1 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:09,043 (male announcer) In the criminal justice system, the people are represented 2 00:00:09,077 --> 00:00:12,046 by two separate yet equally important groups-- 3 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,714 The police who investigate crime, 4 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:16,650 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:16,684 --> 00:00:19,153 These are their stories. 6 00:00:19,187 --> 00:00:21,655 [police radio] 27 Adam, respond to a 10-52 domestic 7 00:00:21,689 --> 00:00:24,058 at 344 West five-three street, apartment two-baker. 8 00:00:24,092 --> 00:00:27,495 Unidentified male caller reporting dispute. 9 00:00:27,528 --> 00:00:28,696 27 Adam responding. 10 00:00:28,729 --> 00:00:31,832 Look, all I'm saying is my cousin in the reserves was set 11 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:32,700 to come home last year. 12 00:00:32,733 --> 00:00:35,136 And they just re-upped him till June. 13 00:00:35,169 --> 00:00:36,570 "Stop loss" my ass. 14 00:00:36,604 --> 00:00:38,439 Bring him home now, we'll be back there in five years 15 00:00:38,472 --> 00:00:40,608 fighting the same damn war. 16 00:00:40,641 --> 00:00:42,810 Or worse, we'll be downtown cleaning up another mess. 17 00:00:42,843 --> 00:00:44,078 Yeah. 18 00:00:44,112 --> 00:00:45,446 And you call yourself an American. 19 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,316 Yes, I do. 20 00:00:48,349 --> 00:00:49,850 27 Adam, 21 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:50,851 we're 84 at the locat-- 22 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:52,753 [loud crash] 23 00:00:56,790 --> 00:00:57,858 What the hell-- 24 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:00,161 27 Adam, we need a bus! 25 00:01:00,194 --> 00:01:04,732 Female off the roof onto our RMP. 26 00:01:04,765 --> 00:01:07,435 Nayada Kraya. 28 years old. 27 00:01:07,468 --> 00:01:10,104 Did you guys see anyone run out of the building? 28 00:01:10,138 --> 00:01:10,838 Not a soul. 29 00:01:10,871 --> 00:01:11,839 Any of these people know her? 30 00:01:11,872 --> 00:01:14,208 None of them. Or the tenants and the super. 31 00:01:14,242 --> 00:01:16,110 Well, what about the domestic disturbance call 32 00:01:16,144 --> 00:01:18,479 you were responding to? Couldn't find it. 33 00:01:18,512 --> 00:01:20,848 And the apartment Central gave us has been vacant six months. 34 00:01:20,881 --> 00:01:22,750 Did Central tell you where the call originated? 35 00:01:22,783 --> 00:01:24,118 From a cell. 36 00:01:24,152 --> 00:01:26,220 They're checking subscriber info now. 37 00:01:26,254 --> 00:01:27,855 Well, she didn't jump. 38 00:01:27,888 --> 00:01:30,858 Rigor and core temp put the time of death around 1:00 or 2:00. 39 00:01:30,891 --> 00:01:33,761 Four hours before the jump. 40 00:01:33,794 --> 00:01:34,895 Gunshots. 41 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:37,365 One in the head. Two in the chest. 42 00:01:37,398 --> 00:01:38,832 Close range, I think. 43 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:41,169 Exit wounds? Only in the head shot. 44 00:01:41,202 --> 00:01:43,137 If the slugs on the others are intact, 45 00:01:43,171 --> 00:01:46,174 you'll be the first to know. 46 00:01:46,207 --> 00:01:48,176 We got a blood trail at the stairwell. 47 00:01:48,209 --> 00:01:49,843 Busted lock on the roof. 48 00:01:49,877 --> 00:01:50,944 All right, thanks. 49 00:01:50,978 --> 00:01:53,614 So, somebody shoots her, drags her all the way up there 50 00:01:53,647 --> 00:01:54,782 just to throw her back down? 51 00:01:54,815 --> 00:01:56,250 Yeah, and bull's-eyes a squad car. 52 00:01:56,284 --> 00:01:58,419 That domestic disturbance call was bogus. 53 00:01:58,452 --> 00:02:00,288 I'd like to know who she pissed off. 54 00:02:00,321 --> 00:02:01,655 (Van Buren) Fontana. Green. 55 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:03,524 Lieutenant Sullivan. 56 00:02:03,557 --> 00:02:07,361 He heard the DOA's name go out on the radio. 57 00:02:09,530 --> 00:02:11,299 Oh, God. 58 00:02:11,332 --> 00:02:12,700 How do you know her? 59 00:02:12,733 --> 00:02:15,603 Her real name is Dana Baker. 60 00:02:15,636 --> 00:02:20,140 She was on the job. One of my undercovers. 61 00:03:11,992 --> 00:03:13,394 She spent the last year infiltrating 62 00:03:13,427 --> 00:03:14,662 an Albanian drug ring 63 00:03:14,695 --> 00:03:17,798 who used heroin money to fund paramilitary groups in Kosovo. 64 00:03:17,831 --> 00:03:19,533 She got over as an Albanian? 65 00:03:19,567 --> 00:03:21,469 Well, she spent some years in Kosovo as a teen. 66 00:03:21,502 --> 00:03:23,504 Her father had an embassy job with the State Department. 67 00:03:23,537 --> 00:03:24,638 We should talk to him. 68 00:03:24,672 --> 00:03:25,773 He's on a flight from London. 69 00:03:25,806 --> 00:03:26,874 I'm gonna meet his plane at the airport. 70 00:03:26,907 --> 00:03:28,809 All right. (Green) Hey. 71 00:03:28,842 --> 00:03:31,312 The cell that made the 911 domestic disturbance call 72 00:03:31,345 --> 00:03:33,647 was a disposable so it was probably dumped. 73 00:03:33,681 --> 00:03:36,850 Did she ever suggest that the Albanians were on to her? 74 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:37,951 No, no, no, no, no. I'd have pulled her out. 75 00:03:37,985 --> 00:03:39,219 Well, that phony call 76 00:03:39,253 --> 00:03:42,956 and her hitting the patrol car was n a coincidence! 77 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:44,858 Her cover was blown. 78 00:03:44,892 --> 00:03:46,026 Then she wasn't aware of it. 79 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:47,628 Dana was no cowboy. 80 00:03:47,661 --> 00:03:49,697 She knew the guys in this organization were animals. 81 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:51,799 You got names? 82 00:03:51,832 --> 00:03:53,767 Your best bet for info is her main contact. 83 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:56,370 Kreshnik Pernaska. 84 00:03:56,404 --> 00:03:58,906 He's a major player in Eastern European organized crime. 85 00:03:58,939 --> 00:04:00,040 Here's his file. 86 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:02,443 Do me favor. When you find him-- 87 00:04:02,476 --> 00:04:04,745 Ring his bell. 88 00:04:09,016 --> 00:04:10,718 (Fontana) All right. Everybody, hands on the table! 89 00:04:10,751 --> 00:04:12,386 Let's go. Put that down. 90 00:04:12,420 --> 00:04:13,754 You too, hands on the table. 91 00:04:13,787 --> 00:04:14,688 Come on. Let's go! Kreshnik Pernaska? 92 00:04:14,722 --> 00:04:15,689 What is this? 93 00:04:15,723 --> 00:04:17,825 Come here. 94 00:04:17,858 --> 00:04:19,593 [bump, glass crashing] 95 00:04:19,627 --> 00:04:21,395 You recognize this girl? 96 00:04:21,429 --> 00:04:22,730 Nayada Kraya? 97 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:23,931 Or maybe you know her by her real name, 98 00:04:23,964 --> 00:04:25,766 Detective Dana Baker. 99 00:04:25,799 --> 00:04:27,801 [speaks Albanian] 100 00:04:30,438 --> 00:04:32,072 Hey! Pay attention. 101 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:34,808 How did you find out she was undercover? 102 00:04:34,842 --> 00:04:36,410 I had no idea this girl was a cop. 103 00:04:36,444 --> 00:04:37,811 Is that why you dropped her on a police car? 104 00:04:37,845 --> 00:04:40,781 [laughs] She's dead? 105 00:04:40,814 --> 00:04:41,915 You think that's funny? 106 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:43,651 [clatters] 107 00:04:43,684 --> 00:04:45,953 She's dead because she knew the ins and outs of your business. 108 00:04:45,986 --> 00:04:48,456 The smack, the Afghan connections, 109 00:04:48,489 --> 00:04:50,491 the payoffs at the Baltimore docks. 110 00:04:50,524 --> 00:04:51,625 I import antiques. 111 00:04:51,659 --> 00:04:53,561 Where you last night at 2:00 a.m.? 112 00:04:53,594 --> 00:04:55,396 Home. With who? 113 00:04:55,429 --> 00:04:56,897 My wife. 114 00:04:56,930 --> 00:04:58,766 My daughters. Ask. They tell you. 115 00:04:58,799 --> 00:05:02,370 Okay. I hope you, your wife, 116 00:05:02,403 --> 00:05:03,937 your daughters, everybody in here has green cards 117 00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:05,639 'cause I'm calling immigration. 118 00:05:05,673 --> 00:05:09,009 Okay. Okay. 119 00:05:09,042 --> 00:05:11,379 It's not one of mine. 120 00:05:11,412 --> 00:05:14,648 Yesterday, she's tells me she is meeting new business contact. 121 00:05:14,682 --> 00:05:15,783 The name. 122 00:05:15,816 --> 00:05:17,718 She didn't give it. 123 00:05:17,751 --> 00:05:19,687 Only who is introducing her. 124 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:24,925 Street trash punk. Jason Higgs. 125 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:27,428 [police siren wails] 126 00:05:30,398 --> 00:05:31,432 Police, freeze! 127 00:05:31,465 --> 00:05:32,533 Hey! Hey! 128 00:05:32,566 --> 00:05:34,702 Hey! 129 00:05:37,438 --> 00:05:38,539 Get your ass down here! 130 00:05:38,572 --> 00:05:39,540 What'd I do? What'd I do? 131 00:05:39,573 --> 00:05:40,941 Where you going, Jason? 132 00:05:40,974 --> 00:05:42,810 What did I do? Got your bags packed. Taking a little trip are you? 133 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:43,844 No, that's my laundry. Laundry? 