10:52,195 --> 00:10:53,696
This is a gift.

296
00:10:53,696 --> 00:10:56,157
Have you ever had
a 1982 Chateau Blanquefort?

297
00:10:56,157 --> 00:10:57,825
It's evidence.
Of God.

298
00:10:57,825 --> 00:10:59,493
It's transcendent.

299
00:10:59,493 --> 00:11:00,786
Lush and supple.

300
00:11:00,786 --> 00:11:02,914
Velvet on the tongue,
visceral.

301
00:11:02,914 --> 00:11:05,708
Like nothing you've ever
experienced in your life.

302
00:11:07,460 --> 00:11:09,003
The real stuff, anyway.

303
00:11:09,003 --> 00:11:11,214
This...is a fake.

304
00:11:11,214 --> 00:11:12,381
Here, have it.

305
00:11:12,381 --> 00:11:14,467
You'll never be able
to tell the difference.

306
00:11:14,467 --> 00:11:15,676
I can tell the difference.

307
00:11:15,676 --> 00:11:16,761
You can't.

308
00:11:16,761 --> 00:11:18,262
Most people can't.

309
00:11:18,262 --> 00:11:20,556
Most people have no idea
what they're drinking.

310
00:11:20,556 --> 00:11:22,600
If the label is attractive
and the price is high,

311
00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:23,684
it's good.

312
00:11:23,684 --> 00:11:25,728
If it's cheap
and unattractive,

313
00:11:25,728 --> 00:11:27,021
it's not good.

314
00:11:27,021 --> 00:11:28,397
You went to Yale,
right?

315
00:11:28,397 --> 00:11:30,650
Yes.
Same thing.

316
00:11:30,650 --> 00:11:32,068
I hear "Yale",

317
00:11:32,068 --> 00:11:33,653
I think
"you're a great lawyer."

318
00:11:33,653 --> 00:11:35,363
I don't hear "Yale",
then I wonder ‐‐

319
00:11:35,363 --> 00:11:36,364
what are you?

320
00:11:36,364 --> 00:11:37,782
I'm a great lawyer.

321
00:11:37,782 --> 00:11:39,367
Ah, I hope so.

322
00:11:39,367 --> 00:11:42,954
The point is,
I love wine.

323
00:11:42,954 --> 00:11:45,122
I dropped out of
community college
when I was 19.

324
00:11:45,122 --> 00:11:46,374
I worked for a year

325
00:11:46,374 --> 00:11:48,417
to save up money
to go to France,

326
00:11:48,417 --> 00:11:50,378
and the day I had
my first real Burgundy,

327
00:11:50,378 --> 00:11:52,463
I knew.

328
00:11:52,463 --> 00:11:54,340
This is what
I was meant to do.

329
00:11:54,340 --> 00:11:55,925
I loved everything
about it ‐‐

330
00:11:55,925 --> 00:11:57,927
the craft, the history.

331
00:11:57,927 --> 00:11:59,553
Started collecting.

332
00:11:59,553 --> 00:12:01,389
I was happy.

333
00:12:01,389 --> 00:12:02,556
And then one day,

334
00:12:02,556 --> 00:12:05,017
I accidentally bought
a fake bottle.

335
00:12:05,017 --> 00:12:06,852
It actually
broke my heart.

336
00:12:06,852 --> 00:12:09,313
I started to see it
all around me.

337
00:12:09,313 --> 00:12:10,439
The posers,

338
00:12:10,439 --> 00:12:12,483
people pretending
to care about wine

339
00:12:12,483 --> 00:12:15,236
when all they cared about
was the money, the status.

340
00:12:15,236 --> 00:12:17,530
Forgery was my revenge.

341
00:12:17,530 --> 00:12:20,241
You know,
if I hadn't slipped up

342
00:12:20,241 --> 00:12:21,701
and made
these little typos,

343
00:12:21,701 --> 00:12:23,160
nobody ever
would have known.

344
00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,746
♪♪

345
00:12:25,746 --> 00:12:28,541
Your watch ‐‐
it's a fake.

346
00:12:28,541 --> 00:12:31,669
This was a gift
from my parents.

347
00:12:31,669 --> 00:12:33,337
♪♪

348
00:12:33,337 --> 00:12:35,089
It's the thought
that counts.

349
00:12:35,089 --> 00:12:37,508
♪♪

350
00:12:37,508 --> 00:12:38,759
People need to know the truth
about Congressman Stoller.

351
00:12:38,759 --> 00:12:40,177
Sarah: The truth is,

352
00:12:40,177 --> 00:12:42,305
I wanted to leave my husband
and marry Phil.

353
00:12:42,305 --> 00:12:45,308
He begged me to wait
until after his reelection.

354
00:12:45,308 --> 00:12:47,810
He told me he would
leave his wife, too.

355
00:12:47,810 --> 00:12:49,478
That was four years ago.

356
00:12:49,478 --> 00:12:51,480
I let him string me along

357
00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:53,733
until he and my husband
settled on a price.

358
00:12:53,733 --> 00:12:55,860
Now I'm stuck
in this hotel room.

359
00:12:55,860 --> 00:12:57,486
No home to go back to.

360
00:12:57,486 --> 00:12:58,446
I can't go outside

361
00:12:58,446 --> 00:13:00,323
without the tabloids
chasing me.

362
00:13:00,323 --> 00:13:02,116
Your husband found out
about the affair

363
00:13:02,116 --> 00:13:03,492
on the morning
of the 14th?

364
00:13:03,492 --> 00:13:05,161
Yes.

365
00:13:05,161 --> 00:13:07,997
And he confronted Stoller
on the 15th.

366
00:13:07,997 --> 00:13:09,332
Two days later on the 17th,

367
00:13:09,332 --> 00:13:11,042
your husband's
printing company

368
00:13:11,042 --> 00:13:12,918
got a huge order
from the Stoller campaign ‐‐

369
00:13:12,918 --> 00:13:14,795
half a million dollars.

370
00:13:14,795 --> 00:13:17,590
Phil paid him off
to keep the affair quiet.

371
00:13:17,590 --> 00:13:19,383
That's certainly
what it looks like,

372
00:13:19,383 --> 00:13:20,593
but it's circumstantial.

373
00:13:20,593 --> 00:13:21,594
Except it's not.

374
00:13:21,594 --> 00:13:22,970
He told me.

375
00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:25,348
My husband said he was gonna
make Phil pay.

376
00:13:25,348 --> 00:13:27,933
He said that?
More than once.

377
00:13:27,933 --> 00:13:29,685
And Phil called me and said
he was gonna pay.

378
00:13:29,685 --> 00:13:31,312
Do you have
any e‐mails or texts

379
00:13:31,312 --> 00:13:33,439
or any written communication
about any of this?

380
00:13:33,439 --> 00:13:34,523
No.

381
00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:37,568
But you have me.

382
00:13:37,568 --> 00:13:39,987
♪♪

383
00:13:39,987 --> 00:13:41,280
Mr. Oliver.

384
00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:42,406
Has the government
had an opportunity

385
00:13:42,406 --> 00:13:44,158
to reconsider
its position?

386
00:13:44,158 --> 00:13:45,409
Seth: Yes, Your Honor.

387
00:13:45,409 --> 00:13:47,536
The government's position
is unchanged.

388
00:13:47,536 --> 00:13:49,497
Tell Roger Gunn

389
00:13:49,497 --> 00:13:51,040
I want to see him
in my chambers.

390
00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,625
I've spoken to Mr. Gunn

391
00:13:52,625 --> 00:13:54,794
and advised him of
the circumstances, Your Honor.

392
00:13:54,794 --> 00:13:56,545
I'm here.

393
00:13:56,545 --> 00:13:58,839
I represent
the United States Government.

394
00:13:58,839 --> 00:14:01,258
Mr. Oliver.

