#video #The Lincoln Lawyer - Season 4 - Episode 09: October Surprise
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00:05The judge agreed to let you out.
00:07That's Deputy Bennett.
00:08He's going to escort you between home and the courthouse.
00:11Agent Vasquez and...
00:13Agent Ruth.
00:13Mr. Lennon, he was pulled over by Officer Roundtree.
00:17There was a flag on his name in the system to detain him.
00:19We just handed him over.
00:20To who?
00:21And Agent Vasquez.
00:22It's an article about the whole biofuel industry,
00:24and there's some concerns about fraud.
00:26Letting the beast.
00:27In the article, you called a source of the EPA
00:29who talked about companies trying to game the system.
00:31I can't reveal my source if they wish to remain anonymous.
00:34I could give them your info.
00:35Thank you so much for meeting with me, Dr. Schultz.
00:37So what can I do for you?
00:38I actually work for a lawyer.
00:40I really need your help.
00:41I have a theory I want to follow,
00:42but I need to talk to the FBI to follow.
00:44Mr. Howler, consider us even.
00:46I left the store, and the next thing I know, Gary was dead.
00:49Carter, it looks bad.
00:50I didn't do this.
00:51Tell me about this eyewitness.
00:53I went in, there was Gary laying on the floor.
00:55He said, Carter.
00:56Carter's pretty unlucky.
00:58The dead guy lives just long enough to ID him.
01:00Listen, I was wondering if you could just look through something for me.
01:04Turns out, Janine Farikno was an aspiring thespian in high school.
01:07What am I looking at?
01:08Her yearbook.
01:09They grew up together.
01:10Please tell me you served Azarian.
01:12The whole point of you being there is to keep tabs on them.
01:15You've been served.
01:16How'd you get past the two bodyguards?
01:18He wasn't worried about us.
01:19He was worried about them.
01:22Cisco, what happened?
01:24We got a problem.
01:38I was lying on the grass of Sunday morning of last week, indulging in my self-defeat.
01:48I know it's up for me.
01:52If you steal my sunshine.
01:54Making sure I'm not in too deep.
01:57If you steal my sunshine.
01:59Keep the monster on my feet.
02:02If you steal my sunshine.
02:11You're blocking my son.
02:13Honey, we gotta go.
02:15Right now.
02:17Who the hell are you?
02:19Azarian's dead.
02:20We need to leave.
02:24Unless you want to wait around for your turn.
02:26Or if you prefer, you can talk to the cops.
02:35Janine.
02:45Janine.
02:46It's a 30-30.
02:50We gotta go.
02:55Now.
02:57Now.
02:58Now.
02:59Now.
02:59Now.
02:59Now.
03:00Now.
03:02Now.
03:21Now.
03:23Ms. Burr, are you aware that you've kept the court waiting almost 15 minutes now?
03:27My sincere apologies, Your Honor, but I'm afraid there's been an unexpected development.
03:35What kind of development?
03:37With the court's permission, we have a late addition to our witness list.
03:44Your Honor, what possible relevant testimony could this witness offer?
03:49This letter explains the relevance.
03:53My office only received it two days ago, as you can see from the postmark.
03:58I didn't want to waste the court's time until we verified it,
04:01but I took the liberty of having the witness transferred to county, just in case.
04:06I realize this is unorthodox, but I believe that the jury deserves to hear it regardless.
04:12Judge, this is more than unorthodox. It's unfair. We have had no time to prepare for this witness.
04:17I recognize that, Your Honor, but we are talking about an inmate in a state prison.
04:23Who knows how long it will take to get them back? Besides, I think Mr. Holler is quite familiar with
04:29this witness.
04:33I don't like surprises, Ms. Burr, especially not ones I'm forced to wait for.
04:38Nevertheless, if the story holds water, the jury is entitled to hear it.
04:43Your Honor.
04:45That's my ruling, Ms. McPherson. We've wasted enough time today. Bring in the jury.
04:51We were wrong.
04:53About what?
04:54This is the October surprise, not that bullshit about Sam's email.
04:57And she waited until the end of the day to plant this in the jury's head.
05:01We won't be able to push back until tomorrow.
05:04The people call Lisa Trammell to the stand.
05:25Ms. Trammell, can you tell us where you currently reside?
05:29The California Institution for Women in Chino.
05:32That's a prison?
05:34Yes.
05:35And why are you incarcerated there?
05:38I was sentenced to 15 years for manslaughter.
05:42Can you tell us the details of that crime?
05:48I killed my husband.
05:51It was self-defense.
05:54I was in an abusive marriage and I snapped.
06:00And how do you know the defendant, Mr. Holler?
06:03Was he your lawyer?