134 00:05:43,877 --> 00:05:45,479 Laundry with blood on it! 135 00:05:45,513 --> 00:05:46,780 And you got the whole New York City Police Department 136 00:05:46,814 --> 00:05:47,648 looking for you. 137 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:49,116 40,000 cops ready to whoop your ass. 138 00:05:49,149 --> 00:05:51,151 Nn--I had nothing to do with her death. 139 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:52,453 Who pulled the trigger? 140 00:05:52,486 --> 00:05:53,854 A guy's-- Guy I hooked up with 141 00:05:53,887 --> 00:05:55,088 who was looking to move three kilos. 142 00:05:55,122 --> 00:05:57,691 His name was R-- Uh, Ratko Petrovich. 143 00:05:57,725 --> 00:05:59,793 Petrovich know she was a cop? 144 00:05:59,827 --> 00:06:01,028 Huh? Y-yeah. 145 00:06:01,061 --> 00:06:02,696 He said it right before he blew her away, okay? 146 00:06:02,730 --> 00:06:04,665 That's an awful thing to see. All right? 147 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:06,700 You mean, he just walks in the room, says, "She's a policeman," 148 00:06:06,734 --> 00:06:08,736 starts blasting, and he'd never met her before? 149 00:06:08,769 --> 00:06:09,870 I don't know, they talked-- they talked on the phone once. 150 00:06:09,903 --> 00:06:10,871 That's it, all right? 151 00:06:10,904 --> 00:06:12,072 Where'd all this happen? 152 00:06:12,105 --> 00:06:13,607 Burned out warehouse in Brooklyn. 153 00:06:13,641 --> 00:06:14,742 Is that where we're gonna find Petrovich? 154 00:06:14,775 --> 00:06:16,444 I don't know where he's staying. 155 00:06:16,477 --> 00:06:17,511 All I got is his cell, all right? 156 00:06:20,981 --> 00:06:22,783 Anything at the warehouse? 157 00:06:22,816 --> 00:06:24,485 A pool of blood and a trail to the street 158 00:06:24,518 --> 00:06:25,886 that ended near some tire skid marks. 159 00:06:25,919 --> 00:06:27,588 Crime Scene Unit is working on it. 160 00:06:27,621 --> 00:06:28,989 What about the canvass? It was whack. 161 00:06:29,022 --> 00:06:30,791 That warehouse was in the middle of nowhere. 162 00:06:30,824 --> 00:06:31,825 Ratko Petrovich. 163 00:06:31,859 --> 00:06:34,795 There's a warrant on him for a homicide in Chicago. 164 00:06:34,828 --> 00:06:37,431 Big-time smack dealer got shot in the head 165 00:06:37,465 --> 00:06:38,766 and his stash went missing. 166 00:06:38,799 --> 00:06:40,734 I'm gonna bet three kilos worth. Exactly. 167 00:06:40,768 --> 00:06:44,104 And Ballistics said the slugs in Dana Baker match a gun 168 00:06:44,137 --> 00:06:45,673 that traces to that same dealer. 169 00:06:45,706 --> 00:06:47,775 Was there anything in Dana's case file? 170 00:06:47,808 --> 00:06:48,909 The notes indicate 171 00:06:48,942 --> 00:06:51,845 that this Petrovich came to New York about two weeks ago, 172 00:06:51,879 --> 00:06:54,948 got to talking to local peddlers and set up this deal. 173 00:06:54,982 --> 00:06:57,117 Now, this guy's been in the city two weeks. [phone rings] 174 00:06:57,150 --> 00:06:58,619 Two weeks. How the hell does he make 175 00:06:58,652 --> 00:07:00,120 an undercover who's been under for a year? 176 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:01,388 (Fontana) Thank you. 177 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:06,226 None of the airlines report a Ratko Petrovich as a passenger. 178 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:08,762 Well, we've got teams at the airports and bus stations. 179 00:07:08,796 --> 00:07:10,798 If he's going, it's by car or foot. 180 00:07:10,831 --> 00:07:12,099 Found something in the case file. 181 00:07:12,132 --> 00:07:14,668 Note here says "R.P. 814 Risman." 182 00:07:14,702 --> 00:07:16,637 Hey, Dana had talked to Petrovich on the phone. 183 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:17,971 Maybe this is an address he gave her. 184 00:07:18,005 --> 00:07:19,507 Risman's in Queens. 185 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:21,709 There's a vacant office building at that location. 186 00:07:21,742 --> 00:07:24,077 Take ESU. 187 00:07:50,738 --> 00:07:52,840 [door slams shut] 188 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:05,018 [gunshot] 189 00:08:05,052 --> 00:08:06,654 [gunshot] 190 00:08:06,687 --> 00:08:08,522 Delta Team. We're clear! 191 00:08:08,556 --> 00:08:10,658 We're all clear. 192 00:08:10,691 --> 00:08:12,693 Officer down, officer down. 193 00:08:12,726 --> 00:08:14,728 Is it bad? Is there blood? 194 00:08:14,762 --> 00:08:15,829 No, I don't think it went through, man. 195 00:08:15,863 --> 00:08:16,730 I think you're gonna be all right. 196 00:08:16,764 --> 00:08:18,198 Ah, it's gonna be one hell of a bruise. 197 00:08:18,231 --> 00:08:20,167 Get him outta here. 198 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,636 My aim must be off. 199 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:24,938 He's still alive. 200 00:08:31,712 --> 00:08:34,882 You don't look like the type of guy who can think for himself. 201 00:08:34,915 --> 00:08:37,785 So, we know that you were tipped off to Dana Baker being 202 00:08:37,818 --> 00:08:38,919 an undercover. 203 00:08:38,952 --> 00:08:41,121 You're gonna tell us who gave her up. 204 00:08:41,154 --> 00:08:43,190 [speaks Serbian] 205 00:08:46,159 --> 00:08:47,861 We know you can speak English, you bastard. 206 00:08:47,895 --> 00:08:50,030 You called 911 to draw a police cruiser. 207 00:08:50,063 --> 00:08:51,799 We got your voice on tape. 208 00:08:51,832 --> 00:08:52,800 Uh! 209 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:54,835 [breathing heavily] 210 00:08:56,970 --> 00:08:59,272 You killed a police officer. 211 00:08:59,306 --> 00:09:03,777 And you're gonna tell us how you found out she was on this job 212 00:09:03,811 --> 00:09:06,680 or you're not gonna leave this room alive. 213 00:09:06,714 --> 00:09:09,883 Maybe we should pull his morphine. 214 00:09:09,917 --> 00:09:11,752 Where's the secret? 215 00:09:11,785 --> 00:09:13,754 What? 216 00:09:13,787 --> 00:09:16,189 [laughs] 217 00:09:16,223 --> 00:09:17,825 It's no secret she was a cop. 218 00:09:17,858 --> 00:09:20,894 She was an undercover police officer. 219 00:09:20,928 --> 00:09:24,297 She was in a newspaper! 220 00:09:24,331 --> 00:09:27,868 Is no secret. 221 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:29,603 Uh! 222 00:09:29,637 --> 00:09:31,772 [cries] 223 00:09:31,805 --> 00:09:34,775 Lieu. You ain't gonna believe this. 224 00:09:34,808 --> 00:09:37,177 Her picture's in the damn paper. 225 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:39,246 It's a column about her father. Tom Baker. 226 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:41,248 He wrote a book and it says that she's NYPD. 227 00:09:41,281 --> 00:09:45,853 Why didn't anyone catch this and pull her off detail? 228 00:09:45,886 --> 00:09:46,820 May have been too late anyway. 229 00:09:46,854 --> 00:09:49,790 It appeared on page 30 of the late edition. 230 00:09:49,823 --> 00:09:50,590 So, Ratko pulled the trigger, 231 00:09:50,624 --> 00:09:52,392 but this is what got Dana killed. 232 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:53,794 It's the same as if someone pushed her 233 00:09:53,827 --> 00:09:55,295 in front of a damn bus. 234 00:09:55,328 --> 00:09:56,797 And it was written by Veronica Drake. 235 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:58,098 Now, what do you think she got for outing 236 00:09:58,131 --> 00:09:59,667 an undercover officer? 237 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:02,235 I'm gonna find out. 238 00:10:06,339 --> 00:10:09,109 I had no idea Dana Baker was undercover. 239 00:10:09,142 --> 00:10:11,645 I would never have purposefully put someone in danger. 240 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,380 Convince me. 241 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:15,783 Her father's book labels Congressman Prescott, Monroe, 242 00:10:15,816 --> 00:10:17,918 and Tucker pro-criminal because they voted to cut 243 00:10:17,951 --> 00:10:19,920 federal funding for police overtime. 244 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:23,323 Dana Baker being on the job reveals Tom Baker's bias. 245 00:10:23,356 --> 00:10:24,324 So, it's just a coincidence 246 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:27,160 that your article got a police officer killed, 247 00:10:27,194 --> 00:10:30,764 ruined a sting operation, and gave aid to the Albanian mob? 248 00:10:30,798 --> 00:10:34,802 My article had nothing to do with the Albanian mob. 249 00:10:34,835 --> 00:10:37,771 So, why out an undercover cop? 250 00:10:37,805 --> 00:10:40,073 All I learned was that Dana Baker was a cop on a desk 251 00:10:40,107 --> 00:10:41,441 making a lot of overtime. 252 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:43,376 Learned from who? 253 00:10:43,410 --> 00:10:46,279 A source. Can't tell you any more. 254 00:10:46,313 --> 00:10:47,981 And did you verify what this source told you 255 00:10:48,015 --> 00:10:49,950 with One Police Plaza? 256 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:51,685 Payroll department didn't return my calls. 257 00:10:51,719 --> 00:10:53,754 Deputy Commissioner of Public Information had no comment. 258 00:10:53,787 --> 00:10:56,223 It suggested she was being protected. 259 00:10:56,256 --> 00:10:58,158 So you went with uncorroborated information 260 00:10:58,191 --> 00:11:01,729 and never thought that this source might have an agenda? 