395
00:14:01,258 --> 00:14:02,927
Please approach.

396
00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:13,604
Did you represent
the United States Government

397
00:14:13,604 --> 00:14:15,022
in the Locarno matter

398
00:14:15,022 --> 00:14:18,150
when you added charges
to the superseding indictment

399
00:14:18,150 --> 00:14:20,319
for the sole purpose of
pressuring Ms. Locarno

400
00:14:20,319 --> 00:14:21,570
into a plea deal

401
00:14:21,570 --> 00:14:25,199
in violation of the
US Attorney Manual 9‐27.300?

402
00:14:26,951 --> 00:14:28,786
I want to talk about
Rodrigo Puente.

403
00:14:28,786 --> 00:14:30,788
I know why we're here.
He's facing 10 years.

404
00:14:30,788 --> 00:14:32,206
I didn't write the law.

405
00:14:32,206 --> 00:14:33,916
If he had
seven grams less ‐‐
He didn't.

406
00:14:36,335 --> 00:14:39,672
I'm just trying
to talk with you.

407
00:14:39,672 --> 00:14:41,215
That's what this is,
a talk?

408
00:14:41,215 --> 00:14:43,050
Without defense counsel,
without a court reporter?

409
00:14:43,050 --> 00:14:46,220
I don't like
this kind of talk.

410
00:14:46,220 --> 00:14:48,305
What are you doing, Judge?

411
00:14:48,305 --> 00:14:51,100
I'm trying to do
the right thing.

412
00:14:53,519 --> 00:14:55,062
"I don't care about
what you believe.

413
00:14:55,062 --> 00:14:57,064
Win the damn case!"

414
00:14:57,064 --> 00:14:59,608
That's what you taught me
when you had my job

415
00:14:59,608 --> 00:15:00,860
and I was Seth Oliver.

416
00:15:00,860 --> 00:15:02,945
I was wrong.

417
00:15:02,945 --> 00:15:04,947
No, you were right.

418
00:15:04,947 --> 00:15:06,532
You were tough.

419
00:15:06,532 --> 00:15:08,617
You believed that if we got
emotional about every case,

420
00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:10,369
we couldn't do our job
and that our job is important.

421
00:15:10,369 --> 00:15:12,288
You said
drugs had victims

422
00:15:12,288 --> 00:15:14,456
and we cared
about those victims.

423
00:15:16,167 --> 00:15:17,751
You were right.

424
00:15:17,751 --> 00:15:19,378
♪♪

425
00:15:19,378 --> 00:15:21,922
I'm not letting this go.

426
00:15:21,922 --> 00:15:24,842
Then Rodrigo Puente

427
00:15:24,842 --> 00:15:27,595
isn't the only person
who's gonna suffer here.

428
00:15:27,595 --> 00:15:33,517
♪♪

429
00:15:39,064 --> 00:15:41,066
Melora: [ Chuckles]
Well, that's a hell of
a question, Steve,

430
00:15:41,066 --> 00:15:43,986
how the Senate will handle
banking reform.

431
00:15:43,986 --> 00:15:46,197
And you want me
to answer that

432
00:15:46,197 --> 00:15:49,200
with all these bankers
standing 10 feet away?

433
00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,659
[ Laughter ]
Thanks a lot!

434
00:15:50,659 --> 00:15:52,578
♪♪

435
00:15:52,578 --> 00:15:54,788
Fortunately,
I get to change the subject

436
00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:56,999
and introduce
my eldest son, Leonard,

437
00:15:56,999 --> 00:15:58,876
who thinks
I didn't see him slip in.

438
00:16:00,002 --> 00:16:01,337
Melora: Jim Orsua
at Hartmann‐Carlyle?

439
00:16:01,337 --> 00:16:02,296
Yes.
You talked to him?

440
00:16:02,296 --> 00:16:03,422
Yes.
He introduced himself.

441
00:16:03,422 --> 00:16:05,216
He went to Harvard, too.

442
00:16:05,216 --> 00:16:07,176
So did everyone
in that room.

443
00:16:07,176 --> 00:16:08,928
Charlie Phillips
at Rincon.

444
00:16:08,928 --> 00:16:11,222
Darren Caner
from Rock River Equity.

445
00:16:11,222 --> 00:16:12,514
Steve Hewes
at Vonner Capital.

446
00:16:12,514 --> 00:16:13,807
They've all been
good supporters.

447
00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:15,684
I talked to them all.

448
00:16:15,684 --> 00:16:17,186
I need to get back.

449
00:16:17,186 --> 00:16:19,730
To your investigation
of Congressman Stoller?

450
00:16:20,814 --> 00:16:23,108
When were you
gonna tell me?

451
00:16:23,108 --> 00:16:25,861
You're interviewing
his campaign staff.

452
00:16:25,861 --> 00:16:27,738
It's all over Washington.

453
00:16:27,738 --> 00:16:30,157
I don't have ravens
watching you.

454
00:16:30,157 --> 00:16:31,659
I can't talk about
Congressman Stoller.

455
00:16:31,659 --> 00:16:33,285
I don't want to talk
about the Congressman.

456
00:16:33,285 --> 00:16:34,828
I want to talk about you.

457
00:16:34,828 --> 00:16:37,665
This isn't good for you.

458
00:16:37,665 --> 00:16:39,500
It could be. If I win.

459
00:16:39,500 --> 00:16:40,668
And if you don't?

460
00:16:40,668 --> 00:16:42,086
When was the last time
I didn't win?

461
00:16:42,086 --> 00:16:43,379
When you were a 1L.

462
00:16:43,379 --> 00:16:44,838
I won the Hotchkiss prize.

463
00:16:44,838 --> 00:16:46,173
Second semester,
not the first.

464
00:16:46,173 --> 00:16:48,384
I don't care about Stoller.

465
00:16:48,384 --> 00:16:52,554
And I would never interfere
with a federal investigation.

466
00:16:52,554 --> 00:16:56,141
All I'm saying
is that you need to be careful.

467
00:16:56,141 --> 00:16:57,893
And I'm saying this
as your mom.

468
00:16:57,893 --> 00:16:59,520
I know you are.

469
00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:01,730
And I appreciate it.

470
00:17:01,730 --> 00:17:02,940
But I got this.

471
00:17:02,940 --> 00:17:12,324
[ Soft piano music plays ]

472
00:17:12,324 --> 00:17:13,993
Just the two of us?
Judge Byrne: Yes.

473
00:17:13,993 --> 00:17:15,536
Are you sure?

474
00:17:15,536 --> 00:17:17,162
Yes.

475
00:17:20,624 --> 00:17:23,043
Puente needs to trade up.

476
00:17:23,043 --> 00:17:24,336
If he can give
the government something ‐‐

477
00:17:24,336 --> 00:17:25,963
You don't think I know this?
I know this.

478
00:17:25,963 --> 00:17:27,923
This is what I do.

479
00:17:27,923 --> 00:17:30,801
This is what I did with you
many times.

480
00:17:30,801 --> 00:17:33,012
He doesn't have anything
to trade, Judge.

481
00:17:33,012 --> 00:17:34,930
He has to find someone.

482
00:17:34,930 --> 00:17:37,683
Well,
he can't make someone up.

483
00:17:37,683 --> 00:17:39,935
He doesn't deserve this.

484
00:17:39,935 --> 00:17:43,355
Neither did Jordan Ahmed.

485
00:17:43,355 --> 00:17:45,107
Or Michael Frontiere.

486
00:17:45,107 --> 00:17:47,610
Or Merced Jimenez,
and that was just last week.

487
00:17:47,610 --> 00:17:50,696
We defend people like
Rodrigo Puente every day,

488
00:17:50,696 --> 00:17:53,907
and every day,
they don't deserve this.

489
00:17:53,907 --> 00:17:57,119
Today is different.

