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00:00Chicago's the Windy City.
00:03Not because it's windy, it's because our politicians are full of hot wind.
00:13A report from the University of Illinois claims Chicago is the most corrupt city in the United States.
00:18It's based on data from the Justice Department.
00:20Every year you're hearing of a corruption scandal or a trial of somebody.
00:27We've had governors who've been indicted and convicted.
00:31In every town there's probably someone.
00:34Good afternoon.
00:36Good afternoon.
00:37I was not expecting all of this today. I wasn't prepared.
00:41Candace Clark is very interesting.
00:43Are you sorry for crimes that you've committed?
00:46You don't know I committed a crime, Dorothy.
00:48Candace was doing great things. She was clearly focused on helping women and girls.
00:53Her whole life was dedicated to it.
00:55It's almost like she still has a hold on my life.
01:02Sheriff's Department, open the door!
01:04Police finally arrested Candace Clark.
01:06When I saw this I thought, wow, this is some serious fault.
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01:40My name is Aaron and I am representing the State of Illinois Special Services Department.
01:58I am here today to speak to you about additional changes that the Director of Investigations
02:03will be implementing today.
02:04I would like to welcome all of you to the swearing-in ceremony of the new Director of
02:09Special Investigations, Candace Clark.
02:12When I first learned of Candace Clark, she had just been sworn in as the Director of Special
02:17Investigations.
02:18I, Candace Clark.
02:20I, Candace Clark.
02:21Do solemnly affirm.
02:23Do solemnly affirm.
02:25That I will support the Constitution.
02:28That I will support the Constitution.
02:30I remember just, there were several speeches.
02:33One from, I believe, a sorority that she was in.
02:37There is a religious community there.
02:40I have a short little blurb.
02:43I represent the Special Services Division.
02:46You know, I'm proud to announce Candace Clark as our new Director of Special Investigations.
02:51I would like to acknowledge the well wishes from the Illinois ATF Department, Forensic Services,
02:56the Illinois State Police, and the Illinois State's Attorney Office.
03:00Candace, these are just a few who have reached out to welcome you into office but cannot be present today.
03:05I felt really great about where things were heading and my career was on the up and up.
03:14So we played this event for Director Candace Clark at the University of Illinois.
03:19And she did walk over by us and she expressed gratitude.
03:22She seemed humble and she seemed honored to be there and she seemed grateful that everyone was here for her.
03:28I appreciate everyone for coming out.
03:31And I appreciate people wanting the same things that I'm wanting and looking for justice the same way that I'm looking for justice.
03:40So it was nice. It was a nice feeling. She seemed like a warm, caring individual.
03:44And I think, well, whatever you've been asked to do, hopefully you've got a good heart here and you're going to do a good job.
03:48And you're going to affect people's lives positively.
03:52Candace Clark is the first African-American woman to hold the Director of Special Investigations position in the state of Illinois.
03:59They would be reporting directly to the Illinois State Police, working collaboratively with them and obviously gaining people's trust.
04:13I am working on the case of Elias Diaz. Elias Diaz was arrested in 2009 for a murder that he did not commit.
04:24And we are trying to overturn it at this time.
04:32It was really exciting to see the first black woman in this position and to see how far she had gone in order to get into that position.
04:41I thought it was really cool to be witness to that and be participant in that.
04:47A notion of inclusion has become a big part of the political identity in Chicago.
04:51We've seen people who were not included now be included.
04:58So to see an African-American woman engage in this meaningful role made perfect sense.
05:03When I wanted to get paid for setting up the event and filming it and speaking at the event, I contacted Candace Clark's assistant, Paulette Robinson.
05:19My contract, I thought, was going to be between my office and Jamie and her office.
05:26But she said, no, you said you're going to deal directly with the office of Director Clark.
05:31And she has an assistant named Paulette and Paulette will reach out to you.
05:35We'll get a contract to her and all that.
05:37Well, this sounds good.
05:38When you're getting paid for such an event, you don't really question too much at the beginning.
05:45You just assume that everything is okay and you don't need to be worried about any of the other stuff because it's being taken care of.
05:54I was emailing her, thanks so much for everything.