06:04Not for that case, no.
06:06In another case, then?
06:08Yes.
06:09Before that, I was accused of killing a real estate developer named Mitchell Bondurant.
06:15But I was innocent.
06:17And the jury said so.
06:18You mean you were found not guilty?
06:20That's right.
06:22And can you explain how the defendant came to be your lawyer?
06:26I'm a chef.
06:28Or I was, anyway.
06:31And, um, Mickey used to eat at my restaurant.
06:36I needed a lawyer.
06:38Didn't have a lot of money.
06:40But the murder was big news, so I guess he saw a chance to grab the spotlight.
06:45He said not to worry about the money.
06:47Had we figured something out, and I trusted him.
06:52Because of our relationship.
06:54Your attorney-client relationship?
06:57No.
06:58Our romantic relationship.
07:02Order.
07:04I won't say it again.
07:07Ms. Berg, I expect you to keep this testimony relevant and on point.
07:11Understood, Your Honor.
07:14Ms. Trammell, are you saying you engaged in an intimate relationship with the defendant?
07:23Yes.
07:25While he was your lawyer?
07:27Well, once he took my case, we pretended to cool it.
07:31But, I mean, my life was on the line.
07:36And, you know, he was kind of sweet at first.
07:40I even confided in him and told him how abusive my ex-husband was.
07:44Big mistake.
07:48Your Honor, can you please instruct Mr. Holler to not make demonstrations for the jury?
07:54Mr. Holler, you know better.
07:55Keep your reactions to yourself.
07:57My apologies, Your Honor, but it's hard not to react to lies about how-
08:00Mr. Holler!
08:01You know better than to make comments, too.
08:03You've been warned.
08:06She's become an even better cunt artist in jail.
08:08Now, Ms. Trammell, you said that Mr. Holler assured you that you could work out something regarding payment.
08:16Did there come a time when the two of you had a disagreement about it?
08:20Yes.
08:21Can you expand on that?
08:23Mickey had tried to negotiate a deal for my life rights as a way of getting paid.
08:28But I had a friend at the time, a podcaster named Henry Dahl, who took that over.
08:35Mickey didn't like that.
08:37So, when the trial was over and the cameras went away, Mickey was furious that there wasn't any money for
08:43him.
08:44That's why he got back at me.
08:45What do you mean he got back at you?
08:48Oh, he said there'd be consequences if I couldn't pay him.
08:52Serious consequences.
08:53And the next thing I know, the police show up to my house to arrest me for killing my husband.
08:58You do the math.
09:01I know what I did was wrong.
09:04But like I said, it was self-defense.
09:07I couldn't take the abuse anymore.
09:10And I confided in the one person who was sworn to keep it quiet.
09:15So, to be clear, Ms. Tremel, are you saying it is your belief that Mr. Holler broke attorney-client privilege
09:22just because he was angry that you couldn't pay him?
09:26Objection.
09:26Calls for speculation.
09:27I'm merely asking the witness's opinion, Your Honor.
09:32Overruled.
09:33The witness may answer.
09:38In my experience, the only thing that mattered to Mickey was money.
09:43Oh, come on.
09:43That's a lie.
09:44You know it.
09:45You told them you were the only one who knew.
09:47Privilege.
09:48One more outburst like that, Mr. Holler, and I will hold you in contempt.
09:52And Ms. Burke, school your witness right now.
09:55She will speak only when asked a question by counsel.
09:58Of course, Your Honor.
09:59Your Honor, I must object to this line of testimony.
10:02It assumes facts, not in evidence.
10:04The people are trying to put a story in front of the jury that is pure conjecture.
10:07And those are points you can explore on cross-examination, Ms. McPherson.
10:12Overruled.
10:14I'm afraid it's too late for that now, though.
10:16Let's come back tomorrow, and I'll expect everyone to remember this is a court of law.
10:22The witness is excused.
10:25We are adjourned.
10:27Jurors will remember their admonition.
10:51Suska, where are you?
10:52Just outside San Diego.
10:55Nick.
10:57I got some bad news.
10:59Because Arian's dead.
11:01What?
11:02How?
11:03He took a swan dive off the hotel balcony.
11:06I'm pretty sure it was the same guys who gave me the tune-up.
11:09Ta madre.
11:09Why would his own people want him dead?
11:11That's what I'm trying to figure out.
11:13Kazarian?
11:13It makes no sense.
11:15Good news is I managed to convince his girlfriend to leave with me.
11:19Is she talking?
11:20Not yet, but I'm working on it.
11:22If she knows anything, I'll find out.
11:27All right, thanks.
11:28From bad to worse, there goes our star witness.
