23x13 - In Harm's Way

[bunniefuu]

In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented

by two separate, yet
equally important groups:

the police, who investigate crime,

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SOFT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

- Mr. Mayor, evening.
- Hey.

Hey, thank you so much
for the endorsement.

- It means a lot to me.
- I hope it helps.

So do I. You know my wife, Julia.

- Hi.
- Nice to see you.

Thanks for coming.

This is our daughter, Carrie.

- Hey.
- Hi.

I hear you're gonna be a lawyer

just like your old man, huh?

Yes. One more year of law school.

So what type of law?

Civil rights.

Spoken like someone who has yet

to make a mortgage payment, but...

[LAUGHTER]

It should be a great night,
so have a wonderful time.

- We will. Thank you.
- Thank you so much.

- Thanks so much, Mr. Mayor.
- All right.

Thanks for coming.

Family unity is very
important right now.

Please, she's only here
to see Merritt and Matt.

That's true.

Since when are you a Yankees fan?

Since their star pitcher
started dating Merritt Clark.

Do you think she'll sing at this party?

I have no idea.

- District Attorney Baxter.
- Hang on a sec.

The election is coming up soon.

Polls are showing you're
only up by three points.

Are you feeling confident?

The only confidence that
matters to me right now

is the confidence of
the people in Manhattan.

And that I intend to earn
by doing the job right.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

[CROWD SHRIEKING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Nicholas Baxter.

- Ah. Look who's here.
- Great to see you.

Over here! Over here!

[g*nsh*t]

[CROWD SCREAMING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Go upstairs. Go inside. Now! Go!

♪

Wow.

It's really him, huh?

Man, he was just hitting his stride too.

He was the guest of honor tonight.

Never thought this is
how I'd meet my hero.

[TENSE MUSIC]

One shot to the head, right temple.

sn*per?

Witnesses say the
sh**ter was 20 feet away,

somewhere in the crowd.

But we haven't found any
shell casings yet or a weapon.

Anybody get a good look at the sh**ter?

More like everyone got half a look.

You got a description?

Male, Caucasian or Latino, medium build.

But everyone agrees he was wearing

a gray jacket and a dark
cap and a surgical mask.

What about video from the library,

street cams, the people in the crowd?

Techs are going through it all now.

Fans, guests, press.

Must be 100 witnesses.

Yeah, all too starstruck to realize

somebody's waving a damn g*n.

Power of celebrity, huh?

Excuse us.

Mr. Baxter.

Detectives.

Your wife and daughter okay?

Well, he died right
in front of us, so...

we already gave our statements.

Our backs were to the sh**ter.

You should talk to
Merritt Clark, though.

She was with Bennett when he got shot.

♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

Matt and I are supposed to fly to Sydney

tomorrow to kick off my tour.

Look, I know this is difficult,

but did you notice
anything that might help us

figure out who did this?

There were so many flashbulbs,

so many people yelling at us.

Do you know of anyone who
might have been targeting Matt?

Any recent threats or altercations?

People loved Matt.

Worshipped him.

Really.

He loved it.

Could this be about you?

Maybe a fan who was jealous
that you were dating Matt?

It's possible.

I love my fans,

but they can be a bit obsessive.

There's... there's a guy.

He's been following me for years.

He went totally off the rails

when Matt and I started dating.

Did it ever get violent?

No, but Matt said he
was a ticking time b*mb,

so I... I filed a restraining order.

When was this?

Two weeks ago.

[TENSE MUSIC]

Do you know his name?

T-A-G-G-E-R-T. Copy.

Run a check on Kyle Taggert.

He's got convictions for stalking,

as*ault, and public lewdness.

True Casanova.

Wait, I just saw that face.

This is him, Kyle Taggert,

less than 50 yards from the library

three minutes before the sh**ting.

That is a violation of
the order of protection.

Jalen, I'm getting you guys a warrant.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

On the right. On the right.

Kyle Taggert.

NYPD. Open up.

Open the door, Taggert, now.

- NYPD, let me see your hands!
- Go, go, go.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa.

We have a warrant.

- Are you armed?
- With a g*n?

- Like with anything.
- No, no.

Nothing.

- Get over there now.
- Okay.

Whoa. Huh.

Don't touch that.

You really got a thing
for Merritt Clark, huh?

She's my soulmate.

You were at the library tonight,

which just so happens
to be the place where

your soulmate's actual
soulmate was k*lled.