490
00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:58,787
The only thing
different about today is you.

491
00:17:58,787 --> 00:17:59,830
[ Scoffs ]

492
00:17:59,830 --> 00:18:01,582
You've imposed this sentence

493
00:18:01,582 --> 00:18:04,418
more times
than I can remember.

494
00:18:04,418 --> 00:18:07,671
When you went to the bench,
I wasn't optimistic.

495
00:18:07,671 --> 00:18:09,882
I'm speaking frankly,
just the two of us.

496
00:18:09,882 --> 00:18:11,634
But you've surprised me ‐‐

497
00:18:11,634 --> 00:18:13,510
your compassion,
your mercy.

498
00:18:13,510 --> 00:18:17,306
You've also had
blind spots,

499
00:18:17,306 --> 00:18:19,058
and this was
one of them.

500
00:18:19,058 --> 00:18:25,356
♪♪

501
00:18:25,356 --> 00:18:28,734
This is a good thing,

502
00:18:28,734 --> 00:18:30,611
whatever's happening
to you.

503
00:18:30,611 --> 00:18:37,034
♪♪

504
00:18:37,034 --> 00:18:43,749
♪♪

505
00:18:43,749 --> 00:18:45,918
Sandra: "Stainless steel",
blah, blah, blah.

506
00:18:45,918 --> 00:18:47,002
Something about Geneva.

507
00:18:47,002 --> 00:18:48,921
Okay, here it is ‐‐

508
00:18:48,921 --> 00:18:50,464
each watch has
a unique serial number

509
00:18:50,464 --> 00:18:51,507
engraved on the back.

510
00:18:51,507 --> 00:18:53,217
"H" followed by
six numbers.

511
00:18:54,426 --> 00:18:56,387
Toby's right.
It's a fake.

512
00:18:56,387 --> 00:18:58,013
Mm.

513
00:18:58,013 --> 00:18:59,682
Do you have any idea
how much my parents
paid for this?

514
00:18:59,682 --> 00:19:01,183
Don't think about it.

515
00:19:01,183 --> 00:19:03,310
Have more fake wine.
[ Sighs ]

516
00:19:04,603 --> 00:19:05,896
Mmm. Ah!

517
00:19:07,398 --> 00:19:09,066
I really can't tell
the difference.

518
00:19:09,066 --> 00:19:11,068
This guy is good.

519
00:19:11,068 --> 00:19:12,027
Looking.

520
00:19:12,027 --> 00:19:13,404
That too.

521
00:19:13,404 --> 00:19:15,489
How is it that
your first time on duty,

522
00:19:15,489 --> 00:19:17,199
you get him?

523
00:19:17,199 --> 00:19:18,492
Great packaging,
I confess,

524
00:19:18,492 --> 00:19:21,954
but this is
a hard case inside.

525
00:19:21,954 --> 00:19:22,746
He made fake wine.

526
00:19:22,746 --> 00:19:23,997
They found a lab.

527
00:19:23,997 --> 00:19:25,958
None of this
is really in question.

528
00:19:25,958 --> 00:19:27,918
I should probably
get rid of this, huh?
Why?

529
00:19:27,918 --> 00:19:29,712
Because it doesn't have
an authentic serial number?

530
00:19:29,712 --> 00:19:30,754
Who cares?

531
00:19:30,754 --> 00:19:32,256
You love that watch.

532
00:19:32,256 --> 00:19:34,258
And it works.

533
00:19:34,258 --> 00:19:35,426
Does it work?

534
00:19:35,426 --> 00:19:37,344
Or do you think
that's why you get in late?

535
00:19:37,886 --> 00:19:39,555
It bothers me
it isn't real.

536
00:19:39,555 --> 00:19:42,266
Are we really just going to
give up on that idea?

537
00:19:42,266 --> 00:19:44,226
That there
is something important

538
00:19:44,226 --> 00:19:46,687
about quality
and authenticity?

539
00:19:46,687 --> 00:19:48,355
Am I really
supposed to believe

540
00:19:48,355 --> 00:19:50,023
that what's on the inside
doesn't count?

541
00:19:50,983 --> 00:19:51,942
Toby believes that.

542
00:19:51,942 --> 00:19:53,485
He didn't always.

543
00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,531
He didn't always
believe that.

544
00:19:57,531 --> 00:19:58,323
That's it.

545
00:20:00,242 --> 00:20:07,082
♪♪

546
00:20:07,082 --> 00:20:13,922
♪♪

547
00:20:13,922 --> 00:20:16,300
[ Keyboard clacking ]

548
00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:22,181
♪♪

549
00:20:22,181 --> 00:20:28,312
♪♪

550
00:20:28,312 --> 00:20:30,355
Leonard: Let's talk about
Vonner Capital.

551
00:20:30,355 --> 00:20:31,774
You know I have
a tight schedule.

552
00:20:31,774 --> 00:20:32,858
What's this all about?

553
00:20:32,858 --> 00:20:34,234
Vonner Capital's
where Phil Stoller went

554
00:20:34,234 --> 00:20:36,111
for the money to pay off
his mistress' husband.

555
00:20:36,111 --> 00:20:37,738
The top three executives
of Vonner Capital

556
00:20:37,738 --> 00:20:39,531
are all huge donors
of yours, too.

557
00:20:39,531 --> 00:20:41,658
I wasn't aware of that.
I think you were.

558
00:20:41,658 --> 00:20:43,410
I think that's why
you wanted me off this case.

559
00:20:43,410 --> 00:20:45,287
If Vonner Capital
gets implicated

560
00:20:45,287 --> 00:20:47,372
in a federal
criminal investigation,

561
00:20:47,372 --> 00:20:48,916
you're linked
to tainted donors,

562
00:20:48,916 --> 00:20:50,584
forced to return millions
in contributions.

563
00:20:50,584 --> 00:20:52,628
Your own fundraising
goes under the microscope.

564
00:20:52,628 --> 00:20:54,755
If I was so worried
this investigation
would tarnish me,

565
00:20:54,755 --> 00:20:56,632
don't you think
I'd ask you to drop it

566
00:20:56,632 --> 00:20:58,842
instead of dropping
off of it?
You're too smart.

567
00:20:58,842 --> 00:21:00,427
That'd be obstruction.

568
00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:03,138
My career does not depend
on one donor.

569
00:21:03,138 --> 00:21:06,016
Your career depends on
putting yourself first.

570
00:21:06,016 --> 00:21:07,392
Ahead of your own son.

571
00:21:09,686 --> 00:21:11,355
How can you even
think that?

572
00:21:12,898 --> 00:21:14,233
First campaign
you ever ran,

573
00:21:14,233 --> 00:21:15,442
how many TV ads
did you stick me in?

574
00:21:15,442 --> 00:21:16,902
Four?

575
00:21:16,902 --> 00:21:18,278
I was a prop to you.

576
00:21:18,278 --> 00:21:19,446
I still am.

577
00:21:19,446 --> 00:21:20,614
You begged
to be in those ads.

578
00:21:20,614 --> 00:21:22,241
I was 10,

579
00:21:22,241 --> 00:21:25,202
and maybe I just wanted
to be with my mom.

580
00:21:25,202 --> 00:21:27,204
It's not my career, Leonard.
It's ours.

581
00:21:27,204 --> 00:21:29,540
In fact,
yours more than mine.

582
00:21:29,540 --> 00:21:32,000
And you're gonna go
a lot farther than I have.

583
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,252
You're gonna go
all the way.

584
00:21:37,089 --> 00:21:38,048
Jay: If we can give
the government

585
00:21:38,048 --> 00:21:39,132
someone higher up ‐‐
anyone ‐‐

586
00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:40,509
it might help.

587
00:21:40,509 --> 00:21:41,927
I don't know anybody.