11:37Jesus, don't sneak up on me like that.
11:41Apologies.
11:42As soon as I'm done filling up the tank, we'll head back to L.A.
11:45Are you high?
11:47I can't go back to my place.
11:48Those goons know where I live.
11:51Why would they want you?
11:53What do you know that scares them so much?
11:55I have no idea.
11:57I don't know anything.
11:58All I know is these people don't fuck around.
12:04Well, if you want, I can find us a place to hide out and we can figure out what to
12:10do next.
12:15Okay, I'm going to grab a coffee.
12:19You want anything?
12:20Uh, a cherry icing and, uh, flaming hot Doritos.
12:25But, um, Cool Ranch, not Limon, those are gross.
12:30Don't judge.
12:32Cool Ranch.
12:33Yeah.
12:42The money stuff is a lie, Maggie.
12:44We can fight that.
12:45Sex part doesn't help either.
12:47Holler, let's go.
12:51All right, look, we'll figure something out.
12:53Have everyone meet at the house and we'll come up with a game plan.
12:56Okay.
13:19She's lucky you were there.
13:21Are you sure you weren't being followed?
13:23Don't worry.
13:24They won't be looking for me in your car.
13:26Are you coming back to L.A.?
13:28Not yet.
13:29She's scared, understandably.
13:32Which should give me a little more time to work on her.
13:35Just watch your back, please.
13:38I will.
13:40But the truth is, we should all be watching our backs.
13:43At least until we figure out what's what.
13:46My guess is those guys who took out Gazarian are under orders to tie up all loose ends.
13:54We'll be careful, too.
13:56All right.
13:57I'll call you later.
14:05He'll be okay, Lorna.
14:07If there's one person who knows how to take care of himself, it's Cisco.
14:11But still, those goons gotta jump on him.
14:13Which is why he's even more prepared now.
14:16L, the best thing you can do right now is focus on the Gates case.
14:21And before you ask, yes, I will be at the airport in the morning to pick up your expert witness.
14:26You're right.
14:27You're right.
14:30Izzy, you and this pizza are saving my life right now.
14:35Well, mostly the pizza.
14:41Okay, I know Lisa's testimony today was bad.
14:44More like a disaster.
14:45But the bigger problem is that we lost the centerpiece of our case.
14:49We need a Gazarian on the stand.
14:51It is hard to point the finger at someone who is dead.
14:54But I've been thinking.
14:55That's where Lisa might actually help us.
14:57I mean, Gazarian was part of her case, which means we can use her to get his name on the
15:02record.
15:02But now that he's dead, where does that get us?
15:05I mean, our theory is that Gazarian killed Sam because Sam was snitching to the FBI.
15:10But without Gazarian's testimony, there's no way to show he even knew about it.
15:13Hey, hold on.
15:14We got vowed to serve that cop in Los Alamitos.
15:18Officer, what's his name, Roundtree?
15:20Mm-hmm.
15:21Can't he connect Sam to the FBI?
15:23It's better than nothing, but it still doesn't get us Gazarian's side of the story.
15:27In the meantime, we have got to find a way to describe Lisa Trammell.
15:31She hurt us today.
15:34Well, I might be able to help with that.
15:37I found these in the files and thought they might be useful.
15:41What's all this?
15:43Letters.
15:45Lisa's been writing to you from prison.
15:50I'm going to warn you right now, these are not safe for work.
16:06Good morning, Miss Trammell.
16:08Did you kill Mitchell Bondurant?
16:11Objection.
16:12We've established that Miss Trammell was found not guilty.
16:15As Miss Berg is well aware, Your Honor, not guilty is not the same thing as innocent.
16:21Overruled.
16:21The witness may answer the question.
16:25No, I did not.
16:27Do you know who did kill him?
16:29I don't know for sure, but Mickey brought up another suspect at trial.
16:34And who was that?
16:35Some contractor who had shady business deals with Bondurant.
16:39His name was Alex Gazarian.
16:43And why was Alex Gazarian a suspect in the murder?
16:46Well, it turned out he had some connections to organized crime.
16:50And Mitchell Bondurant threatened to turn him over to the Fed, so...
16:53I see.
16:55So, the theory was that Alex Gazarian killed Mitchell Bondurant because Bondurant was talking
17:01to the FBI about him.
17:02Objection.
17:03Relevance.
17:04I'll move on, Your Honor.
17:06Now, let's talk about this supposed dispute over legal fees.
17:09Miss Trammell, you said that Mr. Haller was angry that you couldn't pay him.
17:13But do you remember signing your life rights over to Mr. Haller?
17:17Yes, I do.
