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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 ]

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Roger and Delap just gave me
a new investigation.

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I'm incredibly happy
for you.

270
00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:03,880
Really?

271
00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,670
No. I don't care.

272
00:10:05,670 --> 00:10:06,880
It's a sensitive case,

273
00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:08,670
so I can't get
into the details --

274
00:10:08,670 --> 00:10:09,790
Perfect.

275
00:10:09,790 --> 00:10:10,880
If I can make this,

276
00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:12,290
I think I'll really be
on Delap's radar.

277
00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:16,120
You okay?

278
00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:17,460
I'm fine.

279
00:10:17,460 --> 00:10:19,000
Yeah?

280
00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,620
Yeah.

281
00:10:22,670 --> 00:10:25,710
I'm going to donor lunch
tomorrow with my mom.

282
00:10:25,710 --> 00:10:27,210
She always likes it
when I show my face,

283
00:10:27,210 --> 00:10:28,040
do a little
"grip-and-grin".

284
00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,420
If you're interested.

285
00:10:29,420 --> 00:10:31,460
I don't grip, I don't grin.
Zero interest.

286
00:10:32,380 --> 00:10:33,620
Yeah, you seem fine.

287
00:10:37,710 --> 00:10:39,670
Toby:
Thanks for having me in.
I'm your lawyer.

288
00:10:39,670 --> 00:10:40,670
Still.

289
00:10:40,670 --> 00:10:42,710
These are serious charges,
Toby.

290
00:10:42,710 --> 00:10:44,620
Well, then, I'm glad
I have a serious lawyer.

291
00:10:44,620 --> 00:10:45,580
Too serious, maybe?

292
00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:48,670
What is that?

293
00:10:48,670 --> 00:10:50,250
The judge specifically said

294
00:10:50,250 --> 00:10:52,170
no manufacturing, sale,
or consumption.

295
00:10:52,170 --> 00:10:53,670
This is a gift.

296
00:10:53,670 --> 00:10:56,120
Have you ever had
a 1982 Chateau Blanquefort?

297
00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:57,790
It's evidence.
Of God.

298
00:10:57,790 --> 00:10:59,460
It's transcendent.

299
00:10:59,460 --> 00:11:00,750
Lush and supple.

300
00:11:00,750 --> 00:11:02,880
Velvet on the tongue,
visceral.

301
00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,670
Like nothing you've ever
experienced in your life.

302
00:11:07,420 --> 00:11:09,000
The real stuff, anyway.

303
00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,210
This...is a fake.

304
00:11:11,210 --> 00:11:12,380
Here, have it.

305
00:11:12,380 --> 00:11:14,460
You'll never be able
to tell the difference.

306
00:11:14,460 --> 00:11:15,670
I can tell the difference.

307
00:11:15,670 --> 00:11:16,750
You can't.

308
00:11:16,750 --> 00:11:18,250
Most people can't.

309
00:11:18,250 --> 00:11:20,540
Most people have no idea
what they're drinking.

310
00:11:20,540 --> 00:11:22,580
If the label is attractive
and the price is high,

311
00:11:22,580 --> 00:11:23,670
it's good.

312
00:11:23,670 --> 00:11:25,710
If it's cheap
and unattractive,

313
00:11:25,710 --> 00:11:27,000
it's not good.

314
00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,420
You went to Yale,
right?

315
00:11:28,420 --> 00:11:30,620
Yes.
Same thing.

316
00:11:30,620 --> 00:11:32,040
I hear "Yale",

317
00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:33,620
I think
"you're a great lawyer."

318
00:11:33,620 --> 00:11:35,330
I don't hear "Yale",
then I wonder --

319
00:11:35,330 --> 00:11:36,330
what are you?

320
00:11:36,330 --> 00:11:37,750
I'm a great lawyer.

321
00:11:37,750 --> 00:11:39,330
Ah, I hope so.

322
00:11:39,330 --> 00:11:42,920
The point is,
I love wine.

323
00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,080
I dropped out of
community college
when I was 19.

324
00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,330
I worked for a year

325
00:11:46,330 --> 00:11:48,380
to save up money
to go to France,

326
00:11:48,380 --> 00:11:50,380
and the day I had
my first real Burgundy,

327
00:11:50,380 --> 00:11:52,460
I knew.

328
00:11:52,460 --> 00:11:54,330
This is what
I was meant to do.

329
00:11:54,330 --> 00:11:55,920
I loved everything
about it --

330
00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:57,920
the craft, the history.

331
00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,540
Started collecting.

332
00:11:59,540 --> 00:12:01,380
I was happy.

333
00:12:01,380 --> 00:12:02,540
And then one day,

334
00:12:02,540 --> 00:12:05,000
I accidentally bought
a fake bottle.

335
00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,830
It actually
broke my heart.

336
00:12:06,830 --> 00:12:09,290
I started to see it
all around me.

337
00:12:09,290 --> 00:12:10,420
The posers,

338
00:12:10,420 --> 00:12:12,460
people pretending
to care about wine

339
00:12:12,460 --> 00:12:15,210
when all they cared about
was the money, the status.

340
00:12:15,210 --> 00:12:17,500
Forgery was my revenge.

341
00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:20,210
You know,
if I hadn't slipped up

342
00:12:20,210 --> 00:12:21,670
and made
these little typos,

343
00:12:21,670 --> 00:12:23,120
nobody ever
would have known.

344
00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,710
♪♪

345
00:12:25,710 --> 00:12:28,500
Your watch --
it's a fake.

346
00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:31,670
This was a gift
from my parents.

347
00:12:31,670 --> 00:12:33,330
♪♪

348
00:12:33,330 --> 00:12:35,080
It's the thought
that counts.

349
00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,500
♪♪

350
00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:38,750
People need to know the truth
about Congressman Stoller.

351
00:12:38,750 --> 00:12:40,170
Sarah: The truth is,

352
00:12:40,170 --> 00:12:42,290
I wanted to leave my husband
and marry Phil.

353
00:12:42,290 --> 00:12:45,290
He begged me to wait
until after his reelection.

354
00:12:45,290 --> 00:12:47,790
He told me he would
leave his wife, too.

355
00:12:47,790 --> 00:12:49,460
That was four years ago.

356
00:12:49,460 --> 00:12:51,460
I let him string me along

357
00:12:51,460 --> 00:12:53,710
until he and my husband
settled on a price.

358
00:12:53,710 --> 00:12:55,830
Now I'm stuck
in this hotel room.

359
00:12:55,830 --> 00:12:57,460
No home to go back to.

360
00:12:57,460 --> 00:12:58,420
I can't go outside

361
00:12:58,420 --> 00:13:00,290
without the tabloids
chasing me.

362
00:13:00,290 --> 00:13:02,080
Your husband found out
about the affair

363
00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:03,460
on the morning
of the 14th?

364
00:13:03,460 --> 00:13:05,120
Yes.

365
00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,960
And he confronted Stoller
on the 15th.