588
00:21:41,927 --> 00:21:43,595
The person
you got the package from.

589
00:21:43,595 --> 00:21:44,888
A.P.

590
00:21:44,888 --> 00:21:46,056
A.P.?

591
00:21:46,056 --> 00:21:48,267
He made less on this
than I did.

592
00:21:48,267 --> 00:21:49,643
Is there anybody else?

593
00:21:49,643 --> 00:21:50,894
I'm not in the game.

594
00:21:50,894 --> 00:21:54,314
It was just...easy money.

595
00:21:54,314 --> 00:21:57,693
This judge,
he's all right, right?

596
00:21:59,444 --> 00:22:01,530
He doesn't want
to sentence you to 10 years,

597
00:22:01,530 --> 00:22:02,865
but if you don't ‐‐
[ Scoffs ] 10 years.

598
00:22:02,865 --> 00:22:04,867
10 years?

599
00:22:04,867 --> 00:22:09,204
♪♪

600
00:22:09,204 --> 00:22:13,709
My son,
he's six months old.

601
00:22:13,709 --> 00:22:15,210
He's doing that thing
where he ‐‐

602
00:22:15,210 --> 00:22:16,795
he pulls himself up.

603
00:22:16,795 --> 00:22:19,006
He's so proud,
he's standing,

604
00:22:19,006 --> 00:22:22,593
and then boom,
he's flat, you know?

605
00:22:22,593 --> 00:22:25,971
♪♪

606
00:22:25,971 --> 00:22:28,640
Like where the hell did
that floor come from?

607
00:22:35,272 --> 00:22:36,732
Seth: How long have
you been with the DEA,
Agent Manello?

608
00:22:36,732 --> 00:22:38,400
11 years, 10 months.

609
00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,402
Based on your training
and experience, Agent Manello,

610
00:22:40,402 --> 00:22:41,695
do you have an opinion

611
00:22:41,695 --> 00:22:44,448
as to whether drug organizations
ever use couriers

612
00:22:44,448 --> 00:22:46,199
who are unaware of what
they're transporting?

613
00:22:46,199 --> 00:22:48,660
I've never seen that, sir.

614
00:22:48,660 --> 00:22:49,828
Agent Manello, you weren't
the arresting agent

615
00:22:49,828 --> 00:22:51,496
in this case, correct?
That's correct.

616
00:22:51,496 --> 00:22:53,332
And you have no previous history
with Mr. Puente?

617
00:22:53,332 --> 00:22:54,791
Correct.

618
00:22:54,791 --> 00:22:55,876
So is it fair to say

619
00:22:55,876 --> 00:22:57,669
that you have
no personal knowledge

620
00:22:57,669 --> 00:22:59,463
as to whether
Mr. Puente was aware

621
00:22:59,463 --> 00:23:01,131
that the package
he was carrying

622
00:23:01,131 --> 00:23:02,758
contained
methamphetamines?

623
00:23:02,758 --> 00:23:04,468
I can only testify
to my experience.

624
00:23:04,468 --> 00:23:05,636
And in my experience,

625
00:23:05,636 --> 00:23:07,846
drug couriers always know
what they are carrying

626
00:23:07,846 --> 00:23:09,681
and when detained,
always claim not to.

627
00:23:09,681 --> 00:23:12,851
But isn't it possible
that Mr. Puente thought ‐‐

628
00:23:12,851 --> 00:23:14,186
You ever order take‐out?

629
00:23:15,437 --> 00:23:16,813
Yes, Your Honor.

630
00:23:16,813 --> 00:23:17,814
Ever pick up
at the restaurant?

631
00:23:17,814 --> 00:23:19,399
Bag is stapled.

632
00:23:19,399 --> 00:23:20,776
You grab it, walk away,
don't look in the bag.

633
00:23:22,569 --> 00:23:24,154
I suppose I have,
Your Honor.

634
00:23:24,154 --> 00:23:26,156
Now let's say you get stopped
on your walk home.

635
00:23:26,156 --> 00:23:27,532
Police look in the bag.

636
00:23:27,532 --> 00:23:29,826
Find out every carton
in your take‐out

637
00:23:29,826 --> 00:23:30,911
is packed with cocaine.

638
00:23:30,911 --> 00:23:32,329
What would you say?

639
00:23:32,329 --> 00:23:33,914
♪♪

640
00:23:33,914 --> 00:23:35,082
I asked you a question.

641
00:23:35,082 --> 00:23:37,125
I would say I didn't know
that was in there.

642
00:23:37,125 --> 00:23:38,460
So you'd agree
it's at least possible

643
00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:39,836
Mr. Puente was carrying
something

644
00:23:39,836 --> 00:23:41,296
he didn't know
the contents of, right?

645
00:23:41,296 --> 00:23:43,006
I can't say.

646
00:23:43,006 --> 00:23:44,132
Well, you've done that.

647
00:23:44,132 --> 00:23:45,467
You just testified
you've done that, right?

648
00:23:45,467 --> 00:23:46,510
♪♪

649
00:23:46,510 --> 00:23:47,678
Answer the question,
Agent Manello.

650
00:23:47,678 --> 00:23:49,262
Objection.

651
00:23:49,262 --> 00:23:51,640
Yes or no.

652
00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,308
Objection.

653
00:23:53,308 --> 00:23:54,851
I'm entitled to ask questions
in my own courtroom.

654
00:23:54,851 --> 00:23:56,853
And I'm entitled
to object.

655
00:23:56,853 --> 00:23:57,980
This isn't gonna work.

656
00:23:57,980 --> 00:23:59,398
What you're doing ‐‐
it's never gonna work.

657
00:24:02,776 --> 00:24:03,777
You're right.

658
00:24:03,777 --> 00:24:04,569
It's not.

659
00:24:06,238 --> 00:24:09,032
I'm gonna instruct the jury
that if they convict Puente,

660
00:24:09,032 --> 00:24:10,450
he faces a mandatory minimum

661
00:24:10,450 --> 00:24:12,119
of 10 years
in prison.
Judge ‐‐

662
00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,121
You cannot tell the jury
about the potential sentence.

663
00:24:14,121 --> 00:24:15,122
You cannot do that!

664
00:24:15,122 --> 00:24:16,915
I can, and I'm going to.

665
00:24:16,915 --> 00:24:19,835
That is a flagrant violation
of judicial conduct.

666
00:24:19,835 --> 00:24:22,963
Jill, this is wrong.

667
00:24:22,963 --> 00:24:26,633
♪♪

668
00:24:26,633 --> 00:24:28,051
I have a client.

669
00:24:28,051 --> 00:24:29,678
I work for Rodrigo Puente.

670
00:24:29,678 --> 00:24:32,723
♪♪

671
00:24:32,723 --> 00:24:35,225
I'm going to instruct the jury
about the sentence.

672
00:24:35,225 --> 00:24:40,397
I'm not sentencing Mr. Puente
to 10 years in prison.

673
00:24:40,397 --> 00:24:44,192
♪♪

674
00:24:48,572 --> 00:24:50,157
Forget your past with him
for a second.

675
00:24:50,157 --> 00:24:51,616
This isn't about
my past with him.
He's a good judge.

676
00:24:51,616 --> 00:24:52,909
I don't agree with him a lot.
I don't.

677
00:24:52,909 --> 00:24:54,036
But he's honorable.

678
00:24:54,036 --> 00:24:55,328
If he's willing to try something
this extreme,

679
00:24:55,328 --> 00:24:56,329
don't you think there
might be something here

680
00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:57,289
worth taking
a minute to ‐‐

681
00:24:57,289 --> 00:24:59,666
There is nothing
I can do.

682
00:24:59,666 --> 00:25:01,752
You could drop
the quantity of drugs

683
00:25:01,752 --> 00:25:03,253
from the indictment.