261 00:11:01,762 --> 00:11:04,397 Telling the truth about Tom Baker does not constitute 262 00:11:04,431 --> 00:11:06,266 an agenda. 263 00:11:06,299 --> 00:11:09,402 You know something? 264 00:11:09,436 --> 00:11:12,205 A detective was shot three times. 265 00:11:12,239 --> 00:11:14,341 She was thrown off a building. 266 00:11:14,374 --> 00:11:18,946 That should tell you otherwise, Ms. Drake. 267 00:11:18,979 --> 00:11:21,481 Now, who contacted you? 268 00:11:21,514 --> 00:11:24,417 I'm not revealing my source. 269 00:11:24,451 --> 00:11:26,486 I'm protected by New York civil rights law 270 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:27,587 and the First Amendment. 271 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:29,422 I have nothing else to say without talking to my lawyer 272 00:11:29,456 --> 00:11:31,759 and in-house counsel. 273 00:11:43,370 --> 00:11:45,906 I don't think this has anything to do with an Albanian mob. 274 00:11:45,939 --> 00:11:49,442 Somebody sold my daughter out over a book. 275 00:11:49,476 --> 00:11:51,411 Who do you think would do that, Mr. Baker? 276 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:56,049 I've been condemned by every liberal commentator. 277 00:11:56,083 --> 00:11:58,151 Look. 278 00:11:58,185 --> 00:12:01,855 I get crazy phone calls, emails-- 279 00:12:01,889 --> 00:12:05,158 I get about 50 of these a day. 280 00:12:07,995 --> 00:12:11,431 "Stop lying to America." 281 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:13,400 (Tom Baker) You can print them from a website. 282 00:12:13,433 --> 00:12:17,838 Some liberal 527 group funded by supporters 283 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:20,173 of Congressman John Prescott. 284 00:12:20,207 --> 00:12:21,041 (Green) Veronica Drake's article makes him 285 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:23,410 out to be a serious adversary of yours. 286 00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:25,012 I think he's a criminal. 287 00:12:25,045 --> 00:12:29,416 He sells out good law enforcement programs for pork. 288 00:12:29,449 --> 00:12:30,450 And I haven't kept it secret. 289 00:12:30,483 --> 00:12:33,520 So, you think the Congressman's cutthroat enough 290 00:12:33,553 --> 00:12:35,823 to make the call to Drake? 291 00:12:35,856 --> 00:12:39,126 He's not smart enough to compose a rational thought. 292 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:42,295 But his Chief of Staff, a pit bull, Eric Lund. 293 00:12:42,329 --> 00:12:44,965 I wouldn't put anything past him. 294 00:12:44,998 --> 00:12:47,367 Did Lund ever threaten you? 295 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:48,335 He said he would put me out of work. 296 00:12:48,368 --> 00:12:50,370 Close me off from my publishers. 297 00:12:50,403 --> 00:12:54,474 I mean, and that was at the end of a scathing 14-page email 298 00:12:54,507 --> 00:12:58,445 denouncing every well-researched and corroborated fact 299 00:12:58,478 --> 00:13:02,115 in my book. 300 00:13:05,085 --> 00:13:06,419 (woman) Just another minute, Congressman. 301 00:13:06,453 --> 00:13:08,388 Thank you. 302 00:13:08,421 --> 00:13:10,423 With all due respect for his loss, 303 00:13:10,457 --> 00:13:12,960 Tom Baker is nothing but a right-wing fanatic 304 00:13:12,993 --> 00:13:15,062 who's had it in for me since I took office. 305 00:13:15,095 --> 00:13:17,364 It makes it only natural that you'd wanna strike back. 306 00:13:17,397 --> 00:13:18,331 Oh, I will. 307 00:13:18,365 --> 00:13:20,968 With legislation denouncing his "causes." 308 00:13:21,001 --> 00:13:24,171 But please...planting a story about the man's daughter? 309 00:13:24,204 --> 00:13:26,373 It's far below the dignity of my position. 310 00:13:26,406 --> 00:13:30,377 Well, how about the dignity of your Chief of Staff, Eric Lund? 311 00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:32,445 We hear that's the type of guy he is. 312 00:13:33,947 --> 00:13:37,450 Eric and I have worked side by side for five years. 313 00:13:37,484 --> 00:13:40,620 He's a good man. And a good friend. 314 00:13:40,653 --> 00:13:41,955 [laughs] Wow. 315 00:13:41,989 --> 00:13:43,356 That was good, Congressman. 316 00:13:43,390 --> 00:13:45,258 You didn't really answer the question. 317 00:13:45,292 --> 00:13:46,459 Congressman. 318 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:48,261 They're ready for you on set. Thank you. 319 00:13:48,295 --> 00:13:51,298 Eric is at our district office in the city. 320 00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:54,134 He'll be glad to tell you the same. 321 00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:56,403 A woman's right to choose and universal healthcare 322 00:13:56,436 --> 00:13:58,939 are the concerns of Congressman Prescott's office. 323 00:13:58,972 --> 00:14:02,375 Not Tom Baker or his daughter. Rest in peace. 324 00:14:02,409 --> 00:14:04,511 You didn't write a 14-page email about his book? 325 00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:06,446 A critique. 326 00:14:06,479 --> 00:14:08,415 [chuckles] You promised to bury him. 327 00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:09,616 So, it's a harsh critique. 328 00:14:09,649 --> 00:14:11,451 And a little hotheaded admittedly. 329 00:14:11,484 --> 00:14:13,020 But have you read his book? 330 00:14:13,053 --> 00:14:14,121 It's slander. 331 00:14:14,154 --> 00:14:16,456 What about these? 332 00:14:16,489 --> 00:14:17,224 Well-- 333 00:14:17,257 --> 00:14:19,426 Perfectly legal social commentary. 334 00:14:19,459 --> 00:14:20,961 Comes off as a vendetta. 335 00:14:20,994 --> 00:14:22,896 I call it freedom of speech. 336 00:14:22,930 --> 00:14:25,432 To me that's evidence of a healthy democracy. 337 00:14:25,465 --> 00:14:27,434 How well do you know Veronica Drake? 338 00:14:27,467 --> 00:14:29,036 Only through her work. 339 00:14:29,069 --> 00:14:30,170 When was the last time you spoke with her? 340 00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:32,472 I haven't spoken to her outside of a hello one time 341 00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:33,640 at the press club. 342 00:14:33,673 --> 00:14:35,508 You haven't called her or emailed her? 343 00:14:35,542 --> 00:14:39,012 I have no reason to call her and I don't have her email address. 344 00:14:39,046 --> 00:14:41,014 Hey. 345 00:14:41,048 --> 00:14:43,516 We're trying to talk to you here. 346 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:45,152 Gentlemen. 347 00:14:45,185 --> 00:14:48,488 What have I done to earn this kind of hardball? 348 00:14:48,521 --> 00:14:51,524 We think that a political dirty trick got Dana Baker murdered. 349 00:14:51,558 --> 00:14:53,093 For which you have my condolences, 350 00:14:53,126 --> 00:14:54,661 but I am not the one responsible. 351 00:14:54,694 --> 00:14:56,529 I haven't spoken to Veronica Drake. 352 00:14:56,563 --> 00:14:58,598 And your phone records will support that? 353 00:14:58,631 --> 00:15:00,167 Yes. 354 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,401 You get a subpoena and I'll prove it. 355 00:15:01,434 --> 00:15:04,537 Now, apologies, but Senator Kennedy promised to show some us 356 00:15:04,571 --> 00:15:06,673 galleys of a children's book he's publishing. 357 00:15:06,706 --> 00:15:09,142 Don't wanna be late. 358 00:15:09,176 --> 00:15:11,144 Did he offer up the notion of a subpoena 359 00:15:11,178 --> 00:15:12,946 because there's nothing on his phone records 360 00:15:12,980 --> 00:15:14,314 or do you think he was bluffing? 361 00:15:14,347 --> 00:15:16,549 Well, if I was some punk-ass political consultant 362 00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:19,086 who wanted to bury somebody, I wouldn't do it from my office, 363 00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:20,988 and I wouldn't call just one reporter. 364 00:15:21,021 --> 00:15:23,223 It's not like Veronica Drake is the first name in news. 365 00:15:23,256 --> 00:15:25,492 Well, I say we get that subpoena 366 00:15:25,525 --> 00:15:29,462 and then a list of all the top ten political reporters in town. 367 00:15:29,496 --> 00:15:31,531 I've been covering the Baker affair. 368 00:15:31,564 --> 00:15:34,434 I wouldn't do that if I was personally involved. 369 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:37,470 Well, your assistant's call log says otherwise. 370 00:15:37,504 --> 00:15:40,473 Now, two days before this story came out exposing Dana Baker, 371 00:15:40,507 --> 00:15:42,409 you got a call from Eric Lund 372 00:15:42,442 --> 00:15:46,246 and then the same day, you got ten calls from Veronica Drake. 373 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:48,215 What did you and Lund discuss? 374 00:15:48,248 --> 00:15:50,050 Well, my sources are just as protected as Veronica's. 375 00:15:50,083 --> 00:15:51,051 Look, Mr. Grayson. 376 00:15:51,084 --> 00:15:52,652 We're gonna find out what was said. 377 00:15:52,685 --> 00:15:55,055 The question is whether you're gonna tell us now 378 00:15:55,088 --> 00:15:57,557 or you're gonna wait until enough bad press comes out 379 00:15:57,590 --> 00:15:59,226 to put somebody younger in your anchor seat. 380 00:15:59,259 --> 00:16:02,629 Look, if I talk to you, these people-- 381 00:16:02,662 --> 00:16:06,466 Lund's people, and there are a lot of them, will cut me off. 382 00:16:06,499 --> 00:16:09,036 I will not have access. 