05:59Just curious on, you know, when I'll get paid for this event.
06:03Do you have the details for the next event?
06:06She always talked about future events.
06:08And if that's the case, I definitely want to be involved in those.
06:11So it's balancing that between wanting payment and being frustrated about it.
06:16But also like, yeah, I would love to work more.
06:25She said, ah, it's the government shutdown or what have you, but it is being processed.
06:35So 2019 was a terrible time to do business in Illinois.
06:39The average payment delay for anyone doing business with the state of Illinois was 210 business days.
06:53So to see someone like Candace Clark saying, we'll pay you, it'll just take some time.
07:01Not unusual at all.
07:03She was a public servant that cares about others.
07:10She wanted to bring people together and wanted to fight for justice.
07:16Candace Clark was believable and came off as authentic and empathetic.
07:21She had all of these qualities that you think a politician should have, but she didn't have the honesty, right?
07:28You want your politicians to be honest and people that you can trust.
07:33Candace Clark is a corrupt politician.
07:42You're here because you were accused of stealing $65,000 to $70,000 from Darlene Simmons?
07:48What?
07:51All of this started a long time ago.
07:54She was my best friend.
08:00Who is she now?
08:02She's a monster.
08:03She's a monster.
08:04I just want to let you all know there's a new face, a new face to the NAACP, Candace Dixon.
08:20All right.
08:21All right.
08:22All right.
08:23All right.
08:24So Candace.
08:26Take your time.
08:27Watch out.
08:28You know, I don't know what to start.
08:29Take your time.
08:30Take your time.
08:32From what I know now, she would be an excellent politician.
08:35I trusted Candace.
08:36I didn't.
08:37I trusted Candace.
08:38I didn't.
08:42This girl robbed me.
08:43Like, she robbed me big time.
08:44Back then, we were two peas in a pod.
08:51If you saw her, you saw me.
08:54And if you saw me, you saw Candace.
08:57Anytime that we had free time, we would listen to some of our favorite jams, talking about
09:04boys and who looks good.
09:07Just life and family.
09:10It was definitely fun.
09:13Especially talking about the boys.
09:16Tanita.
09:20You are truly one of my closest friends.
09:23I want to thank you for supporting me all the time.
09:26I want to thank you for laughing with me in the middle of the night.
09:31I want to thank you for helping me get through a lot of hard times.
09:40So, at the brunch, I found out that I was pregnant.
09:47I was nervous, of course.
09:48Who wouldn't be at that age?
09:50And it was nice to have a friend be with you when you're getting those results.
09:54And, of course, on the inside, I felt like hell broke loose.
09:59To have a lifeline during this time meant everything to me.
10:06And that's exactly what Candace became.
10:08She became my lifeline.
10:09I try to do what I can for young women because I am a young woman.
10:13And I try to reach out to those who try to reach out to me.
10:25She introduced me to the COURAGE program.
10:30They're a program that help out single mothers to help them get up off their feet.
10:35I had my son a month before my 21st birthday.
10:41I did go through the postpartum.
10:46Candace said that the COURAGE program did offer housing for single mothers.
10:52For me, it was freedom.
10:55It was freedom.
10:58Next thing you know, Candace calls me.
11:02Hey, she said there are going to be some new apartments.
11:06The deposit that was needed was $2.50 down.
11:10And then you will be on the list.
11:16Then that's when she started collecting money.
11:19Ms. Brown, I think you're so strong and so spiritual.
11:24And I love you from the bottom of my heart.
11:27From Jump Street, I didn't like where she was going with everything.
11:32She would be cut and dry with her smile, so she'd go like...
11:37And that to me just didn't seem genuine.
11:42So long ago, I was always told when you see someone that's like that,
11:47they're hiding something.
11:50And I always thought she was hiding something.
11:57So what Candace does next, she said,
12:01are you guys interested in doing townhomes?
12:03I'm like, heck yeah, let's do, let's do townhomes.
12:07But of course, because of where I was working at the time and income and everything,
12:11like how much more, you know, would this be?
12:14So now you're giving an extra $500.
12:19For me, those townhomes just have that sense of pride, that joy.