684
00:25:03,253 --> 00:25:05,714
That gets him out from
the mandatory minimum.

685
00:25:05,714 --> 00:25:07,632
I don't want to get him out
from the mandatory minimum.

686
00:25:07,632 --> 00:25:09,009
You're working
from the wrong assumption.

687
00:25:09,009 --> 00:25:10,218
This is the law.

688
00:25:10,218 --> 00:25:11,470
I'm trying to enforce
the law.

689
00:25:16,308 --> 00:25:18,643
The Congressman
places a massive order

690
00:25:18,643 --> 00:25:20,103
with a small, unproven,

691
00:25:20,103 --> 00:25:22,105
never‐used‐before
printing company

692
00:25:22,105 --> 00:25:24,858
owned by the husband of
the Congressman's mistress.

693
00:25:24,858 --> 00:25:26,485
Bring charges.

694
00:25:26,485 --> 00:25:27,778
♪♪

695
00:25:27,778 --> 00:25:30,280
Congressman places a substantial
but much‐needed order

696
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:31,823
with a legitimate
printing company

697
00:25:31,823 --> 00:25:33,283
in the last days
of an expensive

698
00:25:33,283 --> 00:25:34,785
and competitive
reelection campaign.

699
00:25:34,785 --> 00:25:36,661
Don't bring charges.

700
00:25:36,661 --> 00:25:38,455
The case relies entirely
on the testimony

701
00:25:38,455 --> 00:25:39,748
of a credible,
sympathetic witness

702
00:25:39,748 --> 00:25:41,166
with a consistent story

703
00:25:41,166 --> 00:25:43,335
and nothing
to materially gain by lying.

704
00:25:43,335 --> 00:25:45,045
Bring charges.

705
00:25:45,045 --> 00:25:46,213
A case that relies
entirely

706
00:25:46,213 --> 00:25:47,464
on the uncorroborated
testimony

707
00:25:47,464 --> 00:25:48,882
of a self‐righteously
angry witness

708
00:25:48,882 --> 00:25:50,258
with a thirst for revenge.

709
00:25:50,258 --> 00:25:52,636
Don't bring charges.
[ Sighs ]

710
00:25:53,887 --> 00:25:55,472
What's the score so far?

711
00:25:55,472 --> 00:25:57,432
It's a three‐way tie
between "bring charges,"

712
00:25:57,432 --> 00:25:59,684
"don't bring charges,"
and "I shoot myself."

713
00:25:59,684 --> 00:26:01,394
Do you want to know
what my gut says?
No.

714
00:26:01,394 --> 00:26:03,063
My gut says this
a rare opportunity

715
00:26:03,063 --> 00:26:05,565
to make a personal impression
on the United States Attorney

716
00:26:05,565 --> 00:26:07,442
and the chance of that
happening again anytime soon

717
00:26:07,442 --> 00:26:08,693
is slim to nada.

718
00:26:08,693 --> 00:26:09,986
Don't do that.

719
00:26:09,986 --> 00:26:11,404
Mix English and Spanish
in the same sentence.

720
00:26:11,404 --> 00:26:12,447
It's ‐‐
Awesome?

721
00:26:12,447 --> 00:26:13,198
Terrible.

722
00:26:13,198 --> 00:26:14,991
Look, there is evidence

723
00:26:14,991 --> 00:26:16,618
and strong arguments
on both sides.

724
00:26:16,618 --> 00:26:18,203
There's
no right answer here.

725
00:26:18,203 --> 00:26:19,538
You just
have to make a call.

726
00:26:19,538 --> 00:26:20,831
Can you grab me
that binder?

727
00:26:30,090 --> 00:26:31,842
You gave up on
what you cared about.

728
00:26:31,842 --> 00:26:33,760
You love wine,

729
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,053
but you're helping
to destroy it

730
00:26:35,053 --> 00:26:36,429
in the name of revenge.

731
00:26:36,429 --> 00:26:38,348
Don't do that.

732
00:26:38,348 --> 00:26:40,350
If there is rampant fraud
in the industry,

733
00:26:40,350 --> 00:26:42,602
why are you
making it worse?

734
00:26:42,602 --> 00:26:43,895
Why not try to stop it?

735
00:26:43,895 --> 00:26:45,897
This is my defense?

736
00:26:45,897 --> 00:26:48,316
Actually, it is.

737
00:26:48,316 --> 00:26:53,822
♪♪

738
00:26:53,822 --> 00:26:59,494
♪♪

739
00:26:59,494 --> 00:27:01,913
1984 Garmeaux et Fournier.

740
00:27:01,913 --> 00:27:03,665
Correct.

741
00:27:03,665 --> 00:27:08,211
♪♪

742
00:27:08,211 --> 00:27:09,421
Hmm.

743
00:27:09,421 --> 00:27:11,339
2005 Domaine Greuze
Bourgogne.

744
00:27:11,339 --> 00:27:18,096
♪♪

745
00:27:18,096 --> 00:27:24,853
♪♪

746
00:27:24,853 --> 00:27:27,355
This one isn't here.

747
00:27:27,355 --> 00:27:29,149
It's probably
claiming to be

748
00:27:29,149 --> 00:27:31,610
that bottle
of 1997 Domaine Sagnier,

749
00:27:31,610 --> 00:27:33,486
which is a blend of pinot noir
and chardonnay,

750
00:27:33,486 --> 00:27:35,280
but it's actually
a mix of...

751
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:36,323
♪♪

752
00:27:36,323 --> 00:27:37,991
...Gamay...

753
00:27:37,991 --> 00:27:39,409
Pinot gris.

754
00:27:39,409 --> 00:27:42,746
♪♪

755
00:27:42,746 --> 00:27:44,623
That is correct.

756
00:27:44,623 --> 00:27:47,125
Here's the deal.

757
00:27:47,125 --> 00:27:48,710
You can continue
with this case

758
00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:50,337
against a small player
like Toby,

759
00:27:50,337 --> 00:27:52,047
who got into this forgery
for noble,

760
00:27:52,047 --> 00:27:54,424
albeit misguided reasons,

761
00:27:54,424 --> 00:27:57,510
or you can retain
the exclusive services

762
00:27:57,510 --> 00:27:59,888
of one of the most
distinguished palates
in the world

763
00:27:59,888 --> 00:28:02,265
to help you in the detection
and prosecution

764
00:28:02,265 --> 00:28:04,643
of systematic,
large‐scale wine fraud ‐‐

765
00:28:04,643 --> 00:28:07,729
the kind of fraud that you
actually really care about.

766
00:28:07,729 --> 00:28:14,277
♪♪

767
00:28:14,277 --> 00:28:17,113
I really want
to take you to France.

768
00:28:17,113 --> 00:28:19,908
♪♪

769
00:28:19,908 --> 00:28:22,661
[ Horn honks ]

770
00:28:27,165 --> 00:28:28,500
Go ahead.

771
00:28:30,168 --> 00:28:31,461
I believe that
Congressman Stoller

772
00:28:31,461 --> 00:28:32,963
misappropriated
campaign funds

773
00:28:32,963 --> 00:28:34,965
for the purposes of concealing
the affair he was having.

774
00:28:34,965 --> 00:28:37,008
File the case.

775
00:28:37,008 --> 00:28:40,428
But I don't believe
I can prove it.

776
00:28:40,428 --> 00:28:42,055
I can walk you
through my rationale.

777
00:28:42,055 --> 00:28:44,140
If there's no case,
there's no case.

778
00:28:46,351 --> 00:28:48,728
Walking out of my office now
would be just fine.

779
00:28:48,728 --> 00:28:50,397
Thank you, Mr. Fox.

780
00:28:50,397 --> 00:28:53,608
Knox.

781
00:28:53,608 --> 00:28:55,026
Mr. Knox.