17:19And were you aware that Henry Dahl, who produced the podcast about your trial, ended up paying
17:26Mr. Haller a sizable sum of money in exchange for those life rights?
17:31Defense Exhibit C, Your Honor, offered for impeachment?
17:37Uh, no.
17:39I had no idea about this.
17:41As you can see, it was more than enough to cover Mr. Haller's fees.
17:45It didn't stop him from wanting to get back at me, did it?
17:47Yes.
17:48Well, about that, you stated under oath that you think it's Mr. Haller's fault that you're
17:55in prison, correct?
18:00Well, I mean, I owned what I did.
18:03I didn't even go to trial.
18:04I pled guilty and took full responsibility for the death of my husband.
18:09But you do blame Mr. Haller for the police arresting you, do you not?
18:13I thought I can't answer that.
18:15You can speak for yourself, you just can't speak for Mr. Haller.
18:19Well, then, yeah.
18:21I do blame him.
18:23And did you ever threaten to make Mr. Haller pay for what he'd done?
18:27Look, I'm not a vindictive person.
18:29I was hurt that Mickey betrayed my trust, but...
18:32Defense Exhibit D, Your Honor.
18:35Miss Trammell, did you send letters from prison to Mr. Haller, including that one?
18:41Objection, Your Honor.
18:42I have never seen this letter before.
18:44Also impeachment, Your Honor.
18:46Overruled.
18:47You'll get a chance to redirect if you want, Miss Burke.
18:50Is that your signature at the bottom of the letter?
18:53And your inmate number?
18:56I'm not sure.
18:57Well, I have 15 more where that came from.
19:00Would another letter help refresh your memory?
19:07Okay.
19:08Yes, I sent the letter, but...
19:12Look, the thing is, since I've been in prison, I get very depressed.
19:18I see a medic about it.
19:20Sometimes I go into this, like, fugue state.
19:24I don't remember what I did or said.
19:28That's okay, because luckily you have the letter right there in front of you,
19:31and you can read it out loud and remind yourself of exactly what you said.
19:36Could you please read the letter aloud to the jury, Miss Trammell?
19:44Miss Trammell, read the letter.
19:52Miss Trammell, read the letter, Miss Trammell, read the letter, Miss Trammell, read the letter.
20:05Miss Trammell, read the letter, Miss Trammell, read the letter...
20:06You ruined my life.
20:08And I promise I will make you pay for that.
20:14I don't know what I ever saw in you.
20:16You are a piece of shit.
20:19You call yourself a lawyer, but you are nothing.
20:22I hope you found God, because...
20:26You'll need him.
20:29Nothing further, Your Honor.
20:32Redirect.
20:35two questions your honor miss trammell do you believe that mr holler was angry because you
20:43could not pay him yes do you believe that he took vindictive action against you because of this
20:52yes thank you nothing further very well witness is excused
21:07miss bird anything else
21:16your honor the people rest
21:25even with the redirect the jury could see what a liar's his it's a wash for them at best
21:32i hope you're right holler i know i am okay
21:46hey
21:48hey hey lorna so now we recall detective drucker he gets us to officer roundtree and that'll get us the
21:56fbi i think we might actually meet the epa expert for that art schultz why don't they both get us
22:02there in different ways roundtree can say that when he pulled sam over for the traffic stop that
22:08there was a flag in his file from the fbi
22:11well um so um the thing is we never included the fbi flag in discovery excuse me i meant to
22:22tell you
22:22sooner mickey the fbi had just slipped me the incident report i wasn't sure what iceberg knew
22:27about plus we got what we needed in los alamitos without any paper trails so we decided to sit on
22:33it
22:33you mean you decided to sit on it it was such a wild card it felt like a liability and
22:38then it just got
22:39so late stop both of you i give you an f in ethics but i'm too pissed off at danenberg
22:46right now to worry
22:47about it spoken like a true defense attorney you still need to get the fbi flag in right how do
22:54we
22:54convince the judge to admit it if we never turned it over we won't have to detective
23:01drucker can do it for us see now you're thinking like a defense attorney too their conversion is
23:07complete shut it caller what about you how's your murder case going not so great but i have a little
23:14surprise cooked up for today too can you state your full name for the record please doctor
23:19certainly miriam arslanian and can you please walk the court through your area of professional
23:24expertise and your credentials i'm a forensic scientist with over 20 years of experience in
23:30ballistics testing i have a bachelor's degree from harvard in engineering as well as a master's
23:35degree and a phd from mit i also got a degree from berkeley college of music while i was at
23:42it
23:42and have you had a chance to examine the evidence in this case yes i have good could you tell
23:47us
23:47about the murder weapon please well as you can see the weapon was a glock 19 semi-automatic
23:54it's a common hand gun that's popular with law enforcement so it's a gun that the police use
24:00yes most notably the new york police department although the nypd had to recall most of their glock
24:0719s a few years ago recall them why they found that the guns had an issue with jamming most of
24:13them were repaired or replaced your honor last time i checked we were in los angeles not new york