366
00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:09,290
Two days later on the 17th,

367
00:13:09,290 --> 00:13:11,000
your husband's
printing company

368
00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,880
got a huge order
from the Stoller campaign --

369
00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:14,790
half a million dollars.

370
00:13:14,790 --> 00:13:17,580
Phil paid him off
to keep the affair quiet.

371
00:13:17,580 --> 00:13:19,380
That's certainly
what it looks like,

372
00:13:19,380 --> 00:13:20,580
but it's circumstantial.

373
00:13:20,580 --> 00:13:21,580
Except it's not.

374
00:13:21,580 --> 00:13:22,960
He told me.

375
00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,330
My husband said he was gonna
make Phil pay.

376
00:13:25,330 --> 00:13:27,920
He said that?
More than once.

377
00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:29,670
And Phil called me and said
he was gonna pay.

378
00:13:29,670 --> 00:13:31,290
Do you have
any e-mails or texts

379
00:13:31,290 --> 00:13:33,460
or any written communication
about any of this?

380
00:13:33,460 --> 00:13:34,500
No.

381
00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:37,540
But you have me.

382
00:13:37,540 --> 00:13:39,960
♪♪

383
00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:41,250
Mr. Oliver.

384
00:13:41,250 --> 00:13:42,380
Has the government
had an opportunity

385
00:13:42,380 --> 00:13:44,120
to reconsider
its position?

386
00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,380
Seth: Yes, Your Honor.

387
00:13:45,380 --> 00:13:47,500
The government's position
is unchanged.

388
00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:49,460
Tell Roger Gunn

389
00:13:49,460 --> 00:13:51,000
I want to see him
in my chambers.

390
00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,580
I've spoken to Mr. Gunn

391
00:13:52,580 --> 00:13:54,750
and advised him of
the circumstances, Your Honor.

392
00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:56,540
I'm here.

393
00:13:56,540 --> 00:13:58,830
I represent
the United States Government.

394
00:13:58,830 --> 00:14:01,250
Mr. Oliver.

395
00:14:01,250 --> 00:14:02,920
Please approach.

396
00:14:11,290 --> 00:14:13,580
Did you represent
the United States Government

397
00:14:13,580 --> 00:14:15,000
in the Locarno matter

398
00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,120
when you added charges
to the superseding indictment

399
00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,290
for the sole purpose of
pressuring Ms. Locarno

400
00:14:20,290 --> 00:14:21,540
into a plea deal

401
00:14:21,540 --> 00:14:25,170
in violation of the
US Attorney Manual 9-27.300?

402
00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:28,750
I want to talk about
Rodrigo Puente.

403
00:14:28,750 --> 00:14:30,750
I know why we're here.
He's facing 10 years.

404
00:14:30,750 --> 00:14:32,170
I didn't write the law.

405
00:14:32,170 --> 00:14:33,880
If he had
seven grams less --
He didn't.

406
00:14:36,330 --> 00:14:39,670
I'm just trying
to talk with you.

407
00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:41,210
That's what this is,
a talk?

408
00:14:41,210 --> 00:14:43,040
Without defense counsel,
without a court reporter?

409
00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,210
I don't like
this kind of talk.

410
00:14:46,210 --> 00:14:48,290
What are you doing, Judge?

411
00:14:48,290 --> 00:14:51,080
I'm trying to do
the right thing.

412
00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:55,040
"I don't care about
what you believe.

413
00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,040
Win the damn case!"

414
00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,580
That's what you taught me
when you had my job

415
00:14:59,580 --> 00:15:00,830
and I was Seth Oliver.

416
00:15:00,830 --> 00:15:02,920
I was wrong.

417
00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:04,920
No, you were right.

418
00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:06,500
You were tough.

419
00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:08,580
You believed that if we got
emotional about every case,

420
00:15:08,580 --> 00:15:10,330
we couldn't do our job
and that our job is important.

421
00:15:10,330 --> 00:15:12,250
You said
drugs had victims

422
00:15:12,250 --> 00:15:14,420
and we cared
about those victims.

423
00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:17,710
You were right.

424
00:15:17,710 --> 00:15:19,380
♪♪

425
00:15:19,380 --> 00:15:21,920
I'm not letting this go.

426
00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,830
Then Rodrigo Puente

427
00:15:24,830 --> 00:15:27,580
isn't the only person
who's gonna suffer here.

428
00:15:27,580 --> 00:15:33,500
♪♪

429
00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,040
Melora: [ Chuckles]
Well, that's a hell of
a question, Steve,

430
00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,960
how the Senate will handle
banking reform.

431
00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,170
And you want me
to answer that

432
00:15:46,170 --> 00:15:49,170
with all these bankers
standing 10 feet away?

433
00:15:49,170 --> 00:15:50,620
[ Laughter ]
Thanks a lot!

434
00:15:50,620 --> 00:15:52,540
♪♪

435
00:15:52,540 --> 00:15:54,750
Fortunately,
I get to change the subject

436
00:15:54,750 --> 00:15:56,960
and introduce
my eldest son, Leonard,

437
00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:58,830
who thinks
I didn't see him slip in.

438
00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:01,330
Melora: Jim Orsua
at Hartmann-Carlyle?

439
00:16:01,330 --> 00:16:02,290
Yes.
You talked to him?

440
00:16:02,290 --> 00:16:03,420
Yes.
He introduced himself.

441
00:16:03,420 --> 00:16:05,210
He went to Harvard, too.

442
00:16:05,210 --> 00:16:07,170
So did everyone
in that room.

443
00:16:07,170 --> 00:16:08,920
Charlie Phillips
at Rincon.

444
00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,210
Darren Caner
from Rock River Equity.

445
00:16:11,210 --> 00:16:12,500
Steve Hewes
at Vonner Capital.

446
00:16:12,500 --> 00:16:13,790
They've all been
good supporters.

447
00:16:13,790 --> 00:16:15,670
I talked to them all.

448
00:16:15,670 --> 00:16:17,170
I need to get back.

449
00:16:17,170 --> 00:16:19,710
To your investigation
of Congressman Stoller?

450
00:16:20,830 --> 00:16:23,080
When were you
gonna tell me?

451
00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,830
You're interviewing
his campaign staff.

452
00:16:25,830 --> 00:16:27,710
It's all over Washington.

453
00:16:27,710 --> 00:16:30,120
I don't have ravens
watching you.

454
00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:31,620
I can't talk about
Congressman Stoller.

455
00:16:31,620 --> 00:16:33,250
I don't want to talk
about the Congressman.

456
00:16:33,250 --> 00:16:34,790
I want to talk about you.

457
00:16:34,790 --> 00:16:37,620
This isn't good for you.

458
00:16:37,620 --> 00:16:39,460
It could be. If I win.

459
00:16:39,460 --> 00:16:40,620
And if you don't?

460
00:16:40,620 --> 00:16:42,080
When was the last time
I didn't win?

461
00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,380
When you were a 1L.

462
00:16:43,380 --> 00:16:44,830
I won the Hotchkiss prize.

463
00:16:44,830 --> 00:16:46,170
Second semester,
not the first.