383 00:16:09,069 --> 00:16:12,039 As a reporter I'll be useless. 384 00:16:12,072 --> 00:16:14,407 And if you keep the truth about a police murder a secret, 385 00:16:14,441 --> 00:16:16,676 you already are, pal. 386 00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:23,483 Lund tried to plant the same story with me. 387 00:16:23,516 --> 00:16:26,486 That Tom Baker's daughter was a cop. 388 00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:28,188 I wouldn't run with it. 389 00:16:28,221 --> 00:16:31,458 But Veronica wanted to. That's why she called. 390 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:35,362 Did Lund say that Dana Baker was an undercover policeman? 391 00:16:35,395 --> 00:16:39,799 Made it sound like she had some sort of cushy clerical job. 392 00:16:39,832 --> 00:16:41,501 Why didn't you report it? 393 00:16:41,534 --> 00:16:44,537 Basic human decency. 394 00:16:44,571 --> 00:16:48,241 You don't go after a man's family without solid proof. 395 00:16:48,275 --> 00:16:50,810 But Lund wanted you to run with it, right? 396 00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:57,250 He told me that Dana Baker is fair game. 397 00:16:57,284 --> 00:17:00,120 Look, all we can prove is that Lund passed on information 398 00:17:00,153 --> 00:17:02,722 that Baker was a cop on a desk. That's not enough. 399 00:17:02,755 --> 00:17:05,092 But, Lieu, he had to know he was outing an undercover officer. 400 00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:06,659 Why else plant the story? 401 00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:08,728 Well, he can say he was just trying to discredit 402 00:17:08,761 --> 00:17:09,762 her father's book. 403 00:17:09,796 --> 00:17:11,098 Well, if he's so damn innocent, 404 00:17:11,131 --> 00:17:12,632 why can't he admit calling Veronica Drake? 405 00:17:12,665 --> 00:17:13,733 Let's get over to Payroll. 406 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:16,369 IAB says that two weeks ago, someone called asking 407 00:17:16,403 --> 00:17:19,606 about Dana Baker's pay rate. 408 00:17:22,109 --> 00:17:23,743 (Mills) The man said his name was Nathan Dean 409 00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:26,313 and was from the Department of Homeland Security. 410 00:17:26,346 --> 00:17:29,116 Why did he say he wanted information on Dana Baker? 411 00:17:29,149 --> 00:17:30,550 He said he was doing a background check on her father 412 00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:32,285 for a consulting position. 413 00:17:32,319 --> 00:17:34,454 Did you think to verify who you were talking to? 414 00:17:34,487 --> 00:17:35,788 I checked the name with Homeland Security. 415 00:17:35,822 --> 00:17:36,956 It's legit. 416 00:17:36,989 --> 00:17:39,226 Yeah, but how do you know it was actually Nathan Dean 417 00:17:39,259 --> 00:17:40,793 on the phone? 418 00:17:42,862 --> 00:17:45,665 What did you tell this guy? 419 00:17:45,698 --> 00:17:47,400 That, uh-- 420 00:17:47,434 --> 00:17:49,336 Dana Baker's payroll code indicated 421 00:17:49,369 --> 00:17:51,204 that she was a second grade detective 422 00:17:51,238 --> 00:17:54,874 with Manhattan North Narcotics. 423 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:58,111 Aren't we supposed to be sharing with Homeland Security? 424 00:17:58,145 --> 00:17:59,412 And that's all you told them. 425 00:17:59,446 --> 00:18:01,448 That she was second grade detective? 426 00:18:01,481 --> 00:18:03,416 And that he should be careful with the information 427 00:18:03,450 --> 00:18:07,887 because a lot of detectives in Narcotics work undercover. 428 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,123 [sighs] 429 00:18:10,157 --> 00:18:12,492 Do you have the number that he called from? 430 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:14,427 Did I-- Screw up? 431 00:18:14,461 --> 00:18:16,896 I mean, I know this cop got killed. 432 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:22,135 Just get the number. Please. 433 00:18:22,169 --> 00:18:24,371 The call to Payroll came from Lund's office. 434 00:18:24,404 --> 00:18:25,838 We have more than enough to arrest. 435 00:18:25,872 --> 00:18:27,840 I wanna wait until we have enough to indict. 436 00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:29,309 We still have to prove 437 00:18:29,342 --> 00:18:31,411 that Eric Lund was Veronica Drake's source. 438 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:32,845 If he wasn't the one who told her, 439 00:18:32,879 --> 00:18:34,013 it doesn't matter what he knew. 440 00:18:34,046 --> 00:18:37,284 This man is responsible for the death of a police officer. 441 00:18:37,317 --> 00:18:38,918 Which is why we have to get this right. 442 00:18:38,951 --> 00:18:40,920 Well, meanwhile, he could be shredding evidence 443 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:42,755 and intimidating witnesses. 444 00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:45,625 Find proof of that and we'll put the cuffs on him. 445 00:18:45,658 --> 00:18:47,494 It may be too late by then. 446 00:18:47,527 --> 00:18:49,796 Without a grand jury indictment, 447 00:18:49,829 --> 00:18:52,465 he'll paint this as a witch hunt. 448 00:18:52,499 --> 00:18:54,501 Who cares about politics? 449 00:18:54,534 --> 00:18:56,269 Jurors. 450 00:18:56,303 --> 00:19:00,340 We can't pretend we'll be trying this case in a political vacuum. 451 00:19:00,373 --> 00:19:02,909 No arrest till I give the word. 452 00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:08,248 Jack McCoy. 453 00:19:08,281 --> 00:19:10,217 Eric Lund. 454 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:12,219 How can I help you? 455 00:19:12,252 --> 00:19:13,653 It's the other way around actually. 456 00:19:13,686 --> 00:19:16,189 Word is you've taken an interest in me. 457 00:19:16,223 --> 00:19:19,192 I was in the neighborhood. Thought I'd drop in for a chat. 458 00:19:19,226 --> 00:19:21,561 About what, Mr. Lund? 459 00:19:21,594 --> 00:19:23,596 Your dogs are barking up the wrong tree. 460 00:19:23,630 --> 00:19:25,432 Is that right? 461 00:19:25,465 --> 00:19:26,866 And I think you should know that I don't tolerate attacks 462 00:19:26,899 --> 00:19:28,501 on my reputation. 463 00:19:28,535 --> 00:19:29,969 Which precedes you. 464 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:32,439 You have a long history of ruthless tactics. 465 00:19:32,472 --> 00:19:35,608 Well, regardless, I don't think anyone on earth would say 466 00:19:35,642 --> 00:19:38,511 that I'd set up a police officer's murder. 467 00:19:38,545 --> 00:19:40,813 Would anyone say it was the unfortunate by-product 468 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:43,583 of an attempt to rattle Tom Baker? 469 00:19:43,616 --> 00:19:46,219 If you're trying to coax a confession out of me, 470 00:19:46,253 --> 00:19:47,287 you're wasting your breath. 471 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:48,288 I just want the truth. 472 00:19:48,321 --> 00:19:52,925 Which could save you, and your congressman, 473 00:19:52,959 --> 00:19:55,295 a lot of embarrassment. 474 00:19:55,328 --> 00:19:58,531 Obviously, you've gotten some bad information. 475 00:19:58,565 --> 00:20:00,633 America's gonna see this for what it is. 476 00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:02,502 A political assault. 477 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:04,437 That's your arena, Mr. Lund. 478 00:20:04,471 --> 00:20:07,507 My politics wear a blindfold. 479 00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:09,276 Not according to your witness list. 480 00:20:09,309 --> 00:20:11,578 Tom Baker's a partisan hack. 481 00:20:11,611 --> 00:20:14,381 Ron Grayson's bias shows on every broadcast. 482 00:20:14,414 --> 00:20:17,517 And your man in Payroll makes regular contributions 483 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:19,352 to the Republican party. 484 00:20:19,386 --> 00:20:22,855 It seems you've been working this case as fast as we have. 485 00:20:22,889 --> 00:20:25,325 I believe in being proactive. 486 00:20:25,358 --> 00:20:27,460 Just steer clear of obstruction, Mr. Lund. 487 00:20:27,494 --> 00:20:29,429 If you come after me based on rumors and lies, 488 00:20:29,462 --> 00:20:33,366 I'll do everything necessary to defend myself. 489 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,603 I think it would be better for you and your office 490 00:20:36,636 --> 00:20:40,673 if this little misunderstanding didn't turn into a fight. 491 00:20:51,384 --> 00:20:52,685 (Fontana) Excuse us. 492 00:20:52,719 --> 00:20:53,686 Excuse me, ma'am. Excuse me. 493 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:54,554 Eric Lund, do you remember us? 494 00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:57,324 Detectives Green and Fontana. NYPD, sir. 495 00:20:57,357 --> 00:20:58,591 Eric-- It's all right, John. 496 00:20:58,625 --> 00:20:59,626 Gentlemen, how can I help you? 497 00:20:59,659 --> 00:21:00,427 By turning around and 498 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:01,361 putting your hands behind your back. 499 00:21:01,394 --> 00:21:03,496 What on earth are you charging me with? 500 00:21:03,530 --> 00:21:04,631 The murder of Dana Baker. 