24:17how exactly is this relevant it's relevant your honor because tarik johnson the security guard is a
24:22recent nypd retiree and rashad harrison the stock boy testified that he heard the murder weapon jam
24:30overruled now doctor were you also able to review the police report and the coroner's report
24:35yes i was in fact i took the liberty of creating an animated version of the shooting based on the
24:40measurements provided by the police and the coroner objection this is the first i'm hearing of this
24:46animation i only managed to secure dr arslanian's testimony last night your honor even i haven't seen
24:51this video but this is a preliminary hearing not trial and the court has already accepted dr arslanian
24:57as an expert i assume you have copies of this animation doctor indeed i do very well i'll give
25:04you an hour to review it mr lorenzo the court will do the same thank you your honor
25:13your honor step back
25:17good afternoon detective good afternoon counsel did you pursue any other potential suspects aside
25:24from mr holler during your investigation initially of course we cast as wide a net as possible but
25:31the surplus of evidence let us narrow our search very quickly it's a yes or no question did you pursue
25:37any other suspects there weren't any to pursue so you admit that you didn't even bother to consider
25:43any other suspects objection withdrawn had the evidence pointed to any other potential suspect i would
25:49have been more than happy to follow it i take my job very seriously of course detective let's move
25:59on to the evidence you did find at some point you learned that sam scales was using the alias kirk
26:04lennon
26:04isn't that correct yes and i assume that you dug into kirk lennon's employment history a living
26:11situation criminal record of course and what did you find it appears that mr scales using the name kirk
26:18lennon was living in san pedro and driving a truck for a company called bio green and his dmv record
26:25you ran that too we ran all of his aliases through the dmv nothing stood out hmm so kirk lennon's
26:34traffic
26:34stop in los alamitos which we found in the dmv record from your discovery packet did you investigate that
26:48apparently mr scales rolled through a stop sign and was pulled over for a career criminal a simple
26:54traffic stop didn't seem to warrant further investigation i see detective could you read
26:59the name of the officer who pulled mr scales over officer dennis roundtree nothing further your honor
27:10any cross no your honor but may we approach the witness is excused
27:21your honor the people object to any further testimony on this topic this traffic stop is completely
27:27irrelevant to the charges at hand this is all just a sideshow to distract the jury from mr holler's
27:33guilt i mean what you're gonna call this officer roundtree in and ask him about the victim running
27:38a stop sign i am confused your honor we presented our witness list well in advance and officer roundtree
27:44has always been on it if miss berg didn't bother to investigate or realize oh give me a break miss
27:49berg
27:49they have a point if you had an objection to this witness you should have raised it earlier
27:53we've certainly had our fair share of motions well then your honor i would like my objection noted for
27:58the record and i reserve the right to renew it as soon as they stray from whatever relevance they
28:03are reaching for so noted now if you'd all please step back so we can get on with it
28:16defense may call your witness yes your honor the defense calls officer dennis roundtree
28:22and can you tell the court where you work officer roundtree
28:25i'm a patrol officer in los alamitos that's right over the border into orange county and how long
28:32have you been there um i was a trainee for a year since then i've been with the department four
28:38years
28:38now okay and uh you know may i consult my notes for a second quickly please mr holler thank you
28:57don't look now but agent root decided to join us
29:03now officer i would like to direct your attention to the afternoon of may 10th of last year did you
29:09have a chance to review the incident report you wrote up for a traffic stop you made that day
29:14yes i have can you tell us about the traffic stopping question yes sir uh i was near the
29:21elementary school when a white van did a slow roll through a stop sign at the corner there are kids
29:27around there so i immediately hit my lights and followed and what happened the driver pulled over
29:32i got out of my car and explained the infraction he was reasonably cooperative did you notice anything
29:40unusual about him or his vehicle license and registration please shut up well i did notice
29:45that the car was fitted with a hand-operated braking accelerator i mean just i'd never seen that
29:50before on patrol which indicated that the driver was disabled in some way yes sir that was also noted
29:57on his driver's license and what was the driver's name his name was kirk lennon
30:07and is this the man you pulled over is this kirk lennon it appears to be yes okay let the
30:12record
30:13reflect that the witness has identified sam scales as kirk lennon what happened next officer well i ran
30:20the name through the system but it came up flagged flagged yes sometimes if someone is wanted for