464
00:16:46,170 --> 00:16:48,380
I don't care about Stoller.

465
00:16:48,380 --> 00:16:52,540
And I would never interfere
with a federal investigation.

466
00:16:52,540 --> 00:16:56,120
All I'm saying
is that you need to be careful.

467
00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:57,880
And I'm saying this
as your mom.

468
00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:59,500
I know you are.

469
00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:01,710
And I appreciate it.

470
00:17:01,710 --> 00:17:02,920
But I got this.

471
00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:12,290
[ Soft piano music plays ]

472
00:17:12,290 --> 00:17:13,960
Just the two of us?
Judge Byrne: Yes.

473
00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:15,500
Are you sure?

474
00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:17,120
Yes.

475
00:17:20,580 --> 00:17:23,040
Puente needs to trade up.

476
00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:24,330
If he can give
the government something --

477
00:17:24,330 --> 00:17:25,960
You don't think I know this?
I know this.

478
00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:27,920
This is what I do.

479
00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,790
This is what I did with you
many times.

480
00:17:30,790 --> 00:17:33,000
He doesn't have anything
to trade, Judge.

481
00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,920
He has to find someone.

482
00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,670
Well,
he can't make someone up.

483
00:17:37,670 --> 00:17:39,920
He doesn't deserve this.

484
00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,330
Neither did Jordan Ahmed.

485
00:17:43,330 --> 00:17:45,080
Or Michael Frontiere.

486
00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,580
Or Merced Jimenez,
and that was just last week.

487
00:17:47,580 --> 00:17:50,670
We defend people like
Rodrigo Puente every day,

488
00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:53,880
and every day,
they don't deserve this.

489
00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,080
Today is different.

490
00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:58,750
The only thing
different about today is you.

491
00:17:58,750 --> 00:17:59,790
[ Scoffs ]

492
00:17:59,790 --> 00:18:01,540
You've imposed this sentence

493
00:18:01,540 --> 00:18:04,380
more times
than I can remember.

494
00:18:04,380 --> 00:18:07,670
When you went to the bench,
I wasn't optimistic.

495
00:18:07,670 --> 00:18:09,880
I'm speaking frankly,
just the two of us.

496
00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,620
But you've surprised me --

497
00:18:11,620 --> 00:18:13,500
your compassion,
your mercy.

498
00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:17,290
You've also had
blind spots,

499
00:18:17,290 --> 00:18:19,040
and this was
one of them.

500
00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:25,380
♪♪

501
00:18:25,380 --> 00:18:28,710
This is a good thing,

502
00:18:28,710 --> 00:18:30,580
whatever's happening
to you.

503
00:18:30,580 --> 00:18:37,000
♪♪

504
00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:43,710
♪♪

505
00:18:43,710 --> 00:18:45,880
Sandra: "Stainless steel",
blah, blah, blah.

506
00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:47,000
Something about Geneva.

507
00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,920
Okay, here it is --

508
00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,460
each watch has
a unique serial number

509
00:18:50,460 --> 00:18:51,500
engraved on the back.

510
00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:53,210
"H" followed by
six numbers.

511
00:18:54,420 --> 00:18:56,380
Toby's right.
It's a fake.

512
00:18:56,380 --> 00:18:58,000
Mm.

513
00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,670
Do you have any idea
how much my parents
paid for this?

514
00:18:59,670 --> 00:19:01,170
Don't think about it.

515
00:19:01,170 --> 00:19:03,290
Have more fake wine.
[ Sighs ]

516
00:19:04,580 --> 00:19:05,880
Mmm. Ah!

517
00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:09,040
I really can't tell
the difference.

518
00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,040
This guy is good.

519
00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:12,000
Looking.

520
00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,380
That too.

521
00:19:13,380 --> 00:19:15,460
How is it that
your first time on duty,

522
00:19:15,460 --> 00:19:17,170
you get him?

523
00:19:17,170 --> 00:19:18,460
Great packaging,
I confess,

524
00:19:18,460 --> 00:19:21,920
but this is
a hard case inside.

525
00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:22,710
He made fake wine.

526
00:19:22,710 --> 00:19:23,960
They found a lab.

527
00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:25,920
None of this
is really in question.

528
00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:27,880
I should probably
get rid of this, huh?
Why?

529
00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,710
Because it doesn't have
an authentic serial number?

530
00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:30,750
Who cares?

531
00:19:30,750 --> 00:19:32,250
You love that watch.

532
00:19:32,250 --> 00:19:34,250
And it works.

533
00:19:34,250 --> 00:19:35,420
Does it work?

534
00:19:35,420 --> 00:19:37,330
Or do you think
that's why you get in late?

535
00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:39,540
It bothers me
it isn't real.

536
00:19:39,540 --> 00:19:42,250
Are we really just going to
give up on that idea?

537
00:19:42,250 --> 00:19:44,210
That there
is something important

538
00:19:44,210 --> 00:19:46,670
about quality
and authenticity?

539
00:19:46,670 --> 00:19:48,330
Am I really
supposed to believe

540
00:19:48,330 --> 00:19:50,000
that what's on the inside
doesn't count?

541
00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:51,920
Toby believes that.

542
00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:53,460
He didn't always.

543
00:19:55,290 --> 00:19:57,500
He didn't always
believe that.

544
00:19:57,500 --> 00:19:58,290
That's it.

545
00:20:00,210 --> 00:20:07,040
♪♪

546
00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:13,920
♪♪

547
00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,290
[ Keyboard clacking ]

548
00:20:16,290 --> 00:20:22,170
♪♪

549
00:20:22,170 --> 00:20:28,290
♪♪

550
00:20:28,290 --> 00:20:30,330
Leonard: Let's talk about
Vonner Capital.

551
00:20:30,330 --> 00:20:31,750
You know I have
a tight schedule.

552
00:20:31,750 --> 00:20:32,830
What's this all about?

553
00:20:32,830 --> 00:20:34,210
Vonner Capital's
where Phil Stoller went

554
00:20:34,210 --> 00:20:36,080
for the money to pay off
his mistress' husband.

555
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:37,710
The top three executives
of Vonner Capital

556
00:20:37,710 --> 00:20:39,500
are all huge donors
of yours, too.

557
00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:41,620
I wasn't aware of that.
I think you were.

558
00:20:41,620 --> 00:20:43,380
I think that's why
you wanted me off this case.

559
00:20:43,380 --> 00:20:45,250
If Vonner Capital
gets implicated

560
00:20:45,250 --> 00:20:47,330
in a federal
criminal investigation,

561
00:20:47,330 --> 00:20:48,880
you're linked
to tainted donors,

562
00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,540
forced to return millions
in contributions.

563
00:20:50,540 --> 00:20:52,620
Your own fundraising
goes under the microscope.

564
00:20:52,620 --> 00:20:54,750
If I was so worried
this investigation
would tarnish me,

565
00:20:54,750 --> 00:20:56,620
don't you think
I'd ask you to drop it

566
00:20:56,620 --> 00:20:58,830
instead of dropping
off of it?
You're too smart.