782
00:28:55,026 --> 00:29:02,242
♪♪

783
00:29:02,242 --> 00:29:05,078
Doesn't sound like
the Nick Byrne I know.

784
00:29:05,078 --> 00:29:06,162
He used to be a judge.

785
00:29:06,162 --> 00:29:07,747
Roger: People change.

786
00:29:07,747 --> 00:29:09,499
File an emergency
Writ of Mandamus

787
00:29:09,499 --> 00:29:10,834
in the 2nd Circuit.

788
00:29:10,834 --> 00:29:13,253
That'll prevent Byrne from
giving the jury instruction.

789
00:29:13,253 --> 00:29:16,756
If he ignores that,
he's finished as a judge.

790
00:29:16,756 --> 00:29:18,842
We can file
a superseding indictment

791
00:29:18,842 --> 00:29:20,593
without any quantity
of drugs.

792
00:29:20,593 --> 00:29:22,804
That would give
the judge the flexibility

793
00:29:22,804 --> 00:29:24,556
to avoid
the mandatory minimum.

794
00:29:24,556 --> 00:29:26,182
We don't do that.

795
00:29:26,182 --> 00:29:28,309
This is an exceptional
circumstance.

796
00:29:30,186 --> 00:29:31,354
Why?

797
00:29:31,354 --> 00:29:33,815
This defendant has no priors
with jail time.

798
00:29:33,815 --> 00:29:35,358
That doesn't sound
exceptional.

799
00:29:35,358 --> 00:29:37,152
That sounds like
what the law contemplates.

800
00:29:37,152 --> 00:29:38,778
Have you gone soft,
Roger?

801
00:29:38,778 --> 00:29:40,530
File the Writ.

802
00:29:40,530 --> 00:29:47,245
♪♪

803
00:29:47,245 --> 00:29:48,747
File the Writ.

804
00:29:48,747 --> 00:29:54,335
♪♪

805
00:29:54,335 --> 00:29:55,795
Yes, sir.

806
00:29:55,795 --> 00:29:59,674
♪♪

807
00:29:59,674 --> 00:30:01,801
[ Chuckles ]

808
00:30:01,801 --> 00:30:03,803
Young and ruthless.

809
00:30:03,803 --> 00:30:05,513
Remember that?

810
00:30:05,513 --> 00:30:07,515
♪♪

811
00:30:11,394 --> 00:30:17,525
♪♪

812
00:30:17,525 --> 00:30:19,027
You shouldn't have
done that.

813
00:30:19,027 --> 00:30:20,278
I was given an order.

814
00:30:20,278 --> 00:30:21,780
You can question an order.

815
00:30:21,780 --> 00:30:23,073
You have
an ethical obligation

816
00:30:23,073 --> 00:30:24,616
to question an order
you don't believe in.

817
00:30:24,616 --> 00:30:26,576
[ Chuckles ]

818
00:30:26,576 --> 00:30:29,370
"You're prosecuting the case
because I told you to.

819
00:30:29,370 --> 00:30:30,497
I told you
to prosecute the case

820
00:30:30,497 --> 00:30:32,373
because she broke the law."

821
00:30:32,373 --> 00:30:34,793
That's what you said last time
I questioned an order...

822
00:30:34,793 --> 00:30:36,002
of yours.

823
00:30:36,002 --> 00:30:38,463
Maybe I was wrong.

824
00:30:38,463 --> 00:30:40,381
I don't think you were.

825
00:30:42,842 --> 00:30:44,094
I filed the Writ.

826
00:30:50,642 --> 00:30:52,310
No charges.
Okay, then.

827
00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:58,441
I think I made
the right decision.

828
00:30:58,441 --> 00:31:00,443
I'm worried my mom
got into my head.

829
00:31:00,443 --> 00:31:02,695
Your mommy is in your head
and you're in my office.

830
00:31:02,695 --> 00:31:04,197
Everyone is suffering.

831
00:31:04,197 --> 00:31:05,949
Are you jealous?

832
00:31:05,949 --> 00:31:08,201
Of what?
Me.

833
00:31:08,201 --> 00:31:09,369
Why would I
be jealous of you?

834
00:31:09,369 --> 00:31:10,870
'Cause I got
the high‐profile case

835
00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:11,830
and you didn't.

836
00:31:11,830 --> 00:31:12,831
You mean the secret
investigation

837
00:31:12,831 --> 00:31:13,832
that turned into nothing?

838
00:31:13,832 --> 00:31:14,958
No. Not jealous.

839
00:31:14,958 --> 00:31:17,085
I'd understand
if you were.

840
00:31:17,085 --> 00:31:18,044
What do you want
from me?

841
00:31:18,044 --> 00:31:19,212
You want me
to drop everything

842
00:31:19,212 --> 00:31:20,255
to make you
feel important?

843
00:31:20,255 --> 00:31:21,172
You need to find
somebody else

844
00:31:21,172 --> 00:31:23,091
to babysit
your self‐esteem.

845
00:31:23,091 --> 00:31:24,467
I don't want that job.

846
00:31:24,467 --> 00:31:25,885
You're so judgmental.

847
00:31:25,885 --> 00:31:27,262
Is that supposed to be
an insult?

848
00:31:27,262 --> 00:31:28,138
I can do better.

849
00:31:28,138 --> 00:31:29,180
Unlikely.

850
00:31:29,180 --> 00:31:30,557
You're cold.

851
00:31:30,557 --> 00:31:31,558
Ouchy.

852
00:31:31,558 --> 00:31:33,685
You're self‐righteous.
You're rigid.

853
00:31:33,685 --> 00:31:35,854
You're boring,
predictable, bland,

854
00:31:35,854 --> 00:31:38,606
callow, shallow, pretentious,
sententious, whiny.

855
00:31:38,606 --> 00:31:40,900
These are insults.

856
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,944
I want you
to leave my office.

857
00:31:42,944 --> 00:31:44,237
Would it work?
Would what work?

858
00:31:44,237 --> 00:31:45,196
Us.

859
00:31:46,281 --> 00:31:47,532
Would we work?

860
00:31:49,409 --> 00:31:51,244
You asked me out for a drink
and I said no.

861
00:31:51,244 --> 00:31:55,248
Because I worried about
what would happen to us.

862
00:31:57,584 --> 00:31:59,127
Would it work?

863
00:32:06,926 --> 00:32:08,303
It was just a drink.

864
00:32:08,303 --> 00:32:11,472
I'm sorry if I gave you
the wrong impression.

865
00:32:14,726 --> 00:32:15,810
Nothing to be sorry about.

866
00:32:15,810 --> 00:32:17,187
Leonard?

867
00:32:19,189 --> 00:32:23,401
I scored it 7‐6
in favor of "no charges."

868
00:32:23,401 --> 00:32:26,112
You did the right thing.

869
00:32:28,114 --> 00:32:30,241
Thanks for keeping score.

870
00:32:39,876 --> 00:32:41,085
[ Horns honk ]

871
00:32:41,085 --> 00:32:42,837
[ Elevator dings ]

872
00:32:42,837 --> 00:32:43,963
Who delivers the Writ?

873
00:32:43,963 --> 00:32:45,381
Tina?

874
00:32:45,381 --> 00:32:46,382
I think so.

875
00:32:46,382 --> 00:32:47,967
I don't know.

876
00:32:47,967 --> 00:32:49,052
This is weird.

877
00:32:49,052 --> 00:32:50,470
Yes.

878
00:32:50,470 --> 00:32:52,096
Like, not in that way
where we don't know anything

879
00:32:52,096 --> 00:32:53,348
and we think
everything is weird.

880
00:32:53,348 --> 00:32:55,099
This is actually weird.

881
00:32:55,099 --> 00:32:56,601
That way. Yes.

882
00:32:57,685 --> 00:32:59,395
When Byrne
started 30 years ago,

883
00:32:59,395 --> 00:33:00,939
he probably walked in here
every day.