501 00:21:04,664 --> 00:21:05,832 You have the right to remain silent. 502 00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:08,000 Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. 503 00:21:08,034 --> 00:21:09,035 You have the right to an attorney... 504 00:21:12,639 --> 00:21:15,875 So, you were the type of kid to throw rocks at a beehive. 505 00:21:15,908 --> 00:21:18,345 Eric Lund's arrest was completely justified. 506 00:21:18,378 --> 00:21:20,447 It was completely premature. 507 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:21,848 And didn't need to take place at a black-tie gala. 508 00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:23,049 We did him a favor. 509 00:21:23,082 --> 00:21:25,818 Saved him from another rubber chicken dinner. 510 00:21:25,852 --> 00:21:29,322 So, you think Lund's to be taken lightly? 511 00:21:29,356 --> 00:21:31,924 He contributed to the death of a police officer, Arthur. 512 00:21:31,958 --> 00:21:34,394 I never take that lightly. 513 00:21:34,427 --> 00:21:36,629 And why arrest him now and not wait for an indictment? 514 00:21:36,663 --> 00:21:38,431 He's the kind to shred evidence. 515 00:21:38,465 --> 00:21:40,433 Or did he poke you with a stick so hard 516 00:21:40,467 --> 00:21:42,402 that it sent you off half-cocked? 517 00:21:42,435 --> 00:21:44,737 Now, I know he was here yesterday and you should know 518 00:21:44,771 --> 00:21:46,706 that it was probably a tactic. 519 00:21:46,739 --> 00:21:48,975 We had enough to arrest. 520 00:21:49,008 --> 00:21:51,411 We'll have enough to prosecute. 521 00:21:51,444 --> 00:21:52,078 Shoot, Jack. 522 00:21:52,111 --> 00:21:55,081 You better hope so. 523 00:21:58,951 --> 00:22:01,921 (male clerk) Docket number 31146. 524 00:22:01,954 --> 00:22:04,457 People v. Eric Lund on the charge of Manslaughter, 525 00:22:04,491 --> 00:22:06,058 Second Degree. 526 00:22:06,092 --> 00:22:07,427 (Judge Hayes) How does your client plead, Mr. Remz? 527 00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:08,495 Not guilty, Your Honor. 528 00:22:08,528 --> 00:22:10,096 The charges against him are baseless 529 00:22:10,129 --> 00:22:13,400 and motivated solely by partisan politics. 530 00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:14,834 Save it for your opening, Counselor. 531 00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:16,569 People on bail? 532 00:22:16,603 --> 00:22:18,137 Half a million should do it. 533 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:19,706 That's ridiculous, Your Honor. 534 00:22:19,739 --> 00:22:21,608 My client is a government employee. 535 00:22:21,641 --> 00:22:24,143 Who has a total income of over $200,000 a year 536 00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:26,413 and access to a private jet. 537 00:22:26,446 --> 00:22:28,881 A high dollar amount is necessary to ensure 538 00:22:28,915 --> 00:22:31,418 that he has incentive to appear. 539 00:22:31,451 --> 00:22:34,487 Clearing his good name is incentive enough, Your Honor. 540 00:22:34,521 --> 00:22:38,024 I tend to agree. Bail is set at $10,000. 541 00:22:38,057 --> 00:22:39,058 [bangs gavel] 542 00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:41,794 This is a trumped-up attack by a conservative D.A. 543 00:22:41,828 --> 00:22:43,396 hell-bent on silencing 544 00:22:43,430 --> 00:22:45,164 the powerful progressive voice of John Prescott. 545 00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:47,400 Your client should be discussing a plea. 546 00:22:47,434 --> 00:22:50,670 We have solid evidence that he knew Dana Baker was undercover 547 00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:53,606 and he disclosed her identity to the media anyway. 548 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,775 Evidence we can easily refute. 549 00:22:55,808 --> 00:22:59,078 A courtesy phone at the Hotel Dupont in Boston shows calls 550 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:01,147 to Ron Grayson and Veronica Drake 551 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:03,416 two days before the story ran. 552 00:23:03,450 --> 00:23:05,685 (McCoy) Both Grayson and his assistant confirm 553 00:23:05,718 --> 00:23:07,454 speaking to your client that day 554 00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:10,723 and the hotel has Mr. Lund registered as a guest. 555 00:23:10,757 --> 00:23:13,493 Along with 400 other Washington insiders. 556 00:23:13,526 --> 00:23:15,662 It was a DNC retreat. 557 00:23:15,695 --> 00:23:18,531 Even if you had proof that my client spoke with Ms. Drake, 558 00:23:18,565 --> 00:23:20,533 it doesn't mean he was the leak. 559 00:23:20,567 --> 00:23:22,835 And how does putting Dana Baker in danger help me? 560 00:23:22,869 --> 00:23:24,170 Or Congressman Prescott? 561 00:23:24,203 --> 00:23:25,672 It doesn't even make sense. 562 00:23:25,705 --> 00:23:28,140 Political payback makes pretty good sense to me. 563 00:23:28,174 --> 00:23:30,176 Tom Baker went after your candidate 564 00:23:30,209 --> 00:23:31,878 so you went after his daughter. 565 00:23:31,911 --> 00:23:35,214 I found out about Dana Baker the same day you did. 566 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:37,450 When Drake's column ran in the newspaper. 567 00:23:37,484 --> 00:23:41,053 Actually I found out when her corpse landed on a police car. 568 00:23:41,087 --> 00:23:43,823 We'll accept Man Two. Five years. 569 00:23:43,856 --> 00:23:45,825 No deals. 570 00:23:45,858 --> 00:23:47,527 Then we'll see you in court. 571 00:23:50,497 --> 00:23:52,231 I'm gonna say this again. 572 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:54,133 I am not involved in this leak. 573 00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:56,669 No one in my office or on my staff had anything 574 00:23:56,703 --> 00:24:00,006 to do with exposing the identity of Detective Baker. 575 00:24:00,039 --> 00:24:04,110 And for the Manhattan District Attorney to even suggest 576 00:24:04,143 --> 00:24:09,048 that I-I would jeopardize heroic American police officers. 577 00:24:09,081 --> 00:24:11,250 [laughs] It's ludicrous. 578 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:14,020 Prescott's already starting the spin. 579 00:24:14,053 --> 00:24:16,122 You mean Lund's already started. 580 00:24:16,155 --> 00:24:17,757 Is this a response to your subpoena? 581 00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:20,126 Prescott's office surrendered all this voluntarily 582 00:24:20,159 --> 00:24:22,929 to show full cooperation. 583 00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:26,232 Every letter, fax, and email they could throw our way. 584 00:24:26,265 --> 00:24:28,234 We'll have to bring in more TPAs to plow through it all. 585 00:24:28,267 --> 00:24:29,869 (Branch) Makes Lund look like an open book 586 00:24:29,902 --> 00:24:33,205 and drowns us in paperwork all at the same time. 587 00:24:33,239 --> 00:24:35,742 We've got five witnesses on his phone call to Drake. 588 00:24:35,775 --> 00:24:38,144 Payroll server logs corroborate 589 00:24:38,177 --> 00:24:40,146 the computer search for Dana Baker's info. 590 00:24:40,179 --> 00:24:44,283 Ron Grayson will take the stand and we have his records. 591 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:45,818 And Ratko Petrovich has agreed to testify 592 00:24:45,852 --> 00:24:47,153 for a sentencing recommendation. 593 00:24:47,186 --> 00:24:48,154 (Branch) Good. 594 00:24:48,187 --> 00:24:49,956 If we're not rock solid on this, 595 00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:52,224 we're gonna be in real trouble with this guy. 596 00:24:55,895 --> 00:24:58,731 (Lund's voice on recording) "Four score and seven years ago, 597 00:24:58,765 --> 00:25:01,734 "our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, 598 00:25:01,768 --> 00:25:04,704 "conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition 599 00:25:04,737 --> 00:25:06,973 that all men are created equal." 600 00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:08,240 (McCoy) People's six. 601 00:25:08,274 --> 00:25:11,310 A voice exemplar obtained from the defendant. 602 00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:14,046 Is that the voice you heard on the phone, Mr. Mills? 603 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:14,914 Yes, sir. 604 00:25:14,947 --> 00:25:16,983 He said he was with Homeland Security. 605 00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:20,319 I thought I was doing the right thing. 606 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:21,954 Did you get the caller's phone number? 607 00:25:21,988 --> 00:25:23,155 From the call ID. 608 00:25:23,189 --> 00:25:25,992 Our phone system's a little hinky so I always write down 609 00:25:26,025 --> 00:25:28,160 the number in case I get disconnected. 610 00:25:28,194 --> 00:25:30,930 Is this the number that you wrote down? 611 00:25:30,963 --> 00:25:32,298 Yes, sir. 612 00:25:32,331 --> 00:25:36,002 Did you ever find out whose phone number this is? 613 00:25:36,035 --> 00:25:39,271 That's the defendant's office line, Eric Lund. 614 00:25:39,305 --> 00:25:41,941 (McCoy) Nothing further, Your Honor. 615 00:25:45,845 --> 00:25:48,615 Have you ever met my client, Mr. Mills? 616 00:25:48,648 --> 00:25:51,283 No, sir. 617 00:25:51,317 --> 00:25:52,585 Prior to this alleged phone call, 618 00:25:52,619 --> 00:25:53,853 had you ever heard his voice? 