567
00:20:58,830 --> 00:21:00,420
That'd be obstruction.

568
00:21:00,420 --> 00:21:03,120
My career does not depend
on one donor.

569
00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:06,000
Your career depends on
putting yourself first.

570
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,380
Ahead of your own son.

571
00:21:09,670 --> 00:21:11,330
How can you even
think that?

572
00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,210
First campaign
you ever ran,

573
00:21:14,210 --> 00:21:15,420
how many TV ads
did you stick me in?

574
00:21:15,420 --> 00:21:16,880
Four?

575
00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:18,250
I was a prop to you.

576
00:21:18,250 --> 00:21:19,420
I still am.

577
00:21:19,420 --> 00:21:20,580
You begged
to be in those ads.

578
00:21:20,580 --> 00:21:22,210
I was 10,

579
00:21:22,210 --> 00:21:25,170
and maybe I just wanted
to be with my mom.

580
00:21:25,170 --> 00:21:27,170
It's not my career, Leonard.
It's ours.

581
00:21:27,170 --> 00:21:29,500
In fact,
yours more than mine.

582
00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:31,960
And you're gonna go
a lot farther than I have.

583
00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,250
You're gonna go
all the way.

584
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:38,040
Jay: If we can give
the government

585
00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:39,120
someone higher up --
anyone --

586
00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:40,500
it might help.

587
00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:41,920
I don't know anybody.

588
00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,580
The person
you got the package from.

589
00:21:43,580 --> 00:21:44,880
A.P.

590
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,040
A.P.?

591
00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,250
He made less on this
than I did.

592
00:21:48,250 --> 00:21:49,620
Is there anybody else?

593
00:21:49,620 --> 00:21:50,880
I'm not in the game.

594
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,290
It was just...easy money.

595
00:21:54,290 --> 00:21:57,670
This judge,
he's all right, right?

596
00:21:59,420 --> 00:22:01,500
He doesn't want
to sentence you to 10 years,

597
00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:02,830
but if you don't --
[ Scoffs ] 10 years.

598
00:22:02,830 --> 00:22:04,830
10 years?

599
00:22:04,830 --> 00:22:09,170
♪♪

600
00:22:09,170 --> 00:22:13,670
My son,
he's six months old.

601
00:22:13,670 --> 00:22:15,210
He's doing that thing
where he --

602
00:22:15,210 --> 00:22:16,790
he pulls himself up.

603
00:22:16,790 --> 00:22:19,000
He's so proud,
he's standing,

604
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,580
and then boom,
he's flat, you know?

605
00:22:22,580 --> 00:22:25,960
♪♪

606
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,620
Like where the hell did
that floor come from?

607
00:22:35,250 --> 00:22:36,710
Seth: How long have
you been with the DEA,
Agent Manello?

608
00:22:36,710 --> 00:22:38,380
11 years, 10 months.

609
00:22:38,380 --> 00:22:40,380
Based on your training
and experience, Agent Manello,

610
00:22:40,380 --> 00:22:41,670
do you have an opinion

611
00:22:41,670 --> 00:22:44,420
as to whether drug organizations
ever use couriers

612
00:22:44,420 --> 00:22:46,170
who are unaware of what
they're transporting?

613
00:22:46,170 --> 00:22:48,620
I've never seen that, sir.

614
00:22:48,620 --> 00:22:49,790
Agent Manello, you weren't
the arresting agent

615
00:22:49,790 --> 00:22:51,460
in this case, correct?
That's correct.

616
00:22:51,460 --> 00:22:53,290
And you have no previous history
with Mr. Puente?

617
00:22:53,290 --> 00:22:54,750
Correct.

618
00:22:54,750 --> 00:22:55,830
So is it fair to say

619
00:22:55,830 --> 00:22:57,670
that you have
no personal knowledge

620
00:22:57,670 --> 00:22:59,460
as to whether
Mr. Puente was aware

621
00:22:59,460 --> 00:23:01,120
that the package
he was carrying

622
00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:02,750
contained
methamphetamines?

623
00:23:02,750 --> 00:23:04,460
I can only testify
to my experience.

624
00:23:04,460 --> 00:23:05,620
And in my experience,

625
00:23:05,620 --> 00:23:07,830
drug couriers always know
what they are carrying

626
00:23:07,830 --> 00:23:09,670
and when detained,
always claim not to.

627
00:23:09,670 --> 00:23:12,830
But isn't it possible
that Mr. Puente thought --

628
00:23:12,830 --> 00:23:14,170
You ever order take-out?

629
00:23:15,420 --> 00:23:16,790
Yes, Your Honor.

630
00:23:16,790 --> 00:23:17,830
Ever pick up
at the restaurant?

631
00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:19,380
Bag is stapled.

632
00:23:19,380 --> 00:23:20,750
You grab it, walk away,
don't look in the bag.

633
00:23:22,540 --> 00:23:24,120
I suppose I have,
Your Honor.

634
00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:26,120
Now let's say you get stopped
on your walk home.

635
00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:27,500
Police look in the bag.

636
00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:29,790
Find out every carton
in your take-out

637
00:23:29,790 --> 00:23:30,880
is packed with cocaine.

638
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:32,290
What would you say?

639
00:23:32,290 --> 00:23:33,880
♪♪

640
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,040
I asked you a question.

641
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,080
I would say I didn't know
that was in there.

642
00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:38,420
So you'd agree
it's at least possible

643
00:23:38,420 --> 00:23:39,830
Mr. Puente was carrying
something

644
00:23:39,830 --> 00:23:41,290
he didn't know
the contents of, right?

645
00:23:41,290 --> 00:23:43,000
I can't say.

646
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,120
Well, you've done that.

647
00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:45,460
You just testified
you've done that, right?

648
00:23:45,460 --> 00:23:46,500
♪♪

649
00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:47,670
Answer the question,
Agent Manello.

650
00:23:47,670 --> 00:23:49,250
Objection.

651
00:23:49,250 --> 00:23:51,620
Yes or no.

652
00:23:51,620 --> 00:23:53,290
Objection.

653
00:23:53,290 --> 00:23:54,830
I'm entitled to ask questions
in my own courtroom.

654
00:23:54,830 --> 00:23:56,830
And I'm entitled
to object.

655
00:23:56,830 --> 00:23:57,960
This isn't gonna work.

656
00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,380
What you're doing --
it's never gonna work.

657
00:24:02,750 --> 00:24:03,750
You're right.

658
00:24:03,750 --> 00:24:04,540
It's not.

659
00:24:06,210 --> 00:24:09,000
I'm gonna instruct the jury
that if they convict Puente,

660
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,420
he faces a mandatory minimum

661
00:24:10,420 --> 00:24:12,080
of 10 years
in prison.
Judge --

662
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,080
You cannot tell the jury
about the potential sentence.

663
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,080
You cannot do that!

664
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,880
I can, and I'm going to.

665
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,790
That is a flagrant violation
of judicial conduct.

666
00:24:19,790 --> 00:24:22,960
Jill, this is wrong.