12:24I felt like I'm doing something that's going to help me be independent.
12:30Why not bring my friends with?
12:32Our children can grow up together.
12:34So Candace said, this would be a great time to put more money down so then when you move in,
12:44you can already have like maybe three to six months of rent already paid.
12:49So guess what we did?
12:53We bought into it and that's when we gave more money.
12:58Between all three of us, there was like $5,000 roughly.
13:03Stanita came and told me, I said, well, make sure you're getting any receipts.
13:12And I'm like, you know what, you're right.
13:14And I said, hey, you know, do you have our files?
13:18We need to see like where we are on the list.
13:20She would get upset and then she's like, I don't appreciate, you know, being harassed.
13:28You know, I'm trying to help you guys out.
13:30You have to understand this is a government type program.
13:34And so anything government is going to take a long time.
13:38If she see a crack, Candace think I can slither into that crack and then I can make it bigger so I can get through.
13:46That's how I saw her, as a rodent trying to get some cheese.
13:59Then next week, I'm saying to myself like, oh, pay period. I can't wait.
14:04You know, a refresher.
14:11My account was negative $969.
14:17The bank calls me.
14:21Someone cashed my check.
14:26And they're saying like, well, wait a minute, we know that this is not yours.
14:32And I'm crying. I'm like, how do you know? Like, how do you know it's not me?
14:36They was like, well, this person printed out your name and your handwriting has all been in signatures.
14:41You never would think that your friend would go into your book bag and get your check and take your check out the middle.
14:51I never got a town home.
14:53And I was never on the list.
14:57So all of the money went to her.
15:00I was angry. I was pissed. The first thing I did was I drove to her house.
15:11She wasn't there.
15:16This set me back, not just one year or two. It set me back about a good six years.
15:22It just do something to you because when you feel like you're letting everyone down.
15:31So when you have your parents and then you have your friends, I'm so sorry.
15:35She really hurts Danita to the core.
15:45And I can imagine she hurt others as well.
16:05When I first met Candace Clark, I thought she was the person that we were looking for.
16:18She was professional, I thought. Okay.
16:21And that's how she presented herself to me.
16:23I am part of a charitable organization for men.
16:33We fixed them something to eat. We played cards.
16:37I felt like I was doing something. I served a purpose.
16:42Candace was interested in joining my organization.
16:45She kept on calling and talking with me about it.
16:53And I'm like, and basically befriending me, setting me up for the kill.
17:00I had lost my job at the Tribune.
17:03And the money that I got from my 401k, I was interested in purchasing a three flat.
17:12I was talking to her about it and she like, well, I could help you with that.
17:19And I'm like, really? And she like, yeah, because that's what I do.
17:23I love helping others.
17:28I said 65th and California is where the one that we wanted.
17:34So she offered for me to put the money into her account
17:37because she said she had to have a certain amount of money in her account
17:41before we can go do a closing.
17:44And I paid money for the furniture for all three floors.
17:48I really did not realize things weren't, or things were going sideways until my daughter's wedding was coming up.
18:03My daughter wanted to get married and she wanted to get married at the Chateau Boucher.
18:06Candace said, oh, I know someone that works there. I can set your daughter up and we're going to do this up for her.
18:20Again, I fell for it.
18:22The wedding planner and my daughter went to the facility, saw the room that they wanted to have the wedding at.
18:36We got everything in the menu.
18:39Candace suggested a Hummer limo, a chocolate fountain.
18:46I had given her $8,000 in cash.
18:52All of this is with my 401k.
18:56All of us were more excited than anything else.
18:59But Candace Clark never paid any of the money for the room.
19:04And we canceled my daughter's wedding.
19:09It was more so of an embarrassment than anything else.
19:12It was like I got stabbed in the heart.
19:18Only because, I don't know how to explain this, but my daughter, she's my backbone.
19:32That's the only way I can put it. She's my backbone.
19:35And she always was there for me.
19:40And at the time, I'm thinking, you know, I got this money.
19:45I can make this wedding for her.
19:49And to see both of them literally was in tears.
19:52And she came to me, and she's like, which hurt me.