30:27questioning or if there's a warrant out for their arrest the name will be flagged this one was an fbi
30:32alert an atl that means attempt to locate i called it in just to confirm it so what do you
30:39do when
30:40there's an attempt to locate on someone you detained them and notified the agency that put out the
30:45alert and is that what you did here yes sir i took mr lennon to the station and i notified
30:50the fbi
31:02you can't do this you cannot hold somebody over a simple traffic violation i have rights you know
31:10there is still a constitution in this country and i i i guarantee you this breaks all the rules of
31:19of cruel and unusual punishment and unlawful caesar and whatever the hell else i want my lawyer
31:32and did someone from the fbi come to take mr lennon off your hands yes sir do you know that
31:38person's name i have it right here he had to sign for him his name was agent felix vasquez sam
31:47you're
31:49hard meant to find thank you very much i'll think further
32:15you know no no no i'm telling you we have a problem maybe a big one
32:40from the security footage we know that gary cartwright was behind the counter and rashad harrison was on his
32:46way back to the stock room we also know that the gunman entered the store at exactly 5 0 5
32:51p.m and
32:52the first thing he did was shoot out the one working security camera
33:00with no further security footage to work with we must now rely on the testimony of witnesses
33:05the police reports and the autopsy findings based on these we know that gary reached under the counter
33:11for his weapon and returned fire but his shot missed and this is where rashad harrison heard the glock 19
33:21jam which again is consistent with its history however just as a weapon can jam so can that jam clear
33:30as gary raised his gun to shoot again the gunman pulled the trigger one more time and this time
33:35the gun fired that was the fatal shot
33:42after that the gunman fled rashad called 9-1-1 and five minutes later tariq johnson the community
33:49security guard entered the store now dr arslanian tariq johnson said he attempted to administer cpr
33:57to the victim but it was too late does that make sense to you absolutely i've illustrated the exact
34:03damage the bullet caused as you see the victim turned at the last moment which caused the bullet
34:10to enter his body there between the second and third vertebra sternal ribs traveling through both
34:16lungs this caused a bilateral tension pneumothorax which means that both lungs collapsed and can you
34:23explain the significance of that in english certainly with both lungs collapsed air gets trapped between
34:30the lungs and the chest wall as you see this creates a one-way valve allowing air to enter but
34:37not
34:37exit this compresses the lungs and causes hypotension tachycardia and hypoxia within seconds the victim
34:45would be unable to breathe or speak so after five whole minutes when tariq johnson arrived it would
34:52be hopeless huh but dr arslanian earlier in this hearing tariq johnson testified that the victim
35:01did manage to speak to him in fact he said my client's name carter are you saying that's not possible
35:07i'm saying that's quite impossible so tariq johnson lied objection leading i'll rephrase in your opinion
35:14doctor was tariq johnson testifying truthfully with two collapsed lungs there is no way that anyone
35:20could possibly speak so in my opinion his testimony is clearly and demonstrably false
35:30so what now the prosecution asked for a day for his expert to review your findings but we know you
35:36have a plane to catch so worst case if we need you again you can always testify remotely thank you
35:40so much
35:41i'm so glad i could help i just i wish there was some way i could help mickey how's he
35:47doing he's uh
35:50he's hanging in there you know mickey it's not going down without a fight right well if there's
35:56anything i can do don't hesitate trust me we won't i should get you to the airport safe travels
36:05can i have a word i hope that word's dismissed here's the deal my department doesn't want to pay
36:09for another expert to analyze the data right we wouldn't want to spend money trying to find the
36:13right guy or anything i'm going to choose to ignore that and make you an offer voluntary manslaughter
36:19i'll ask for the minimum three years and credit for time served i'll take it to my client but i'm
36:26telling you right now he'd rather go to trial and that's assuming judge rosman doesn't throw the
36:30whole thing out you know for being pretty new you're good at this i had a good teacher what do
36:38you want i want the charges against carter gates dismissed with prejudice and if i were you i would
36:43have the cops get a warrant for that security guard's house where i'm pretty sure you're going
36:46find an nypd issued glock 19 with a jamming problem let me make a call you want me to talk
37:04about myself
37:04my favorite topic my name is arthur schultz i am a research scientist with the environmental
37:10protection agency i'm also an enforcement agent so i make sure that companies and communities are
37:15following the law and epa regulations i'm also an adjunct professor of environmental science at ucla
37:22where you are a lecturer on among other things alternative fuels am i correct yes i teach a
37:28seminar on responding to climate change tuesdays and thursdays at 10. your honor the people do not