667
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,620
♪♪

668
00:24:26,620 --> 00:24:28,040
I have a client.

669
00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:29,670
I work for Rodrigo Puente.

670
00:24:29,670 --> 00:24:32,710
♪♪

671
00:24:32,710 --> 00:24:35,210
I'm going to instruct the jury
about the sentence.

672
00:24:35,210 --> 00:24:40,380
I'm not sentencing Mr. Puente
to 10 years in prison.

673
00:24:40,380 --> 00:24:44,170
♪♪

674
00:24:48,540 --> 00:24:50,120
Forget your past with him
for a second.

675
00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:51,580
This isn't about
my past with him.
He's a good judge.

676
00:24:51,580 --> 00:24:52,880
I don't agree with him a lot.
I don't.

677
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,000
But he's honorable.

678
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,290
If he's willing to try something
this extreme,

679
00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:56,290
don't you think there
might be something here

680
00:24:56,290 --> 00:24:57,250
worth taking
a minute to --

681
00:24:57,250 --> 00:24:59,620
There is nothing
I can do.

682
00:24:59,620 --> 00:25:01,710
You could drop
the quantity of drugs

683
00:25:01,710 --> 00:25:03,250
from the indictment.

684
00:25:03,250 --> 00:25:05,710
That gets him out from
the mandatory minimum.

685
00:25:05,710 --> 00:25:07,620
I don't want to get him out
from the mandatory minimum.

686
00:25:07,620 --> 00:25:09,000
You're working
from the wrong assumption.

687
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,210
This is the law.

688
00:25:10,210 --> 00:25:11,460
I'm trying to enforce
the law.

689
00:25:16,290 --> 00:25:18,620
The Congressman
places a massive order

690
00:25:18,620 --> 00:25:20,080
with a small, unproven,

691
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,080
never-used-before
printing company

692
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,830
owned by the husband of
the Congressman's mistress.

693
00:25:24,830 --> 00:25:26,460
Bring charges.

694
00:25:26,460 --> 00:25:27,750
♪♪

695
00:25:27,750 --> 00:25:30,250
Congressman places a substantial
but much-needed order

696
00:25:30,250 --> 00:25:31,790
with a legitimate
printing company

697
00:25:31,790 --> 00:25:33,250
in the last days
of an expensive

698
00:25:33,250 --> 00:25:34,750
and competitive
reelection campaign.

699
00:25:34,750 --> 00:25:36,620
Don't bring charges.

700
00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:38,420
The case relies entirely
on the testimony

701
00:25:38,420 --> 00:25:39,710
of a credible,
sympathetic witness

702
00:25:39,710 --> 00:25:41,120
with a consistent story

703
00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:43,290
and nothing
to materially gain by lying.

704
00:25:43,290 --> 00:25:45,040
Bring charges.

705
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,210
A case that relies
entirely

706
00:25:46,210 --> 00:25:47,460
on the uncorroborated
testimony

707
00:25:47,460 --> 00:25:48,880
of a self-righteously
angry witness

708
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,250
with a thirst for revenge.

709
00:25:50,250 --> 00:25:52,620
Don't bring charges.
[ Sighs ]

710
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:55,460
What's the score so far?

711
00:25:55,460 --> 00:25:57,420
It's a three-way tie
between "bring charges,"

712
00:25:57,420 --> 00:25:59,670
"don't bring charges,"
and "I shoot myself."

713
00:25:59,670 --> 00:26:01,380
Do you want to know
what my gut says?
No.

714
00:26:01,380 --> 00:26:03,040
My gut says this
a rare opportunity

715
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,540
to make a personal impression
on the United States Attorney

716
00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:07,420
and the chance of that
happening again anytime soon

717
00:26:07,420 --> 00:26:08,670
is slim to nada.

718
00:26:08,670 --> 00:26:09,960
Don't do that.

719
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,380
Mix English and Spanish
in the same sentence.

720
00:26:11,380 --> 00:26:12,420
It's --
Awesome?

721
00:26:12,420 --> 00:26:13,170
Terrible.

722
00:26:13,170 --> 00:26:14,960
Look, there is evidence

723
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,580
and strong arguments
on both sides.

724
00:26:16,580 --> 00:26:18,170
There's
no right answer here.

725
00:26:18,170 --> 00:26:19,500
You just
have to make a call.

726
00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:20,790
Can you grab me
that binder?

727
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:31,830
You gave up on
what you cared about.

728
00:26:31,830 --> 00:26:33,750
You love wine,

729
00:26:33,750 --> 00:26:35,040
but you're helping
to destroy it

730
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:36,420
in the name of revenge.

731
00:26:36,420 --> 00:26:38,330
Don't do that.

732
00:26:38,330 --> 00:26:40,330
If there is rampant fraud
in the industry,

733
00:26:40,330 --> 00:26:42,580
why are you
making it worse?

734
00:26:42,580 --> 00:26:43,880
Why not try to stop it?

735
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,920
This is my defense?

736
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,290
Actually, it is.

737
00:26:48,290 --> 00:26:53,790
♪♪

738
00:26:53,790 --> 00:26:59,460
♪♪

739
00:26:59,460 --> 00:27:01,880
1984 Garmeaux et Fournier.

740
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,620
Correct.

741
00:27:03,620 --> 00:27:08,210
♪♪

742
00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:09,420
Hmm.

743
00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:11,330
2005 Domaine Greuze
Bourgogne.

744
00:27:11,330 --> 00:27:18,080
♪♪

745
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:24,830
♪♪

746
00:27:24,830 --> 00:27:27,330
This one isn't here.

747
00:27:27,330 --> 00:27:29,120
It's probably
claiming to be

748
00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:31,580
that bottle
of 1997 Domaine Sagnier,

749
00:27:31,580 --> 00:27:33,460
which is a blend of pinot noir
and chardonnay,

750
00:27:33,460 --> 00:27:35,250
but it's actually
a mix of...

751
00:27:35,250 --> 00:27:36,290
♪♪

752
00:27:36,290 --> 00:27:37,960
...Gamay...

753
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,380
Pinot gris.

754
00:27:39,380 --> 00:27:42,710
♪♪

755
00:27:42,710 --> 00:27:44,580
That is correct.

756
00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:47,080
Here's the deal.

757
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,670
You can continue
with this case

758
00:27:48,670 --> 00:27:50,330
against a small player
like Toby,

759
00:27:50,330 --> 00:27:52,040
who got into this forgery
for noble,

760
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,420
albeit misguided reasons,

761
00:27:54,420 --> 00:27:57,500
or you can retain
the exclusive services

762
00:27:57,500 --> 00:27:59,880
of one of the most
distinguished palates
in the world

763
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,250
to help you in the detection
and prosecution

764
00:28:02,250 --> 00:28:04,620
of systematic,
large-scale wine fraud --

765
00:28:04,620 --> 00:28:07,710
the kind of fraud that you
actually really care about.

766
00:28:07,710 --> 00:28:14,250
♪♪

767
00:28:14,250 --> 00:28:17,080
I really want
to take you to France.