19:56And she's like, Mama, I would never be able to have the wedding that I wanted.
20:01And that is when I decided that Candace was not who she said she was, and it was time for me to get her back.
20:11I went to the police.
20:20Hmm.
20:23Somebody had told me that you need to get a picture of her.
20:27I was trying to meet with her, have lunch with her, whatever, coffee.
20:31She cut me off.
20:33It's from the circuit court of Cook County.
20:36I went down and set this up myself, filing charges against her.
20:41But they have no way of contacting her.
20:44She was gone.
20:50Candace Clark was really focused on delivering these promises of helping women, helping crime in Chicago.
20:59I'm so excited to go on my journey.
21:03Then hopefully, riding a few drones along the way.
21:08So, thank you.
21:11I had no reason to question, at the time, that I wasn't going to eventually get paid.
21:20After my daughter's wedding, I decided to do my own investigation.
21:30Google was a big help, but she was, like, all over the place.
21:37Olympia Fields, Oak Lawn, a lot of different suburbs.
21:41My manager from the Tribune had told me, just put out, watch out for this person.
21:50She's a scammer.
21:52Don't give out too much information.
21:55So, at the UIC event, I arrived and everything was already set up.
22:11Good afternoon.
22:13The big band was playing the same band that was in the previous event.
22:17There were people around me and people I didn't recognize either, that I hadn't worked with before.
22:23I was a little annoyed, too, at the whole situation.
22:28At the time, she hadn't paid us either for the past three some months.
22:33About a month after we had not received any payment for either of the two dates we played,
22:38I was curious as to what was going on and who this person was.
22:41I Googled her, Director Candace Clark, and nothing was coming up.
22:46It was very strange.
22:48I was trying to express my frustration to Paulette, but as nicely as possible.
23:01Like, I think she knew that we wouldn't rag on her like all the time, like expecting payment, if she gave like a valid excuse.
23:11So, she pushed the blame on the government, like, ah, it's the government's fault.
23:17So, after, you know, like the third excuse, I started to feel like, oh, there's something up here.
23:23Jamie emailed all of us and said, how did I not think of this?
23:28I had the Illinois comptroller nearby.
23:32So, she was like, why haven't I knocked on the door to see what's going on?
23:35My doorbell rang, and it was a neighbor of mine who I had never met.
23:45Because I'm the comptroller and I pay people, she wanted to know if they were ever going to get paid, and this is my understanding.
23:52And I said, well, I don't really know what you're talking about, so why don't you give me more information?
23:57And so, she started telling me about this work relationship with Candace Clark, who's the director of special investigations for the state of Illinois.
24:05I mean, I've never heard of that.
24:08I don't know who she is.
24:09The name doesn't ring a bell to me, but let me look into that.
24:13And I immediately reached out to Governor Pritzker.
24:18He got back to me right away and said, there is no such thing as a director of special investigations, and we do not have a Candace Clark.
24:26I started Googling her, and I saw that there was multiple, like, ceremonies, one at UIC, which is a very reputable and respected university here.
24:41Then, she also had the other video at Maggiano's, the place that everyone in the political space knows.
24:48I've spoken there multiple times.
24:50I gotta check, does my collar look okay?
24:52She was able to leverage the fact that they had probably just had an event, and they hadn't taken their banners down.
25:02I told my neighbor, I'm so sorry, but this is, like, it seems illegal to me in so many different ways.
25:07I mean, she's using the state seal, which is illegal if you're not a state elected official.
25:12But then I was thrown back when I saw the video of my neighbor.
25:22And I'm like, hold on, is that you?
25:25What are you doing posing as a judge?
25:28Seems to me like that wouldn't be legal either.
25:30I'm sorry, I was rushing the program here.
25:35Um, the question and answer period.
25:37Um, do we have any...
25:39We already have someone with a question.
25:41Will you at any time work on cases that the state's attorney's office has filed against the Chicago Police Department?
25:47Good lord.
25:51Good lord.
25:53She wrote them.
25:54She wrote all of these questions.
25:56She gave these questions to everybody.
25:58She's acting.
26:00We were all actors.
26:02Mr. Wade, I'm gonna be your assistant for the next 15 to 30 minutes.