884
00:33:00,939 --> 00:33:03,900
feeling righteous,

885
00:33:03,900 --> 00:33:06,986
waking up,
wanting to do the right thing,

886
00:33:06,986 --> 00:33:08,863
putting the bad guys
in jail.

887
00:33:08,863 --> 00:33:11,532
I'm sure it's intoxicating,
in theory.

888
00:33:11,532 --> 00:33:12,533
But it never ends.

889
00:33:12,533 --> 00:33:14,535
There's always
another bad guy,

890
00:33:14,535 --> 00:33:16,704
and sometimes the bad guys
aren't that bad.

891
00:33:16,704 --> 00:33:19,540
It must break you
a little every day.

892
00:33:19,540 --> 00:33:20,541
Not you ‐‐
I don't mean you.

893
00:33:20,541 --> 00:33:21,793
Just...

894
00:33:21,793 --> 00:33:22,961
[ Sighs ]

895
00:33:22,961 --> 00:33:25,213
...the idealism...

896
00:33:25,213 --> 00:33:26,297
the belief in the law

897
00:33:26,297 --> 00:33:28,508
and all that's right
and beautiful about it.

898
00:33:28,508 --> 00:33:30,051
♪♪

899
00:33:30,051 --> 00:33:32,262
Maybe it's hard to sustain.

900
00:33:32,262 --> 00:33:35,139
And then someone
makes you a judge,

901
00:33:35,139 --> 00:33:37,934
and now ‐‐
now you have the power

902
00:33:37,934 --> 00:33:39,519
because you decide.

903
00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:42,772
But you don't, not really.
Not all the time.

904
00:33:42,772 --> 00:33:44,065
At what point
does some clerk

905
00:33:44,065 --> 00:33:45,775
find you in your chambers
rending your garments

906
00:33:45,775 --> 00:33:47,318
and carving "no hope"
into your chest

907
00:33:47,318 --> 00:33:48,653
with a picture of your dog
looking over you?

908
00:33:48,653 --> 00:33:49,779
Dude.

909
00:33:49,779 --> 00:33:51,030
Yep. Sorry.

910
00:33:51,030 --> 00:33:53,491
[ Sighs ]
Just talking.

911
00:33:53,491 --> 00:34:03,543
♪♪

912
00:34:03,543 --> 00:34:06,713
I don't think Byrne's
lost his idealism.

913
00:34:06,713 --> 00:34:08,423
I don't think
he'd be doing this if he did.

914
00:34:08,423 --> 00:34:10,174
I think that's
what this is about.

915
00:34:10,174 --> 00:34:11,509
It's real.

916
00:34:11,509 --> 00:34:14,137
That righteous feeling
you wake up with ever day.

917
00:34:14,137 --> 00:34:15,763
I wake up with it.

918
00:34:15,763 --> 00:34:17,265
So do you.

919
00:34:17,265 --> 00:34:20,435
♪♪

920
00:34:20,435 --> 00:34:22,812
The Second Circuit
granted the Writ.

921
00:34:24,814 --> 00:34:26,899
You can't issue those
instructions to the jury,

922
00:34:26,899 --> 00:34:27,859
which means ‐‐

923
00:34:27,859 --> 00:34:29,235
I know what it means.

924
00:34:32,739 --> 00:34:34,907
[ Sighs ]

925
00:34:34,907 --> 00:34:36,367
It's time for me
to step down.

926
00:34:36,367 --> 00:34:38,411
Then you don't know
what that means.

927
00:34:40,121 --> 00:34:42,457
This all has to end
somewhere.

928
00:34:43,333 --> 00:34:45,668
Julien Barley is dead.

929
00:34:45,668 --> 00:34:47,837
♪♪

930
00:34:47,837 --> 00:34:49,964
That is a fact.

931
00:34:49,964 --> 00:34:53,509
It is a cold, sad fact,

932
00:34:53,509 --> 00:34:55,720
but a fact nonetheless.

933
00:34:55,720 --> 00:34:58,181
I looked it up.

934
00:34:58,181 --> 00:35:00,808
You sentenced
Julien Barley.

935
00:35:00,808 --> 00:35:03,811
A cold, sad fact.

936
00:35:03,811 --> 00:35:08,816
And nothing you're doing
is gonna bring him back.

937
00:35:08,816 --> 00:35:11,152
♪♪

938
00:35:11,152 --> 00:35:12,737
I don't normally lecture
grown men

939
00:35:12,737 --> 00:35:14,530
because they're stupid
and they don't listen,

940
00:35:14,530 --> 00:35:16,115
but you need to hear this.

941
00:35:16,115 --> 00:35:18,910
You are rare.

942
00:35:18,910 --> 00:35:22,372
You are good.

943
00:35:22,372 --> 00:35:23,998
You're not
the world's greatest judge,

944
00:35:23,998 --> 00:35:25,041
but you're better
than most.

945
00:35:25,041 --> 00:35:27,085
You are fair.

946
00:35:27,085 --> 00:35:31,547
You are a black man.

947
00:35:31,547 --> 00:35:35,385
You keep hot sauce
in your drawer.

948
00:35:35,385 --> 00:35:38,179
You do more
staying on the bench

949
00:35:38,179 --> 00:35:40,223
than nailing yourself
to this cross.

950
00:35:40,223 --> 00:35:45,853
♪♪

951
00:35:45,853 --> 00:35:47,730
That's it.

952
00:35:47,730 --> 00:35:48,856
I'm done.

953
00:35:48,856 --> 00:35:49,899
You're a grown man.

954
00:35:49,899 --> 00:35:50,692
The choice is yours.

955
00:35:56,614 --> 00:36:00,702
Just let me know if, uh...
I got to get my own.

956
00:36:00,702 --> 00:36:08,000
♪♪

957
00:36:11,963 --> 00:36:14,006
♪ Darling ♪

958
00:36:14,006 --> 00:36:17,510
♪ There's something
that you don't know ♪

959
00:36:17,510 --> 00:36:20,138
♪ I said some things before ♪

960
00:36:20,138 --> 00:36:23,599
♪ Not so sure anymore ♪

961
00:36:23,599 --> 00:36:25,101
♪ I lose ♪

962
00:36:26,436 --> 00:36:32,275
♪ Give me something
that you can't choose ♪

963
00:36:32,275 --> 00:36:34,819
♪ We've been lost
in this show ♪

964
00:36:34,819 --> 00:36:40,408
♪ We've mistaken the foe ♪

965
00:36:40,408 --> 00:36:45,788
♪ Give me something
my heart can choose ♪

966
00:36:45,788 --> 00:36:49,292
♪ Guess you stole the unknown ♪

967
00:36:49,292 --> 00:36:51,669
♪ Brought me something I know ♪

968
00:36:51,669 --> 00:36:52,795
♪ Didn't you ♪

969
00:36:54,255 --> 00:36:59,260
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪

970
00:37:02,138 --> 00:37:07,018
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪

971
00:37:08,519 --> 00:37:13,483
♪ Is it the meaning of love ♪

972
00:37:15,777 --> 00:37:20,656
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪

973
00:37:22,950 --> 00:37:27,622
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪

974
00:37:29,415 --> 00:37:31,834
♪ Please me ♪

975
00:37:31,834 --> 00:37:34,504
♪ I don't need all your fears,
there's ♪

976
00:37:34,504 --> 00:37:39,300
♪ Something you lose ♪

977
00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:41,177
♪ When we love ♪

978
00:37:43,805 --> 00:37:46,265
♪ Please me ♪

979
00:37:46,265 --> 00:37:49,185
♪ Heal my wound again ♪

980
00:37:51,020 --> 00:37:56,359
♪ Give me something
that you can't choose ♪

981
00:37:56,359 --> 00:37:59,821
♪ Maybe higher we'll grow ♪

982
00:37:59,821 --> 00:38:02,281
♪ We'll disappear
in a blow ♪

983
00:38:02,281 --> 00:38:03,199
Theresa: All rise!