768
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,880
♪♪

769
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,620
[ Horn honks ]

770
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:28,460
Go ahead.

771
00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:31,460
I believe that
Congressman Stoller

772
00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:32,960
misappropriated
campaign funds

773
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:34,960
for the purposes of concealing
the affair he was having.

774
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,000
File the case.

775
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,420
But I don't believe
I can prove it.

776
00:28:40,420 --> 00:28:42,040
I can walk you
through my rationale.

777
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,120
If there's no case,
there's no case.

778
00:28:46,330 --> 00:28:48,710
Walking out of my office now
would be just fine.

779
00:28:48,710 --> 00:28:50,380
Thank you, Mr. Fox.

780
00:28:50,380 --> 00:28:53,580
Knox.

781
00:28:53,580 --> 00:28:55,000
Mr. Knox.

782
00:28:55,000 --> 00:29:02,210
♪♪

783
00:29:02,210 --> 00:29:05,040
Doesn't sound like
the Nick Byrne I know.

784
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:06,120
He used to be a judge.

785
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,710
Roger: People change.

786
00:29:07,710 --> 00:29:09,460
File an emergency
Writ of Mandamus

787
00:29:09,460 --> 00:29:10,790
in the 2nd Circuit.

788
00:29:10,790 --> 00:29:13,250
That'll prevent Byrne from
giving the jury instruction.

789
00:29:13,250 --> 00:29:16,750
If he ignores that,
he's finished as a judge.

790
00:29:16,750 --> 00:29:18,830
We can file
a superseding indictment

791
00:29:18,830 --> 00:29:20,580
without any quantity
of drugs.

792
00:29:20,580 --> 00:29:22,790
That would give
the judge the flexibility

793
00:29:22,790 --> 00:29:24,540
to avoid
the mandatory minimum.

794
00:29:24,540 --> 00:29:26,170
We don't do that.

795
00:29:26,170 --> 00:29:28,290
This is an exceptional
circumstance.

796
00:29:30,170 --> 00:29:31,330
Why?

797
00:29:31,330 --> 00:29:33,790
This defendant has no priors
with jail time.

798
00:29:33,790 --> 00:29:35,330
That doesn't sound
exceptional.

799
00:29:35,330 --> 00:29:37,120
That sounds like
what the law contemplates.

800
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:38,750
Have you gone soft,
Roger?

801
00:29:38,750 --> 00:29:40,500
File the Writ.

802
00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:47,210
♪♪

803
00:29:47,210 --> 00:29:48,710
File the Writ.

804
00:29:48,710 --> 00:29:54,330
♪♪

805
00:29:54,330 --> 00:29:55,790
Yes, sir.

806
00:29:55,790 --> 00:29:59,670
♪♪

807
00:29:59,670 --> 00:30:01,790
[ Chuckles ]

808
00:30:01,790 --> 00:30:03,790
Young and ruthless.

809
00:30:03,790 --> 00:30:05,500
Remember that?

810
00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:07,500
♪♪

811
00:30:11,380 --> 00:30:17,500
♪♪

812
00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:19,000
You shouldn't have
done that.

813
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,250
I was given an order.

814
00:30:20,250 --> 00:30:21,750
You can question an order.

815
00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:23,040
You have
an ethical obligation

816
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:24,580
to question an order
you don't believe in.

817
00:30:24,580 --> 00:30:26,540
[ Chuckles ]

818
00:30:26,540 --> 00:30:29,330
"You're prosecuting the case
because I told you to.

819
00:30:29,330 --> 00:30:30,460
I told you
to prosecute the case

820
00:30:30,460 --> 00:30:32,330
because she broke the law."

821
00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:34,750
That's what you said last time
I questioned an order...

822
00:30:34,750 --> 00:30:35,960
of yours.

823
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,460
Maybe I was wrong.

824
00:30:38,460 --> 00:30:40,380
I don't think you were.

825
00:30:42,830 --> 00:30:44,080
I filed the Writ.

826
00:30:50,620 --> 00:30:52,290
No charges.
Okay, then.

827
00:30:56,710 --> 00:30:58,420
I think I made
the right decision.

828
00:30:58,420 --> 00:31:00,420
I'm worried my mom
got into my head.

829
00:31:00,420 --> 00:31:02,670
Your mommy is in your head
and you're in my office.

830
00:31:02,670 --> 00:31:04,170
Everyone is suffering.

831
00:31:04,170 --> 00:31:05,920
Are you jealous?

832
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,170
Of what?
Me.

833
00:31:08,170 --> 00:31:09,330
Why would I
be jealous of you?

834
00:31:09,330 --> 00:31:10,830
'Cause I got
the high-profile case

835
00:31:10,830 --> 00:31:11,790
and you didn't.

836
00:31:11,790 --> 00:31:12,790
You mean the secret
investigation

837
00:31:12,790 --> 00:31:13,790
that turned into nothing?

838
00:31:13,790 --> 00:31:14,920
No. Not jealous.

839
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,080
I'd understand
if you were.

840
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:18,040
What do you want
from me?

841
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:19,210
You want me
to drop everything

842
00:31:19,210 --> 00:31:20,250
to make you
feel important?

843
00:31:20,250 --> 00:31:21,170
You need to find
somebody else

844
00:31:21,170 --> 00:31:23,080
to babysit
your self-esteem.

845
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,460
I don't want that job.

846
00:31:24,460 --> 00:31:25,880
You're so judgmental.

847
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,250
Is that supposed to be
an insult?

848
00:31:27,250 --> 00:31:28,120
I can do better.

849
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:29,170
Unlikely.

850
00:31:29,170 --> 00:31:30,540
You're cold.

851
00:31:30,540 --> 00:31:31,540
Ouchy.

852
00:31:31,540 --> 00:31:33,670
You're self-righteous.
You're rigid.

853
00:31:33,670 --> 00:31:35,830
You're boring,
predictable, bland,

854
00:31:35,830 --> 00:31:38,580
callow, shallow, pretentious,
sententious, whiny.

855
00:31:38,580 --> 00:31:40,880
These are insults.

856
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,920
I want you
to leave my office.

857
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:44,210
Would it work?
Would what work?

858
00:31:44,210 --> 00:31:45,170
Us.

859
00:31:46,250 --> 00:31:47,500
Would we work?

860
00:31:49,380 --> 00:31:51,210
You asked me out for a drink
and I said no.

861
00:31:51,210 --> 00:31:55,210
Because I worried about
what would happen to us.

862
00:31:57,540 --> 00:31:59,120
Would it work?

863
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,290
It was just a drink.

864
00:32:08,290 --> 00:32:11,460
I'm sorry if I gave you
the wrong impression.

865
00:32:14,710 --> 00:32:15,790
Nothing to be sorry about.

866
00:32:15,790 --> 00:32:17,170
Leonard?

867
00:32:19,170 --> 00:32:23,380
I scored it 7-6
in favor of "no charges."

868
00:32:23,380 --> 00:32:26,080
You did the right thing.

869
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,210
Thanks for keeping score.