26:07I literally know, like, everything about you and your brands.
26:11Candace Clark hired all of us actors to portray these different government officials.
26:17They had to have people portraying these people in order to get her sworn in so that she can get work done.
26:24The tone I got was like, yeah, this happens all the time.
26:27Like, because of these government shutdowns, like, we need actors to portray it.
26:32As an actor, I mean, that sounds legit enough.
26:35We had no reason to doubt Candace Clark's position, uh, at the time.
26:45That's what these con artists have, right?
26:47They have the ability to just snow people over, to convince anyone of even the most outlandish thing.
26:54This one is the order to ensure ethical and a responsive agreement.
27:04So, it was really alarming to me, and it was also eye-opening in many respects, but I really wanted to help her.
27:12So I reached out to the police department, and I was put in touch with a woman who was doing special investigations, but legitimate ones.
27:21I did the best I could to give them, you know, pretty much lay it out for them, and then they did the rest.
27:26Jamie emailed all of us.
27:29Candace Clark does not exist in their system, so this has been a fraud.
27:35She had concocted this whole thing in a, out of thin air, and we all bought in.
27:41Uh, this is the weirdest situation I've been in.
27:53I feel like the whole time, like, I, I shoulda, like, I shoulda caught something.
27:57Like, something more. I shoulda, something shoulda, but, you know, it's kinda forgiven myself a little bit for her.
28:03Yeah, she did, she did a pretty good job of, uh, convincing everybody. She's convincing.
28:11So, Jamie told all of us to, like, let's be very, uh, let's not mention anything to anybody.
28:19We have, like, uh, an actual investigator, like, investigating into this.
28:24I had to send my emails over, all my correspondence over to him.
28:27So, everybody and anybody that I got in touch with or contact with, I told them about her.
28:38So, I'm telling the cab driver about what happened, and he's like, well, wait a minute.
28:44I just had someone here in my cab from CBS, and she gave me her card.
28:50Her name is Dorothy Tucker.
28:52I called.
28:55She was nice. She was helpful. She listened.
28:59And, from then on, she stayed on the story.
29:06He got whatever information that I could get from her.
29:10Also, I got a call from this guy.
29:17It was a recording.
29:18He was trying to contact me, and I'm, of course, I'm not trusting nobody.
29:25I'm, well, I don't know you, you know.
29:28It took him to tell me that it was about Candace Clark for me to call him back.
29:32He told me that we went online and we couldn't find anything about her, but we did run across your page of what you said about Candace Clark.
29:56So, he told me that she was going to be given an award somewhere downtown.
30:04I contacted Dorothy, and she went to the meeting.
30:09We're here because you were accused of stealing $65,000 to $70,000 from Darlene Simmons.
30:19What?
30:21Can you tell me what's going on?
30:22Candace kicked Dorothy Tucker out.
30:24Okay, I'm going to ask you, like, the last time to please stop.
30:27I was amazed because I couldn't understand how she was able to do this with a straight face and not feel any remorse.
30:35Did not feel anything, especially when Dorothy Tucker called her on the elevator and asked her about me.
30:42And I didn't do anything to her.
30:44I didn't.
30:45She said, well, you committed fraud.
30:48She said, no, I didn't.
30:49Prove it.
30:55It's so much effort to do this for almost no foreseeable reason.
31:00I mean, she had to have written out like a skeleton, right, and then fill out each of the scenes.
31:08Hired all these people to make it seem legit.
31:12She wrote all of our speeches and wrote down all the questions to have people repeat to her in a question-answer sort of situation.
31:20They were creating scripts.
31:21And I don't know if Paulette or Candace or that team created the scripts, but they were clearly given direction about what to say and how to position themselves.
31:29There was a lot of media coverage concerning, you know, a possible serial killer in the Chicago area.
31:35Would you consider reviewing these cases?
31:41I'm not sure.
31:42I'm going to take that under consideration.
31:46There is a protocol.
31:48She shook her head and was like, oh, man.
31:49Like, she wanted to add that to add validity to her speech.
31:54Pretty sure there was only three questions, which rule of three.