37:35object to dr schultz's qualifications as an expert the relevance of his testimony may be another matter
37:41the court recognizes dr schultz continue miss mcpherson thank you your honor now dr schultz did
37:49you have a chance to review the analysis of the substance found on the wheel of the victim's
37:53wheelchair i did according to the report it was a mixture of vegetable oil and chicken fat combined
37:59with small amounts of sugarcane you might call that restaurant grease but we call it feedstock i see and
38:05where might the feedstock have come from well it's a byproduct of biofuel so most likely a biofuel
38:11refinery bet you didn't think a person could say biofuel twice in one sentence did you dr schultz if
38:18you could keep the color commentary to a minimum of course could you explain biofuel to the jury dr
38:24schultz maybe the cliff notes version yes so as part of our transition away from fossil fuels the
38:30government offers funding for programs that can convert food waste and other organic compounds into
38:35fuel but as you can imagine there are numerous rules and regulations your honor i must object this
38:41is the relevancy issue i raised what does any of this have to do with the murder of sam scales
38:46the
38:46substance on mr scale's wheelchair and how it came to be there is directly relevant to his murder your
38:52honor and we intend to demonstrate that let's demonstrate that quickly miss mcpherson sure could you
38:58quickly explain why regulations are so necessary well in a word money money so to create biofuel you
39:05have to collect feedstock and that feedstock needs to be shipped or trucked to refineries that have been
39:11converted to process it and the government offers subsidies to encourage refineries to do this
39:16and how much are we talking about two dollars a barrel doesn't sound like very much well every truck
39:22carries 200 barrels so that's 400 every time a truck leaves the facility you run enough trucks and
39:27that adds up so that's where the potential for fraud comes in and how does the fraud work
39:34different ways so like my last big case in nevada the refinery was just changing the labels on the
39:39barrels so the same grease was coming in labeled feedstock and going out labeled biofuel these guys
39:45ran 25 trucks twice a day at 400 per they were skimming well over 100 grand a week just by
39:51changing
39:52the labels correct and with the potential for that kind of profit we often find that organized crime
39:57behind it so like the nevada case before the fbi stepped in we estimated they pocketed nine
40:02million dollars some low-level people were arrested but they still haven't gotten to the higher ops who
40:07are ultimately behind it and was this case unique or unfortunately not our department as well as the
40:14fbi have been looking into scams like this all over the country they call it bleeding the beast the
40:18beast is the government because it's so big and rich they believe that they can bleed a little off the
40:23top and that nobody will notice nine million dollars is a little well to a dinosaur i look like an
40:28aunt your honor i will wrap it up your honor just one more question doctor you said that the fbi
40:35shut down the nevada scam do you recall the names of the agents who were in charge of that operation
40:40yes we worked closely together there were two agent dawn ruth and agent felix vasquez
40:47really felix vasquez
40:51thank you doctor no further questions
40:56cross-examination no your honor but may we approach again actually i think now is a good time
41:05to take a break and i'll see counsel in my chambers please
41:14now before we continue i want to make sure we're not on some wild goose chase you know as
41:20i recall mr holler i signed a court order directed at the fbi over a month ago and where are
41:25we on that
41:26can we expect them to corroborate this testimony so far they've ignored their order your honor and i
41:31think that will continue unless we force the issue you mean a bench warrant it would be a lot harder
41:36for
41:36them to ignore that your honor judge i once again object to this whole line of inquiry wasting the
41:42court's time with bench warrants for fbi agents this is a circus act it's a mickey holler special
41:49he jiggles his keys over here so the jury doesn't look over there no that's clever dana did you come
41:54up with that all on your own counsel can we please save the bickering for your own time your honor
41:59we've
41:59established that old roads lead to the fbi now at the risk of laying all our cards on the table
42:04we
42:04believe sam scales was running a scam with alex gazarian to defraud the u.s government just like
42:09dr schultz described now the reason the fbi picked some up in los alamitos was to force him to become
42:14an informant and that led directly to his murder now the only people who can confirm this are agent
42:19ruth and agent vasquez and their names are on the record in this trial the jury deserves to hear from
42:24them alex gazarian's name is on the record too so is the jury going to get to hear from him
42:28as well
42:29your honor we are in the process of determining what information we can glean from mr gazarian or
42:34someone in his orbit regardless the jury deserves to know the truth however we can present it we
42:38all do judge the court has an obligation to ensure that the defendant gets a fair trial and that is