619 00:25:53,886 --> 00:25:56,122 No, sir. 620 00:25:56,155 --> 00:25:58,891 Did this person who called give you their name? 621 00:25:58,925 --> 00:26:02,128 He told me his name was Nathan Dean. 622 00:26:02,161 --> 00:26:04,831 I found out later that's not who called. 623 00:26:04,864 --> 00:26:08,234 (Remz) You deal with a lot of numbers in Payroll. 624 00:26:08,267 --> 00:26:12,238 You ever...write down the wrong number by mistake? 625 00:26:12,271 --> 00:26:14,707 It's happened. 626 00:26:14,741 --> 00:26:17,176 (Remz) So, you can't be sure 627 00:26:17,209 --> 00:26:19,145 about the caller's name. 628 00:26:19,178 --> 00:26:21,748 You can't be sure you wrote down the right number. 629 00:26:21,781 --> 00:26:24,717 How can you be sure you spoke with my client? 630 00:26:24,751 --> 00:26:28,320 He tricked me into betraying an undercover officer. 631 00:26:28,354 --> 00:26:31,257 I have nightmares about what happened to that woman. 632 00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:33,760 What I helped do. 633 00:26:33,793 --> 00:26:35,928 If you think I will ever forget the sound of his voice, 634 00:26:35,962 --> 00:26:37,997 you're out of your mind. 635 00:26:41,734 --> 00:26:44,871 (McCoy) Do you recognize this, Mr. Petrovich? 636 00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:50,376 I remind you that you have agreed 637 00:26:50,409 --> 00:26:53,179 to testify truthfully and taken an oath to that effect. 638 00:26:53,212 --> 00:26:57,149 Please tell the court, have you ever seen this before? 639 00:26:57,183 --> 00:27:00,252 Yes, I saw it the day Detective Baker was killed. 640 00:27:00,286 --> 00:27:02,288 That's how I know she was a cop. 641 00:27:02,321 --> 00:27:04,824 (McCoy) People's Exhibit 10, Your Honor. 642 00:27:04,857 --> 00:27:06,292 (Judge Bright) It shall be so marked. 643 00:27:06,325 --> 00:27:08,795 Before saw you this, 644 00:27:08,828 --> 00:27:11,030 did you have any idea that she was a police officer? 645 00:27:11,063 --> 00:27:13,733 No, I thought she was a heroin dealer. 646 00:27:13,766 --> 00:27:16,335 When you found out the truth, what did you do? 647 00:27:16,368 --> 00:27:19,038 I shot her. In the head and-- 648 00:27:19,071 --> 00:27:21,741 Then twice in the chest. 649 00:27:21,774 --> 00:27:24,243 Sidebar, Your Honor. 650 00:27:24,276 --> 00:27:27,246 Approach. 651 00:27:28,815 --> 00:27:30,149 What's the problem, Counselor? 652 00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:31,217 Your Honor, 653 00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:33,052 something very disturbing has just been brought 654 00:27:33,085 --> 00:27:34,420 to my attention. 655 00:27:34,453 --> 00:27:36,956 The D.A.'s office has been withholding evidence 656 00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:41,227 that exonerates my client. 657 00:27:43,930 --> 00:27:46,933 (Remz) This is an email sent from Veronica Drake to Ron Grayson. 658 00:27:49,869 --> 00:27:54,340 "Friend of Tom Baker says his daughter works for NYPD. 659 00:27:54,373 --> 00:27:55,474 Can you corroborate?" 660 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:57,710 Note the date, Your Honor. 661 00:27:57,744 --> 00:28:00,813 This was sent one day before my client allegedly spoke 662 00:28:00,847 --> 00:28:02,081 to either reporter. 663 00:28:02,114 --> 00:28:05,484 Veronica Drake knew Dana Baker was a cop before my client 664 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:07,253 contacted her. 665 00:28:07,286 --> 00:28:09,889 Which means Eric Lund couldn't have been their source. 666 00:28:09,922 --> 00:28:12,191 It's exculpatory Brady material 667 00:28:12,224 --> 00:28:14,260 that should have been surrendered to the defense. 668 00:28:14,293 --> 00:28:16,328 Mr. McCoy? 669 00:28:16,362 --> 00:28:17,897 We can recheck our files. 670 00:28:17,930 --> 00:28:20,800 I suppose it's possible something was overlooked. 671 00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:22,434 Or intentionally withheld. 672 00:28:22,468 --> 00:28:25,337 That's absurd, I've never seen this document before. 673 00:28:25,371 --> 00:28:27,139 It was on a hard drive delivered to the D.A. 674 00:28:27,173 --> 00:28:29,809 A signed courier slip confirms they received it. 675 00:28:29,842 --> 00:28:33,045 But this email was never turned over to the defense. 676 00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:34,881 Do you also have proof that it's authentic? 677 00:28:34,914 --> 00:28:36,949 This all seems incredibly convenient. 678 00:28:36,983 --> 00:28:39,018 Well, there's a simple way to be sure about that. 679 00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:40,820 Isn't there, Mr. McCoy? 680 00:28:40,853 --> 00:28:44,456 We're in recess for 24 hours while you search your office. 681 00:28:47,860 --> 00:28:49,829 Ms. Borgia, I don't recall seeing this. 682 00:28:49,862 --> 00:28:52,799 But I get 100 emails a day. 683 00:28:52,832 --> 00:28:54,801 How many of them connect to the murder of a cop? 684 00:28:54,834 --> 00:28:57,870 Few, admittedly. But-- 685 00:28:57,904 --> 00:29:00,506 I still could have received it and don't remember. 686 00:29:00,539 --> 00:29:02,441 Mr. Grayson. 687 00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:06,378 I am sure that you recognize Eric Lund with his claws out. 688 00:29:06,412 --> 00:29:09,248 I can't be sure of that. 689 00:29:09,281 --> 00:29:11,350 If you testify that you never saw this email, 690 00:29:11,383 --> 00:29:12,384 you'll wipe out its credibility. 691 00:29:12,418 --> 00:29:14,420 Lund will go to jail where he can't come after you 692 00:29:14,453 --> 00:29:16,222 for a reprisal. 693 00:29:18,024 --> 00:29:22,228 I can't testify about something that may not be true. 694 00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:25,197 Look. 695 00:29:25,231 --> 00:29:27,934 I know that you lost some press privileges 696 00:29:27,967 --> 00:29:29,836 since talking to the cops. 697 00:29:29,869 --> 00:29:33,272 That was on account of Lund, wasn't it? 698 00:29:33,305 --> 00:29:38,144 Eric Lund is a vile little snake. 699 00:29:38,177 --> 00:29:42,014 He's ruined good men for the smallest perceived insult. 700 00:29:42,048 --> 00:29:45,284 So, maybe I got off easy. 701 00:29:45,317 --> 00:29:48,487 But-- No member of the House 702 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,223 or Senate will speak to me any longer. 703 00:29:51,257 --> 00:29:54,293 Some of whom I've known 30 years. 704 00:29:54,326 --> 00:29:59,098 And without information, I'm not a journalist. 705 00:29:59,131 --> 00:30:03,202 I'm a newsreader. 706 00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:06,272 [sighs] 707 00:30:06,305 --> 00:30:08,140 What did Ron Grayson have to say? 708 00:30:08,174 --> 00:30:10,409 That he has no idea what they're talking about. 709 00:30:10,442 --> 00:30:14,180 Of course he also said that he gets over 100 emails a day. 710 00:30:14,213 --> 00:30:16,048 And Veronica Drake? 711 00:30:16,082 --> 00:30:17,249 We have no way to be certain 712 00:30:17,283 --> 00:30:18,417 that his email was actually from her. 713 00:30:19,518 --> 00:30:20,920 Ms. Borgia. 714 00:30:23,055 --> 00:30:25,524 Where was this? Box 24. 715 00:30:25,557 --> 00:30:27,459 Printouts from Ron Grayson's hard drive. 716 00:30:32,398 --> 00:30:34,934 [sighs] 717 00:30:38,905 --> 00:30:39,872 What the hell happened? 718 00:30:39,906 --> 00:30:42,875 You were supposed to have this thing ironclad. 719 00:30:42,909 --> 00:30:44,176 Now the whole thing's about to come apart 720 00:30:44,210 --> 00:30:45,878 because of a careless mistake? 721 00:30:45,912 --> 00:30:47,880 I'm not convinced it was a mistake. 722 00:30:47,914 --> 00:30:49,648 Lund fabricated evidence and planted it here? 723 00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:50,983 (Borgia) If someone accuses you, 724 00:30:51,017 --> 00:30:52,651 find a way to put them on trial. 725 00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:56,288 It's a strategy he's used in every campaign that he's run. 726 00:30:56,322 --> 00:30:59,158 With one document, he exonerates himself, clears Drake, 727 00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:01,427 impeaches Grayson, attacks me, 728 00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:02,929 and blames the whole thing on Tom Baker. 729 00:31:02,962 --> 00:31:03,762 It's a magic bullet. 730 00:31:03,795 --> 00:31:04,830 (Branch) If this a magic bullet, 731 00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:07,399 find me a smoking gun and prepare for the storm 732 00:31:07,433 --> 00:31:10,502 that's gonna come from Lund's side. 733 00:31:13,139 --> 00:31:14,673 (Remz) The file is on the hard drive, Your Honor. 734 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:17,609 It's the prosecution's word against solid evidence. 735 00:31:17,643 --> 00:31:19,078 They have no case. 736 00:31:19,111 --> 00:31:20,980 The People can still meet the burden of proof. 737 00:31:21,013 --> 00:31:23,115 At worst, this was an honest mistake. 738 00:31:23,149 --> 00:31:25,584 There was nothing honest about it. 739 00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:27,619 They entered four other documents from that hard drive 740 00:31:27,653 --> 00:31:29,288 into evidence. 741 00:31:29,321 --> 00:31:31,991 Yet, they somehow managed to overlook the one document 742 00:31:32,024 --> 00:31:34,026 that clears my client! 