31:57I don't know if, like, she thought of that ahead or she just felt good at three.
32:01To even have pamphlets to be given out.
32:03It's a huge ruse.
32:07Paulette was not real.
32:09She was Candace Clark, hiding behind the internet where you can't see who you're speaking with.
32:13You just take it by face value.
32:15And it's easy enough to create an email address and, you know, create a false person.
32:19And she successfully did that.
32:22When Jamie knocked on my door, we were still coming out of that budget impasse.
32:26So there was still a delay in paying people.
32:30Candace Clark knew what was going on with the state's finances, and she was paying attention to that and took advantage.
32:35More people are telling us their tales of losing thousands of dollars in an elaborate Chicago charade.
32:45When I saw Candace Clark on television, I said, oh, my goodness, I'm going to have to call Stanita and tell Stanita who I just saw on television.
32:57This girl has been doing this for years.
33:00Our biggest discovery was Clark's housing scam.
33:04She loved renting big, expensive, beautiful homes.
33:07Only she never paid for them.
33:09She was evicted 23 times over 12 years.
33:12Sheriff's department eviction, open the door.
33:15What's your name?
33:16Candace station.
33:17Eighty-some people came out of the woodwork.
33:19When we added up, the total came to a whopping $469,000.
33:26She's a serial scammer.
33:28I found out later that she even pretended to be Miss Teen Illinois in high school.
33:33You're thinking of doing this stuff as a teen?
33:36Knowing that people can check up and find out if this is real or not?
33:40A 1987 Miss Teen USA!
33:43Danielle Reese Riverwood, Illinois!
33:46Insane.
33:47Breaking news right now on a CBS2 investigation into a woman who's been accused of being a serial con artist.
33:53She was arrested in the morning at a Starbucks in Chicago.
33:56News sources indicate she was carrying several fake IDs.
33:59Will Candace Clark finally face the consequences for her actions?
34:09Nobody ever calls a criminal defense attorney when they're having a good day.
34:12They always call us when they're having the worst day ever, and so I try to be sympathetic to that.
34:16And at least show up, if I can, to help somebody out.
34:25So at first glance, I had no idea what the case was.
34:27I was asked by somebody that I wasn't even sure who it was, called me, asked me to come into court to represent their mother.
34:33And I said yes.
34:34And I showed up for a bond hearing, and I walk into court and there's, you know, a ton of reporters, a ton of press, and everybody wanted to talk to me, and I had no idea why.
34:50What's wrong with my story?
34:53Why do you say, why do you say they're wrong?
34:55We apologize.
34:56Currently, there's no counsel.
34:58So that was me coming out of court with Candace and Dorothy Tucker, just accosting us.
35:06I actually had to hurry her into my car and drive off.
35:11Candace Clark, the accused of serial scammer.
35:15The first thing she did, fire her attorney.
35:18Why did you come off the case?
35:20Any time that somebody that's accused of any sort of fraud asks me to pay in check, I have a bit of a saying, and it goes, if you want me to take payment in check, that must mean you think I'm stupid.
35:33And if you think I'm stupid, why would you want me to represent you?
35:50My name is David Drewicki, and I'm a criminal defense attorney here in Chicago, Illinois.
35:56I defended Candace Clark.
35:59There were a number of other attorneys.
36:03For me to replace the public defender or to replace a single private counsel is pretty typical, but there were, I believe, three others prior to me being on.
36:14That is a little unusual.
36:17I got up to speed and knew where we stood, and the judge wanted an answer.
36:21Plea your trial.
36:22What are we doing?
36:25I do think it's important when and where appropriate that her side, Candace's side, be heard.
36:31That there is another side to this.
36:33That there are words on paper and allegations, but there's another side to this.
36:38And that we're going to defend this and protect her rights, and ultimately, if we had to go to trial, make the state go through the paces of proving their case.
36:47Allegations are free.
36:49Proof is difficult.
36:51There were certain counts that I went in thinking, okay, I think we can get a not guilty on this.
36:57One of them was, who actually signed this contract?
37:02Paulette Robinson.
37:04That's who would be ultimately held responsible.