870
00:32:39,830 --> 00:32:41,080
[ Horns honk ]

871
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:42,830
[ Elevator dings ]

872
00:32:42,830 --> 00:32:43,960
Who delivers the Writ?

873
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:45,380
Tina?

874
00:32:45,380 --> 00:32:46,380
I think so.

875
00:32:46,380 --> 00:32:47,960
I don't know.

876
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,040
This is weird.

877
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:50,460
Yes.

878
00:32:50,460 --> 00:32:52,080
Like, not in that way
where we don't know anything

879
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:53,330
and we think
everything is weird.

880
00:32:53,330 --> 00:32:55,080
This is actually weird.

881
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,580
That way. Yes.

882
00:32:57,670 --> 00:32:59,380
When Byrne
started 30 years ago,

883
00:32:59,380 --> 00:33:00,920
he probably walked in here
every day.

884
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,880
feeling righteous,

885
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,960
waking up,
wanting to do the right thing,

886
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:08,830
putting the bad guys
in jail.

887
00:33:08,830 --> 00:33:11,500
I'm sure it's intoxicating,
in theory.

888
00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:12,500
But it never ends.

889
00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:14,500
There's always
another bad guy,

890
00:33:14,500 --> 00:33:16,670
and sometimes the bad guys
aren't that bad.

891
00:33:16,670 --> 00:33:19,500
It must break you
a little every day.

892
00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:20,500
Not you --
I don't mean you.

893
00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:21,750
Just...

894
00:33:21,750 --> 00:33:22,920
[ Sighs ]

895
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,210
...the idealism...

896
00:33:25,210 --> 00:33:26,290
the belief in the law

897
00:33:26,290 --> 00:33:28,500
and all that's right
and beautiful about it.

898
00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:30,040
♪♪

899
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,250
Maybe it's hard to sustain.

900
00:33:32,250 --> 00:33:35,120
And then someone
makes you a judge,

901
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,920
and now --
now you have the power

902
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:39,500
because you decide.

903
00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:42,750
But you don't, not really.
Not all the time.

904
00:33:42,750 --> 00:33:44,040
At what point
does some clerk

905
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,750
find you in your chambers
rending your garments

906
00:33:45,750 --> 00:33:47,290
and carving "no hope"
into your chest

907
00:33:47,290 --> 00:33:48,620
with a picture of your dog
looking over you?

908
00:33:48,620 --> 00:33:49,750
Dude.

909
00:33:49,750 --> 00:33:51,000
Yep. Sorry.

910
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,460
[ Sighs ]
Just talking.

911
00:33:53,460 --> 00:34:03,500
♪♪

912
00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:06,710
I don't think Byrne's
lost his idealism.

913
00:34:06,710 --> 00:34:08,420
I don't think
he'd be doing this if he did.

914
00:34:08,420 --> 00:34:10,170
I think that's
what this is about.

915
00:34:10,170 --> 00:34:11,500
It's real.

916
00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:14,120
That righteous feeling
you wake up with ever day.

917
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,750
I wake up with it.

918
00:34:15,750 --> 00:34:17,250
So do you.

919
00:34:17,250 --> 00:34:20,420
♪♪

920
00:34:20,420 --> 00:34:22,790
The Second Circuit
granted the Writ.

921
00:34:24,830 --> 00:34:26,880
You can't issue those
instructions to the jury,

922
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:27,830
which means --

923
00:34:27,830 --> 00:34:29,210
I know what it means.

924
00:34:32,710 --> 00:34:34,880
[ Sighs ]

925
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,330
It's time for me
to step down.

926
00:34:36,330 --> 00:34:38,380
Then you don't know
what that means.

927
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:42,420
This all has to end
somewhere.

928
00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:45,620
Julien Barley is dead.

929
00:34:45,620 --> 00:34:47,830
♪♪

930
00:34:47,830 --> 00:34:49,960
That is a fact.

931
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,500
It is a cold, sad fact,

932
00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:55,710
but a fact nonetheless.

933
00:34:55,710 --> 00:34:58,170
I looked it up.

934
00:34:58,170 --> 00:35:00,790
You sentenced
Julien Barley.

935
00:35:00,790 --> 00:35:03,790
A cold, sad fact.

936
00:35:03,790 --> 00:35:08,790
And nothing you're doing
is gonna bring him back.

937
00:35:08,790 --> 00:35:11,120
♪♪

938
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:12,710
I don't normally lecture
grown men

939
00:35:12,710 --> 00:35:14,500
because they're stupid
and they don't listen,

940
00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:16,080
but you need to hear this.

941
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,880
You are rare.

942
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,330
You are good.

943
00:35:22,330 --> 00:35:23,960
You're not
the world's greatest judge,

944
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,000
but you're better
than most.

945
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,040
You are fair.

946
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:31,540
You are a black man.

947
00:35:31,540 --> 00:35:35,380
You keep hot sauce
in your drawer.

948
00:35:35,380 --> 00:35:38,170
You do more
staying on the bench

949
00:35:38,170 --> 00:35:40,210
than nailing yourself
to this cross.

950
00:35:40,210 --> 00:35:45,830
♪♪

951
00:35:45,830 --> 00:35:47,710
That's it.

952
00:35:47,710 --> 00:35:48,830
I'm done.

953
00:35:48,830 --> 00:35:49,880
You're a grown man.

954
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:50,670
The choice is yours.

955
00:35:56,580 --> 00:36:00,670
Just let me know if, uh...
I got to get my own.

956
00:36:00,670 --> 00:36:07,960
♪♪

957
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,000
♪ Darling ♪

958
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,500
♪ There's something
that you don't know ♪

959
00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:20,120
♪ I said some things before ♪

960
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,580
♪ Not so sure anymore ♪

961
00:36:23,580 --> 00:36:25,080
♪ I lose ♪

962
00:36:26,420 --> 00:36:32,250
♪ Give me something
that you can't choose ♪

963
00:36:32,250 --> 00:36:34,790
♪ We've been lost
in this show ♪

964
00:36:34,790 --> 00:36:40,380
♪ We've mistaken the foe ♪

965
00:36:40,380 --> 00:36:45,750
♪ Give me something
my heart can choose ♪

966
00:36:45,750 --> 00:36:49,250
♪ Guess you stole the unknown ♪

967
00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:51,670
♪ Brought me something I know ♪

968
00:36:51,670 --> 00:36:52,790
♪ Didn't you ♪

969
00:36:54,250 --> 00:36:59,250
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪

970
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:07,000
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪

971
00:37:08,500 --> 00:37:13,460
♪ Is it the meaning of love ♪

972
00:37:15,750 --> 00:37:20,620
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪

973
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:27,580
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪

974
00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:31,790
♪ Please me ♪

975
00:37:31,790 --> 00:37:34,500
♪ I don't need all your fears,
there's ♪

976
00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:39,290
♪ Something you lose ♪

977
00:37:39,290 --> 00:37:41,170
♪ When we love ♪

978
00:37:43,790 --> 00:37:46,250
♪ Please me ♪

979
00:37:46,250 --> 00:37:49,170
♪ Heal my wound again ♪

980
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:56,330
♪ Give me something
that you can't choose ♪

981
00:37:56,330 --> 00:37:59,790
♪ Maybe higher we'll grow ♪

982
00:37:59,790 --> 00:38:02,250
♪ We'll disappear
in a blow ♪

983
00:38:02,250 --> 00:38:03,170
Theresa: All rise!