743 00:31:34,060 --> 00:31:35,494 I have sworn affidavits confirming 744 00:31:35,527 --> 00:31:37,964 that no one in my office saw this email 745 00:31:37,997 --> 00:31:39,598 before the defense brought it into court. 746 00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:41,968 This is all academic, Your Honor. 747 00:31:42,001 --> 00:31:44,403 No harm has been done to the defense's case. 748 00:31:44,436 --> 00:31:46,138 What about the harm to my client's reputation? 749 00:31:46,172 --> 00:31:47,706 This whole thing has been a witch hunt! 750 00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:50,076 (McCoy) Mr. Lund's action 751 00:31:50,109 --> 00:31:51,510 got a decorated officer killed. 752 00:31:51,543 --> 00:31:54,080 Politics has nothing to do with it. 753 00:31:54,113 --> 00:31:56,715 Given the clear evidence of intentional malfeasance, 754 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:59,551 we respectfully request a continuance for a full hearing 755 00:31:59,585 --> 00:32:01,620 on prosecutorial misconduct. 756 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:04,423 There's no evidence to warrant this, Your Honor. 757 00:32:04,456 --> 00:32:06,725 Doesn't have to just be fair, Mr. McCoy. 758 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:08,694 It has to look fair too. 759 00:32:08,727 --> 00:32:12,064 I'll release the jury for the day. 760 00:32:12,098 --> 00:32:13,499 We'll do the hearing 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. 761 00:32:13,532 --> 00:32:14,967 (Remz) Thank you, Your Honor. 762 00:32:16,335 --> 00:32:18,737 In the interest of full disclosure, 763 00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:21,673 you might want to check in with Tom Baker. 764 00:32:23,709 --> 00:32:26,245 It was the day my book launched. 765 00:32:26,278 --> 00:32:29,281 A month before Dana died. 766 00:32:29,315 --> 00:32:31,050 [sighs] 767 00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:32,518 After the press event, 768 00:32:32,551 --> 00:32:35,221 I asked a couple of friends to come over for drinks. 769 00:32:35,254 --> 00:32:39,992 Dana said she would try to make it, but she didn't come. 770 00:32:40,026 --> 00:32:41,760 [sighs] 771 00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:43,729 I had a few. 772 00:32:43,762 --> 00:32:46,665 What did you say, Mr. Baker? 773 00:32:46,698 --> 00:32:50,202 That I loved her. 774 00:32:50,236 --> 00:32:54,273 And that she was the best cop in Manhattan. 775 00:32:56,442 --> 00:32:58,444 Who were these friends? 776 00:32:58,477 --> 00:33:00,646 My agent and publisher. 777 00:33:00,679 --> 00:33:03,515 Have you spoken to them? 778 00:33:03,549 --> 00:33:05,217 Both of them swear that they didn't tell a soul. 779 00:33:05,251 --> 00:33:06,718 You believe them? 780 00:33:07,753 --> 00:33:10,056 I don't know. 781 00:33:10,089 --> 00:33:13,692 I-I didn't say that she was undercover. 782 00:33:18,164 --> 00:33:20,466 So, this email could be legitimate. 783 00:33:20,499 --> 00:33:25,604 I don't know about you, but even with this, I don't buy it. 784 00:33:25,637 --> 00:33:28,307 Tell Computer Investigation we need their analysis. 785 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:31,277 We're out of time. 786 00:33:31,310 --> 00:33:33,045 Everything on the drive looked normal at first. 787 00:33:33,079 --> 00:33:34,380 But now I'm not sure. 788 00:33:34,413 --> 00:33:36,648 I mean, the hash system doesn't invalidate the image. 789 00:33:36,682 --> 00:33:39,785 The SMTP time stamp on the email jives-- Beck. 790 00:33:39,818 --> 00:33:41,653 [laughs] Oh, sorry, uh-- 791 00:33:41,687 --> 00:33:43,555 The big stuff checks out. 792 00:33:43,589 --> 00:33:46,092 But there's this one anomaly on the driver files 793 00:33:46,125 --> 00:33:50,262 that suggests that this thing was powered on five days ago. 794 00:33:50,296 --> 00:33:51,763 Well, no one should have touched it 795 00:33:51,797 --> 00:33:53,299 since we took it into evidence last month. 796 00:33:53,332 --> 00:33:54,633 Yeah, exactly. 797 00:33:54,666 --> 00:33:56,635 How hard would it be to fake that? 798 00:33:56,668 --> 00:33:59,138 Well, if this drive was modified, 799 00:33:59,171 --> 00:34:03,675 it was by somebody who really knew what they were doing. 800 00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:04,743 The email appears genuine, 801 00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:06,545 but there's a time stamp on another part of the disk 802 00:34:06,578 --> 00:34:07,846 that's dated for last week. 803 00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,848 So, either the hard drive was modified, 804 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:12,084 or else Grayson had his clock set wrong one day. 805 00:34:12,118 --> 00:34:14,553 Who had access? 12 TPAs. 806 00:34:14,586 --> 00:34:16,288 I was there while Fontana and Green questioned them. 807 00:34:16,322 --> 00:34:17,489 They're all law students. 808 00:34:17,523 --> 00:34:19,525 No criminal records, no connections to Lund, 809 00:34:19,558 --> 00:34:21,660 and none of them has the necessary computer expertise. 810 00:34:21,693 --> 00:34:23,595 Someone planted the email. 811 00:34:23,629 --> 00:34:24,696 Well, I have theories-- 812 00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:26,798 This hearing's gonna be a boxing match with my hands 813 00:34:26,832 --> 00:34:28,734 tied behind my back. 814 00:34:28,767 --> 00:34:30,636 I'll keep working. 815 00:34:32,738 --> 00:34:34,640 (Remz) Your Honor. 816 00:34:34,673 --> 00:34:36,742 The District Attorney's office deliberately targeted 817 00:34:36,775 --> 00:34:39,645 my client for malicious prosecution. 818 00:34:39,678 --> 00:34:43,149 They chose to arrest him before getting an indictment. 819 00:34:43,182 --> 00:34:46,318 And today you've seen proof 820 00:34:46,352 --> 00:34:50,656 that they withheld key evidence that exonerates Eric Lund. 821 00:34:50,689 --> 00:34:53,759 Given all the evidence, 822 00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:55,761 given the current state of American politics, 823 00:34:55,794 --> 00:34:58,197 which is more likely? 824 00:34:58,230 --> 00:35:03,635 That Eric Lund is a part of some vast conspiracy to get 825 00:35:03,669 --> 00:35:05,737 a good cop killed? 826 00:35:05,771 --> 00:35:08,474 Or that he is just another target of opportunity 827 00:35:08,507 --> 00:35:10,776 for the right? 828 00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:13,479 (McCoy) We're here today 829 00:35:13,512 --> 00:35:16,815 because Detective Dana Baker is dead. 830 00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:18,650 Because-- 831 00:35:18,684 --> 00:35:23,422 Everything we uncovered pointed to one person 832 00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:27,826 who revealed her identity, who was responsible for her death. 833 00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:29,595 Eric Lund. 834 00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:32,764 Persuasion by any means necessary. 835 00:35:32,798 --> 00:35:37,303 Spinning the truth until no one can tell 836 00:35:37,336 --> 00:35:40,306 fact from fiction anymore. 837 00:35:40,339 --> 00:35:42,308 That's what Eric Lund does for a living. 838 00:35:42,341 --> 00:35:44,276 That's what he's doing right now. 839 00:35:44,310 --> 00:35:47,846 That email was never surrendered to my office. 840 00:35:47,879 --> 00:35:51,317 You've seen my evidence. 841 00:35:51,350 --> 00:35:53,552 My record speaks for itself. 842 00:35:53,585 --> 00:35:56,855 I think the defendant's record speaks for him. 843 00:35:56,888 --> 00:36:00,326 It's up to you to see the truth. 844 00:36:00,359 --> 00:36:02,694 [sighs] 845 00:36:02,728 --> 00:36:05,797 We're in recess until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow 846 00:36:05,831 --> 00:36:11,370 when I'll render my decision. 847 00:36:11,403 --> 00:36:12,804 I don't like your odds here. 848 00:36:12,838 --> 00:36:14,306 I floated the idea of a plea. 849 00:36:14,340 --> 00:36:15,774 Remz won't even discuss it. 850 00:36:15,807 --> 00:36:17,543 The people of New York get no benefit 851 00:36:17,576 --> 00:36:20,746 from a misconduct finding against their lead prosecutor. 852 00:36:20,779 --> 00:36:22,414 What are you suggesting? 853 00:36:22,448 --> 00:36:23,682 It's not about Lund. 854 00:36:23,715 --> 00:36:25,417 It's about you. 855 00:36:25,451 --> 00:36:26,952 If your credibility is undermined, 856 00:36:26,985 --> 00:36:28,720 it's gonna be defense fodder for every case 857 00:36:28,754 --> 00:36:30,656 you try from here on out. 858 00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:33,692 It'll compromise your ability to get convictions. 859 00:36:33,725 --> 00:36:35,461 Look, Jack. 860 00:36:35,494 --> 00:36:37,463 You got hammered in the hearing. 861 00:36:37,496 --> 00:36:39,798 That damn email indicates that the guy is innocent. 862 00:36:39,831 --> 00:36:43,802 And Dana Baker's father admitted that he compromised her cover. 863 00:36:43,835 --> 00:36:47,539 If you win the battle, you're still gonna lose the war. 864 00:36:47,573 --> 00:36:49,941 We can still win this and it's my reputation. 865 00:36:49,975 --> 00:36:51,977 Jack. 866 00:36:52,010 --> 00:36:53,845 It's our reputation. 867 00:36:56,615 --> 00:36:59,585 Drop the charges? 