37:08Hypothetically, in our case, if they're going to allege Paulette Robinson isn't a real person, but it's a made-up name for Candace, you have to prove that.
37:19How do you know it's not somebody else who signed that, or it wasn't somebody else on her behest, or friend, or whatever it may be?
37:26It gets tough, but that's really, that would be a state problem or the plaintiff's problem to figure out.
37:33I'd love to win.
37:35Could we have gone to trial?
37:37Absolutely. She had a constitutional right to doing that.
37:40What was probably in her best interest doing the cost-benefit and the risk analysis?
37:45Taking the plea agreement.
37:49Candace was facing six felony charges.
37:55On the high end, she was going to serve as high as seven years.
37:59She was looking at a low end of three years.
38:01The agreement, based on all of the felony charges and pleading guilty, was to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, or prison.
38:10She ended up serving six months and has now been released on home confinement or electronic monitoring.
38:19It hurts.
38:23You know, it angers me.
38:25I'm very angry because of what has happened.
38:34I lost a lot.
38:36And I can't get it back.
38:37I would thank her just a little bit.
38:42Because of what she did to me when I was younger, no one can pull that over me in my adult life.
38:53Because I know now.
38:54I know better.
38:55Oh, I would like to slap her.
38:59I feel bad for the other ladies, too.
39:02So I would, I would definitely probably take a second whack.
39:08Just because, say, whoosh, that's for Stenita.
39:12Whoosh, and that's for the other ladies.
39:14She should be doing some time.
39:16And I hear that she's on, um, house arrest until December.
39:21Then now what?
39:22Then what?
39:23She's free to walk the streets like nothing ever happened?
39:26It's probably August now.
39:29Oh, really?
39:32Her whole campaign as the director of special investigations was to help women in horrible situations.
39:52Yet, you look back on her scams, and they're all targeting other women.
39:59She thought, well, nobody trusts these politicians.
40:01They're all the same.
40:02Who's going to think anything about this?
40:04And no one's going to be surprised when they find out it was a big scam.
40:07Because they're going to think I was a politician.
40:12The scam that she did with Jamie and her employees was a small scam.
40:17It was a little scam to set up the big scam.
40:22This whole scenario where she had, um, credibility.
40:26Look, I spoke at the City Club.
40:27Look, I'm at the University of Illinois.
40:29I'm sworn in by a judge.
40:31It's a diverse crowd.
40:33She was really laying this foundation of video evidence to be able to then go to a big corporation
40:40in Chicago and say, look at all the great things I'm doing for diversity and for justice.
40:44And, uh, we'd love for you to be a part of that.
40:47And can you write us a check for $25,000?
40:49The links that she went to made it clear that it was for money.
40:55I felt like sometimes maybe she felt entitled.
40:59It's also like that person that starts to smoke and then they look for that next high.
41:06And then they drink and then it's something else.
41:10I think that maybe she started and she could have stole something as simple as a candy bar at a candy store.
41:16And then she got away with it.
41:19And then she kept getting away with it so she was looking for the next high.
41:23I just don't think that that big scam's out of her mind yet.
41:29There will be more scams.
41:30They're probably happening as we tape this interview.
41:33And, um, hopefully someday she will actually be held truly accountable.
41:43Candace is free.
41:46And how I feel, I have no love for her.
41:52I have more, and I know it's not right to hate.
41:57And I have some people that I just don't want to be around and be bothered with.
42:03This young lady, I hate her.
42:07And if I didn't have a conscience, I would probably want to do something to her.
42:15But because I do have a conscience, I'll let God handle it.
42:20I'll see you next time.
42:22Bye-bye.
42:23Bye-bye.
42:25What's up?
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42:30Bye-bye.
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42:46Where are you?
42:47Never has a case involving five fish gone so far.
42:56I hate these f***ers.
42:59Whoever has the heaviest fish is going to be the winner.
43:04There always seemed to be a lot of smoke around Chase and Jake.
43:07Oh yeah!
43:08Dude, you're always winning.
43:09I don't care if they had a horseshoe up there.
43:11That's impossible.
43:12Is it questionable?
43:14Yes.
43:14Can you prove it?
43:15No.
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