984
00:38:05,580 --> 00:38:08,040
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪
The honorable
Judge Nicholas Byrne presiding.

985
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:12,170
♪♪

986
00:38:12,170 --> 00:38:16,330
♪ I'm in need of your love ♪

987
00:38:16,330 --> 00:38:24,790
♪♪

988
00:38:24,790 --> 00:38:26,750
Judge Byrne:
Will the defendant please rise?

989
00:38:26,750 --> 00:38:32,500
♪♪

990
00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:34,040
Mr. Puente,
you have been found guilty

991
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:35,670
of possession
of a controlled substance

992
00:38:35,670 --> 00:38:37,170
with intent to distribute.

993
00:38:37,170 --> 00:38:39,170
This was
a non-violent offense.

994
00:38:39,170 --> 00:38:40,170
You have been honest
and forthright

995
00:38:40,170 --> 00:38:41,290
in this courtroom.

996
00:38:41,290 --> 00:38:42,960
You have shown remorse.

997
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,580
As far as I can tell,

998
00:38:44,580 --> 00:38:46,460
you are a decent young man

999
00:38:46,460 --> 00:38:48,670
who found himself
in a bad situation.

1000
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,920
I am not from New York,

1001
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,210
but I am a New Yorker.

1002
00:38:55,210 --> 00:38:57,750
I cam here
on a Greyhound bus

1003
00:38:57,750 --> 00:39:00,880
from Gasden, Alabama
in 1965.

1004
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:04,170
This city has changed
substantially since then.

1005
00:39:04,170 --> 00:39:06,880
There are no cars
in Times Square.

1006
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,330
Brooklyn is filled
with high-rises.

1007
00:39:09,330 --> 00:39:12,380
Black folks are a minority
in Harlem these days.

1008
00:39:12,380 --> 00:39:16,000
Crime is at an all-time low
in Manhattan.

1009
00:39:17,830 --> 00:39:19,420
But no one ever seems

1010
00:39:19,420 --> 00:39:23,000
to ask the question
they should be asking

1011
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:28,580
in between their Broadway shows
and swanky dinners.

1012
00:39:28,580 --> 00:39:30,670
"At what cost?"

1013
00:39:30,670 --> 00:39:31,920
♪♪

1014
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,330
Here, from this bench,

1015
00:39:35,330 --> 00:39:37,420
listening to cases
just like yours,

1016
00:39:37,420 --> 00:39:39,540
I see the cost.

1017
00:39:39,540 --> 00:39:41,080
♪♪

1018
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,620
The cost looks me in the eye.

1019
00:39:44,620 --> 00:39:47,750
The cost runs deep.

1020
00:39:47,750 --> 00:39:49,920
♪♪

1021
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,540
It shatters lives,

1022
00:39:51,540 --> 00:39:53,380
splinters families,

1023
00:39:53,380 --> 00:39:54,790
destroys futures.

1024
00:39:54,790 --> 00:39:56,830
It is unrepentant.

1025
00:39:56,830 --> 00:39:59,620
♪♪

1026
00:39:59,620 --> 00:40:03,210
This is rightly a bitter pill
to swallow, Mr. Puente...

1027
00:40:03,210 --> 00:40:04,960
♪♪

1028
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:06,330
...but you are the cost.

1029
00:40:06,330 --> 00:40:09,000
♪♪

1030
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,920
Julien Barley is the cost.

1031
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:16,670
♪♪

1032
00:40:16,670 --> 00:40:19,250
[ Door unlocks ]

1033
00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:22,920
We are cannibalizing
a generation of New Yorkers...

1034
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,540
[ Door creaks open ]

1035
00:40:24,540 --> 00:40:26,250
...but this is happening
all over the country.

1036
00:40:26,250 --> 00:40:29,670
Low-level, non-violent crimes

1037
00:40:29,670 --> 00:40:34,670
that trigger disproportionate
mandatory minimum sentences.

1038
00:40:34,670 --> 00:40:37,790
And I'm part of the problem.

1039
00:40:37,790 --> 00:40:41,620
♪♪

1040
00:40:41,620 --> 00:40:44,880
I have not spoken out
against these sentences.

1041
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:48,460
I've failed you,
I failed Julien Barley,

1042
00:40:48,460 --> 00:40:52,330
I've failed thousands of other
underrepresented people.

1043
00:40:52,330 --> 00:40:57,080
I have not done my duty
as a New Yorker,

1044
00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,960
as a black American,
as a father --

1045
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,750
to protect people
who look like me,

1046
00:41:03,750 --> 00:41:06,210
walk the same streets as I do,

1047
00:41:06,210 --> 00:41:10,420
from laws that are not designed
to rehabilitate,

1048
00:41:10,420 --> 00:41:12,620
but to destroy.

1049
00:41:12,620 --> 00:41:14,380
♪♪

1050
00:41:14,380 --> 00:41:17,460
My hands are reluctantly
and unwillingly tied

1051
00:41:17,460 --> 00:41:18,880
in this situation.

1052
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:22,120
♪♪

1053
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,250
I have no choice

1054
00:41:24,250 --> 00:41:26,420
but to sentence you,
Mr. Puente,

1055
00:41:26,420 --> 00:41:29,380
to 10 years
in federal prison.

1056
00:41:29,380 --> 00:41:31,960
♪♪

1057
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,330
I have no business

1058
00:41:33,330 --> 00:41:36,830
asking anything of you,
Mr. Puente,

1059
00:41:36,830 --> 00:41:39,750
but I would ask you to take
a long look at your family

1060
00:41:39,750 --> 00:41:42,380
on your way
out of this courtroom.

1061
00:41:42,380 --> 00:41:45,750
Lock that picture
in your head

1062
00:41:45,750 --> 00:41:47,710
and do not let go of it.

1063
00:41:47,710 --> 00:41:49,830
♪♪

1064
00:41:49,830 --> 00:41:51,120
Hold on to it.

1065
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:52,670
♪♪

1066
00:41:52,670 --> 00:41:55,380
That is hope

1067
00:41:55,380 --> 00:41:57,250
when there's no hope left.

1068
00:41:57,250 --> 00:41:59,500
♪♪

1069
00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:00,880
Please...

1070
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:05,170
do not let anyone
take that away from you.

1071
00:42:05,170 --> 00:42:11,210
♪♪

1072
00:42:11,210 --> 00:42:13,080
One last thing,
Mr. Puente.

1073
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:14,790
♪♪

1074
00:42:14,790 --> 00:42:16,710
I'm so very sorry.

1075
00:42:24,580 --> 00:42:33,880
♪♪

1076
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:43,460
♪♪

1077
00:42:43,460 --> 00:42:52,830
♪♪