868 00:36:59,618 --> 00:37:01,787 Well, it's your call. 869 00:37:01,820 --> 00:37:04,490 But I'd say consider it. 870 00:37:04,523 --> 00:37:07,726 Seriously. 871 00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:09,728 (Remz) Let's go, Mr. Lund. 872 00:37:09,761 --> 00:37:10,729 Ah. 873 00:37:10,762 --> 00:37:11,963 I'm impressed, McCoy. 874 00:37:11,997 --> 00:37:14,300 I didn't think you had the spine to take this 875 00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:15,667 all the way to a ruling. 876 00:37:15,701 --> 00:37:17,436 I still plan to take this to a verdict. 877 00:37:17,469 --> 00:37:18,437 It's your career. 878 00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:19,638 Jack. 879 00:37:19,671 --> 00:37:20,839 Fontana and Green. They've got something 880 00:37:20,872 --> 00:37:21,873 on one of the TPAs. 881 00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:24,042 I can buy us an hour. 882 00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:25,744 I don't know Eric Lund. 883 00:37:25,777 --> 00:37:27,779 I already told you, the police-- 884 00:37:27,813 --> 00:37:29,581 We know what you told them, Ms. Lesko. 885 00:37:29,615 --> 00:37:33,285 But when they ran your address, the name Peter Gordon came up. 886 00:37:33,319 --> 00:37:34,853 My boyfriend? 887 00:37:34,886 --> 00:37:36,288 We're both on the lease. 888 00:37:36,322 --> 00:37:37,589 Did you know that your boyfriend 889 00:37:37,623 --> 00:37:42,027 worked on a political campaign in 2004? 890 00:37:42,060 --> 00:37:43,662 Eric Lund was his boss. 891 00:37:43,695 --> 00:37:46,498 That doesn't mean I know him. 892 00:37:46,532 --> 00:37:49,801 This is guilt by association. 893 00:37:49,835 --> 00:37:51,403 We pulled your phone records. 894 00:37:51,437 --> 00:37:53,805 Ten calls between Lund's office and Peter's cell 895 00:37:53,839 --> 00:37:55,407 over the last three weeks. 896 00:37:55,441 --> 00:37:56,742 This is crazy. 897 00:37:56,775 --> 00:37:59,378 I don't know what you're talking about. 898 00:37:59,411 --> 00:38:01,747 Our technicians have proof that hard drive was tampered with. 899 00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:04,683 (McCoy) Only 12 other people had access. 900 00:38:04,716 --> 00:38:08,587 And Lund wasn't calling their boyfriends. 901 00:38:11,457 --> 00:38:13,892 Peter had me meet with this guy. 902 00:38:13,925 --> 00:38:15,461 An expert. 903 00:38:15,494 --> 00:38:17,629 He told me what to do with the computer. 904 00:38:17,663 --> 00:38:20,666 I didn't want to, okay? 905 00:38:20,699 --> 00:38:21,767 But you don't understand. 906 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,069 When Lund called, Peter was terrified. 907 00:38:24,102 --> 00:38:25,904 Lund made threats? 908 00:38:25,937 --> 00:38:27,606 He didn't have to. 909 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:29,741 Peter told me things he did on that campaign. 910 00:38:29,775 --> 00:38:33,879 Families he ruined, lives he destroyed. 911 00:38:33,912 --> 00:38:36,882 If you don't do what Eric Lund tells you to do, 912 00:38:36,915 --> 00:38:39,951 he will wreck your whole world. 913 00:38:39,985 --> 00:38:43,989 Ms. Lesko, so will we. 914 00:38:47,793 --> 00:38:49,127 We forwarded copies to Judge Bright. 915 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,829 He's reviewing them right now. 916 00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:53,999 As soon as we're done trying Mr. Lund for manslaughter, 917 00:38:54,032 --> 00:38:56,668 we'll be charging him with multiple counts of perjury, 918 00:38:56,702 --> 00:38:59,004 conspiracy, and obstruction of justice. 919 00:38:59,037 --> 00:39:00,972 The word of two cash-strapped kids. 920 00:39:01,006 --> 00:39:03,709 It's hardly DNA, is it? 921 00:39:03,742 --> 00:39:06,612 Politics is a manipulative business, Mr. McCoy. 922 00:39:06,645 --> 00:39:08,013 People lie all the time. 923 00:39:08,046 --> 00:39:09,681 Not to me. 924 00:39:09,715 --> 00:39:13,485 All the charges add up to a minimum of 20 years. 925 00:39:13,519 --> 00:39:15,120 Make us an offer. 926 00:39:15,153 --> 00:39:17,456 If you plead guilty on all counts, 927 00:39:17,489 --> 00:39:19,491 we're willing to give a recommendation 928 00:39:19,525 --> 00:39:20,926 on where you serve your sentence. 929 00:39:20,959 --> 00:39:22,894 That's an insult. 930 00:39:22,928 --> 00:39:25,063 That's the best offer you're going to get. 931 00:39:25,096 --> 00:39:27,833 Unless you have any information on illegal acts committed 932 00:39:27,866 --> 00:39:29,968 by Congressman Prescott. 933 00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:32,771 Such as? 934 00:39:32,804 --> 00:39:35,407 Did he instruct you to expose Dana Baker? 935 00:39:35,441 --> 00:39:38,610 Is this your attempt at a political move? 936 00:39:38,644 --> 00:39:40,078 To put my back to the wall? 937 00:39:40,111 --> 00:39:43,849 I'm offering you a way to atone for your mistakes. 938 00:39:43,882 --> 00:39:46,418 John Prescott is a great leader. 939 00:39:46,452 --> 00:39:50,021 A strong, progressive voice that this country desperately needs. 940 00:39:50,055 --> 00:39:51,790 He can be president someday. 941 00:39:51,823 --> 00:39:53,792 He will be president someday. 942 00:39:53,825 --> 00:39:55,761 Maybe when you're out of jail. 943 00:39:55,794 --> 00:39:58,764 Just file your charges, McCoy. 944 00:40:02,668 --> 00:40:04,002 I don't trust Lund's confidence. 945 00:40:04,035 --> 00:40:06,071 Like he's got something else up his sleeve. 946 00:40:06,104 --> 00:40:08,006 A way to discredit Janine Lesko. 947 00:40:08,039 --> 00:40:10,809 Or a way to manufacture something to discredit her. 948 00:40:10,842 --> 00:40:12,878 He will tear that girl to shreds 949 00:40:12,911 --> 00:40:14,179 before he lets her send him to jail. 950 00:40:14,212 --> 00:40:15,581 We need to talk to her tomorrow. 951 00:40:15,614 --> 00:40:17,516 Get in front of any dirt in her past. 952 00:40:17,549 --> 00:40:20,486 The fight continues. 953 00:40:20,519 --> 00:40:22,788 Can I help you? 954 00:40:22,821 --> 00:40:24,623 It's all right, Mike. 955 00:40:26,492 --> 00:40:27,793 Mr. McCoy. 956 00:40:27,826 --> 00:40:29,027 Forgive the intrusion. 957 00:40:29,060 --> 00:40:32,130 To what do I owe the pleasure, Congressman? 958 00:40:32,163 --> 00:40:36,968 A conversation I had with Eric Lund. 959 00:40:37,002 --> 00:40:38,704 He's in hot water, isn't he? 960 00:40:38,737 --> 00:40:40,506 Yes, he is. 961 00:40:40,539 --> 00:40:43,575 Yet, there's an offer on the table to reduce the charges 962 00:40:43,609 --> 00:40:45,844 for information on me. 963 00:40:45,877 --> 00:40:48,514 Many things were discussed. 964 00:40:48,547 --> 00:40:51,750 Information about what? What are you looking for? 965 00:40:51,783 --> 00:40:53,151 Or are you just fishing? 966 00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:57,088 What do you think, Congressman? 967 00:40:57,122 --> 00:41:00,125 Yeah, I think you're fishing. 968 00:41:00,158 --> 00:41:02,861 Trying to bluff a man like Eric Lund? 969 00:41:02,894 --> 00:41:04,563 You're giving me a lot of credit. 970 00:41:04,596 --> 00:41:05,864 [laughs] 971 00:41:05,897 --> 00:41:08,099 Who do you think you are, McCoy? 972 00:41:08,133 --> 00:41:11,737 And just who the hell do you think you're talking to? 973 00:41:13,839 --> 00:41:16,875 Someone who lets other people do their dirty work. 974 00:41:20,812 --> 00:41:23,615 What kind of time is Eric looking at 975 00:41:23,649 --> 00:41:28,520 if he cops a plea to planting the Dana Baker story 976 00:41:28,554 --> 00:41:30,622 and evidence tampering? 977 00:41:30,656 --> 00:41:33,925 I'd consider 15 years. 978 00:41:36,127 --> 00:41:39,565 I'll see he takes the deal. 979 00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:43,902 I'd need to hear that from him. 980 00:41:43,935 --> 00:41:47,906 Oh, you will. But the fishing-- 981 00:41:47,939 --> 00:41:50,842 It has to stop. 982 00:41:50,876 --> 00:41:52,644 Are we clear? 983 00:41:52,678 --> 00:41:55,714 Crystal clear, Congressman. 984 00:42:03,655 --> 00:42:07,726 We don't have anything on him. 985 00:42:07,759 --> 00:42:11,797 Except his guilty conscience. 986 00:42:14,733 --> 00:42:16,735 Of course, we were shocked when we learned the truth. 987 00:42:16,768 --> 00:42:21,006 Although, I personally never worked closely with Eric Lund, 988 00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:23,809 he should never have been on our staff in the first place. 989 00:42:23,842 --> 00:42:25,877 And for this, I take full responsibility. 990 00:42:25,911 --> 00:42:30,749 I want America to know that the buck stops here. 991 00:42:30,782 --> 00:42:33,719 Looks like Prescott's gonna weather the storm. 992 00:42:33,752 --> 00:42:35,754 Hiring a new consultant. 993 00:42:35,787 --> 00:42:38,757 Some rising star from the 2004 campaign. 994 00:42:38,790 --> 00:42:40,258 Another deal with another devil. 995 00:42:40,291 --> 00:42:42,260 Who's the real devil? 996 00:42:42,293 --> 00:42:45,063 Lund falls on his sword while Prescott just climbs over him 997 00:42:45,096 --> 00:42:46,197 on his way to the top. 998 00:42:46,231 --> 00:42:47,833 That's politics. 999 00:42:47,866 --> 00:42:50,068 Democracy's still the worst form of government there is 1000 00:42:50,101 --> 00:42:51,369 except for all the rest. 1001 00:42:51,402 --> 00:42:53,605 Captioning by CaptionMax www.captionmax.com