984
00:38:05,618 --> 00:38:08,079
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪
The honorable
Judge Nicholas Byrne presiding.

985
00:38:08,079 --> 00:38:12,208
♪♪

986
00:38:12,208 --> 00:38:16,337
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪

987
00:38:16,337 --> 00:38:24,804
♪♪

988
00:38:24,804 --> 00:38:26,764
Judge Byrne:
Will the defendant please rise?

989
00:38:26,764 --> 00:38:32,520
♪♪

990
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:34,063
Mr. Puente,
you have been found guilty

991
00:38:34,063 --> 00:38:35,690
of possession
of a controlled substance

992
00:38:35,690 --> 00:38:37,191
with intent to distribute.

993
00:38:37,191 --> 00:38:39,193
This was
a non‐violent offense.

994
00:38:39,193 --> 00:38:40,194
You have been honest
and forthright

995
00:38:40,194 --> 00:38:41,320
in this courtroom.

996
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:42,989
You have shown remorse.

997
00:38:42,989 --> 00:38:44,615
As far as I can tell,

998
00:38:44,615 --> 00:38:46,492
you are a decent young man

999
00:38:46,492 --> 00:38:48,703
who found himself
in a bad situation.

1000
00:38:50,162 --> 00:38:52,957
I am not from New York,

1001
00:38:52,957 --> 00:38:55,251
but I am a New Yorker.

1002
00:38:55,251 --> 00:38:57,753
I cam here
on a Greyhound bus

1003
00:38:57,753 --> 00:39:00,882
from Gasden, Alabama
in 1965.

1004
00:39:00,882 --> 00:39:04,176
This city has changed
substantially since then.

1005
00:39:04,176 --> 00:39:06,888
There are no cars
in Times Square.

1006
00:39:06,888 --> 00:39:09,348
Brooklyn is filled
with high‐rises.

1007
00:39:09,348 --> 00:39:12,393
Black folks are a minority
in Harlem these days.

1008
00:39:12,393 --> 00:39:16,022
Crime is at an all‐time low
in Manhattan.

1009
00:39:17,857 --> 00:39:19,442
But no one ever seems

1010
00:39:19,442 --> 00:39:23,029
to ask the question
they should be asking

1011
00:39:23,029 --> 00:39:28,618
in between their Broadway shows
and swanky dinners.

1012
00:39:28,618 --> 00:39:30,703
"At what cost?"

1013
00:39:30,703 --> 00:39:31,954
♪♪

1014
00:39:31,954 --> 00:39:35,374
Here, from this bench,

1015
00:39:35,374 --> 00:39:37,460
listening to cases
just like yours,

1016
00:39:37,460 --> 00:39:39,545
I see the cost.

1017
00:39:39,545 --> 00:39:41,088
♪♪

1018
00:39:41,088 --> 00:39:44,634
The cost looks me in the eye.

1019
00:39:44,634 --> 00:39:47,762
The cost runs deep.

1020
00:39:47,762 --> 00:39:49,931
♪♪

1021
00:39:49,931 --> 00:39:51,557
It shatters lives,

1022
00:39:51,557 --> 00:39:53,392
splinters families,

1023
00:39:53,392 --> 00:39:54,810
destroys futures.

1024
00:39:54,810 --> 00:39:56,854
It is unrepentant.

1025
00:39:56,854 --> 00:39:59,649
♪♪

1026
00:39:59,649 --> 00:40:03,235
This is rightly a bitter pill
to swallow, Mr. Puente...

1027
00:40:03,235 --> 00:40:04,987
♪♪

1028
00:40:04,987 --> 00:40:06,364
...but you are the cost.

1029
00:40:06,364 --> 00:40:09,033
♪♪

1030
00:40:09,033 --> 00:40:11,953
Julien Barley is the cost.

1031
00:40:11,953 --> 00:40:16,707
♪♪

1032
00:40:16,707 --> 00:40:19,293
[ Door unlocks ]

1033
00:40:19,293 --> 00:40:22,922
We are cannibalizing
a generation of New Yorkers...

1034
00:40:22,922 --> 00:40:24,548
[ Door creaks open ]

1035
00:40:24,548 --> 00:40:26,258
...but this is happening
all over the country.

1036
00:40:26,258 --> 00:40:29,679
Low‐level, non‐violent crimes

1037
00:40:29,679 --> 00:40:34,684
that trigger disproportionate
mandatory minimum sentences.

1038
00:40:34,684 --> 00:40:37,812
And I'm part of the problem.

1039
00:40:37,812 --> 00:40:41,649
♪♪

1040
00:40:41,649 --> 00:40:44,902
I have not spoken out
against these sentences.

1041
00:40:44,902 --> 00:40:48,489
I've failed you,
I failed Julien Barley,

1042
00:40:48,489 --> 00:40:52,368
I've failed thousands of other
underrepresented people.

1043
00:40:52,368 --> 00:40:57,123
I have not done my duty
as a New Yorker,

1044
00:40:57,123 --> 00:41:01,002
as a black American,
as a father ‐‐

1045
00:41:01,002 --> 00:41:03,754
to protect people
who look like me,

1046
00:41:03,754 --> 00:41:06,215
walk the same streets as I do,

1047
00:41:06,215 --> 00:41:10,428
from laws that are not designed
to rehabilitate,

1048
00:41:10,428 --> 00:41:12,638
but to destroy.

1049
00:41:12,638 --> 00:41:14,390
♪♪

1050
00:41:14,390 --> 00:41:17,476
My hands are reluctantly
and unwillingly tied

1051
00:41:17,476 --> 00:41:18,894
in this situation.

1052
00:41:18,894 --> 00:41:22,148
♪♪

1053
00:41:22,148 --> 00:41:24,275
I have no choice

1054
00:41:24,275 --> 00:41:26,444
but to sentence you,
Mr. Puente,

1055
00:41:26,444 --> 00:41:29,405
to 10 years
in federal prison.

1056
00:41:29,405 --> 00:41:31,991
♪♪

1057
00:41:31,991 --> 00:41:33,367
I have no business

1058
00:41:33,367 --> 00:41:36,871
asking anything of you,
Mr. Puente,

1059
00:41:36,871 --> 00:41:39,790
but I would ask you to take
a long look at your family

1060
00:41:39,790 --> 00:41:42,418
on your way
out of this courtroom.

1061
00:41:42,418 --> 00:41:45,755
Lock that picture
in your head

1062
00:41:45,755 --> 00:41:47,715
and do not let go of it.

1063
00:41:47,715 --> 00:41:49,842
♪♪

1064
00:41:49,842 --> 00:41:51,135
Hold on to it.

1065
00:41:51,135 --> 00:41:52,678
♪♪

1066
00:41:52,678 --> 00:41:55,389
That is hope

1067
00:41:55,389 --> 00:41:57,266
when there's no hope left.

1068
00:41:57,266 --> 00:41:59,518
♪♪

1069
00:41:59,518 --> 00:42:00,895
Please...

1070
00:42:00,895 --> 00:42:05,191
do not let anyone
take that away from you.

1071
00:42:05,191 --> 00:42:11,238
♪♪

1072
00:42:11,238 --> 00:42:13,115
One last thing,
Mr. Puente.

1073
00:42:13,115 --> 00:42:14,825
♪♪

1074
00:42:14,825 --> 00:42:16,744
I'm so very sorry.

1075
00:42:24,627 --> 00:42:33,886
♪♪

1076
00:42:33,886 --> 00:42:43,479
♪♪

1077
00:42:43,479 --> 00:42:52,863
♪♪