42:43not going to happen here without this testimony it is the whole case otherwise we ask that you dismiss
42:50the charge like hell miss berg get it under control now please your honor it shouldn't be hard to
42:56track them down agent ruth was even in court for some of today's testimony
43:01wait hold on you're saying one of these agents was here today on my word as an officer of the
43:06court yes i saw her so did my office manager the benchmark will be issued within the hour your
43:13honor enough miss berg whatever your objection is it's overruled i do not take kindly to anyone
43:18ignoring my orders no matter what badge they happen to be wearing
43:25it looks like we've gone under dana's skin the way she said that about gazarian i think she knows
43:30he's dead she's ahead of us she knows he can't testify now no one better pray cisco can get somewhere
43:45i had to guess your size gotta warn you the selection was pretty limited i hope they fit thanks
43:56listen i uh was hoping we could talk i think whatever trouble you're mixed up in
44:03it's related to what's happening to my boss i already told you i don't know anything but thanks again for
44:09the close
44:18okay then i'm gonna take off to la i got some stuff to do back there but uh i guess
44:24if you don't know
44:25anything you'll be safe uh room's paid through tomorrow so uh see ya
44:38wait
44:43please don't leave me here
44:47i'm definitely not safe
44:51you hungry
44:55look all i know is that alex must have done something fucking dumber than dumb because he pissed
45:00off his uncles and the whole rest of his family and those are not people you want to piss off
45:04you
45:05never asked what he did what do you think we sat around sharing our deepest darkest he told me we
45:12needed to lay low so we laid low then he said we needed more security so we had even more
45:17of his bozos
45:18hanging around
45:25it's all right they're not gonna find us out of here yeah but we can't stay here forever
45:33why'd you two run off to palm springs in the first place what happened
45:40i don't really know one day some guy came sniffing around and frickin frack took him behind the woodshed
45:47that's when alex got really scared
45:57we gotta go come on i like it here who do you think he's calling you think he's ordering a
46:04pizza
46:04you're not making any sense babe you said we needed those guys to watch her back yeah well now i'm
46:10saying
46:10that those are the guys we need to watch i'm lost look i fucked up okay i did it it
46:18doesn't matter what
46:19i did i wasn't thinking about the consequences and now i am and just don't argue with me okay
46:25just pack your shit and let's go trust me
46:36do you have no idea what he did to make his family so angry i already told you i don't
46:42do you have no idea what he did to make his family so i don't know what he did to
46:57make him run
46:57alex was usually pretty anal about being the good little boy so whatever it was
47:05must have been really bad to make him run
47:09and he was right the little ship
47:12he's like
47:25i'm
47:25i'm
47:25i'm
47:29i'm
47:30i'm
47:30i'm
47:31i'm
47:31i'm
47:34i'm
47:45Oh, no!
47:47Oh, no!
47:48Oh, no!
47:48Oh, no!
47:49Oh, no!
47:50Carter, congrats!
47:51Oh, no!
47:57How could I ever thank you?
48:00I think you just did.
48:03I'll have the rest of that money tomorrow.
48:06Do not worry about that right now.
48:08Go be with your family!
48:12Thank you, Lorna.
48:27How does it feel?
48:30Meh.
48:33It feels how I hoped it would feel when I was in law school.
48:37Like the world is righter than it was an hour ago.
48:45Proud of you, Elle.
48:49Everyone is determined to make my makeup run today.
48:53You better watch out.
48:54Now that I'm a big successful lawyer, I'm gonna interrogate your girlfriend and find out everything there is to know.
48:59Hey, come on.
49:00That girlfriend and I are gonna take you out to dinner to celebrate.
49:03I love that.
49:04Can we sit outside so I can bring Winston?
49:06Absolutely.
49:12Iceberg has a point, you know.
49:14The feds are gonna jump through any hoop they can to avoid showing up in court, even with a bench
49:18warrant.
49:20Whatever they're hiding, they're hiding for a reason.
49:22I know, I went through this last year with a DEA agent.
49:26He only got on the stand because he thought he outsmarted me.
49:28Well, what do we do?
49:29We can't land this plane without someone confirming this story.
49:33I have another plan.
49:34You're not gonna like it.
49:37Put me on the stand.
49:39Be serious.
49:40I'm dead serious.
49:43Mickey, that is the worst idea I have ever heard, and you know that better than anyone.
49:48I do know that, but what choice do we have?
49:50There's only one way I can get out of this, and that's by telling a story that beats the one
49:53Berg's telling.
49:54And right now, without the FBI or Gazarian, there's no one else who can do it.
50:02You're insane.
50:05It's insane.
50:06At least let's prep for it tonight.
50:07You throw me every question you can think of.
50:10See if I hold up.
50:16I'll see you back at the house.
50:39Hopefully we missed the traffic.
51:00Don't bother. They made me take a jammer.
51:02The cell's not gonna work.
51:04What?
51:08Hey, the 101 is that way.
51:11This isn't the way to my house.
51:14Hey!
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51:25Let me out!
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