I'm not a m*rder*r.

Yeah, we get that a lot.

I have proof.

Slowly.

It's my phone.

This is my jackpot.

One call to TMZ, and I'm rolling in it.

I got the whole thing on
video, your sh**ter and all.

- All right.
- No, no.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You are under arrest

for violating an order of protection

and just for being a creep.

Well, Taggert wasn't lying.

He recorded the whole thing.

There's Matt and Merritt.

See, here on the left is our
sh**ter raising the weapon.

Then the focus changes to the sh**ter.

Gray jacket, black hat.

That g*n is not pointed at Matt Bennett.

I don't think Bennett
was the intended target.

See, he's tracking someone else,

and then just as he pulls the trigger,

this guy moves,

and Matt Bennett gets shot instead.

♪

He was trying to k*ll Nick Baxter.

Alert the district attorney's
security detail now.

We had a trajectory analyst

review the video of the sh**ting,

and it's clear he was aiming for you.

If you hadn't moved when you did,

that b*llet would have
struck you squarely

in the back of the head.

This man, the sh**ter,
he's still out there?

We've issued a citywide manhunt.

The entire NYPD is looking for him.

Nick, I think you should
suspend your campaign.

Can we talk about this later?

[TENSE MUSIC]

- So that's a no.
- I'm not backing out.

I'll double my security detail.

We'll get a separate team
for you up at Mount Sinai.

Julia's chair of the
pediatrics department there.

We have two children.

Our daughter's here in New York.

She's in law school at Columbia.

- Our son's in Chicago.
- It's okay, sweetie.

We can hire private security for them.

I need to call them. Excuse me.

[SIGHS] Thank you.

Of course.

Do you have any idea
who could have done this?

Anyone who's holding a grudge?

I've been a prosecutor and a
defense attorney for 30 years.

I probably have an enemy
on every city block.

Any recent threats that you know of?

I get a lot of emails telling
me what to do, what not to do.

You're welcome to wade
through that cesspool.

And everything else that I have,

any old case files,
texts, emails, phone logs.

The more information
we have, the better.

Three decades of high-profile cases

generates a lot of haters.

Tell me about it.

Domestic t*rrorists, human
traffickers, arms dealers.

Baxter convicted the
Coney Island serial k*ller.

The ME says Bennett was
shot by a 9-millimeter.

No signs yet of the
shell casing or the g*n,

so we expanded the search,

and we're bringing in the K-9 unit

- to do a great sweep.
- All right.

We're still going through
the video and photos

from people who were at the library.

And Forensics is still combing through

all the street cam video.

I might have something.

A guy sent a series of emails to Baxter.

Last one was six days ago.

Told Baxter he needed
to be held accountable,

wanted to meet face to face
to "finally have it out."

What's this guy's name?

Brian Spellman.

"Your day will come, Nicholas Baxter."

That's some potent poetry, Spellman.

He ruined my life because
I sold a couple of g*ns.

A couple of g*ns that were fully
automatic as*ault r*fles, Brian.

It was my first offense.

My lawyer said we'd get a plea offer,

but apparently Baxter
doesn't make bargains.

Ten years.

My wife left me.

My kids still won't talk to me.

So what, you figured if you
shot Baxter, they'd come back?

Or were you just trying to
make a name for yourself?

Is that it?

I didn't sh**t Baxter.

Somebody shot Baxter?

Where were you last night at 7:23?

I left work at 7:00,
and then I went home.

You stop by the New York Public Library

on your way home?

I got a lotto ticket at a bodega.

Timestamp says 7:20.

[PHONE BUZZING]

It's ten blocks south of the library.

All right, I'm gonna check this out.

It's Dixon.

They recovered a g*n down
a grate at 36th and 3rd.

Nothing remarkable
about the weapon itself.

It's a 9-millimeter high point.

- Basic budget g*n, huh?
- Mm-hmm.

You test fire it?

The markings match the slug

pulled out of Matt Bennett's brain.

It's definitely the m*rder weapon.

That g*n have a history?

I looked at the primer
pin mark on the firing pin,

ran the images through NIBIN, and voilà.

Matches a casing
recovered from the scene

of a liquor store
robbery two months ago.

And that g*n was never recovered?

No, but a guy named Eddie Aguilar

was arrested for the robbery,

and he's out on bail awaiting trial.

[SIREN WAILING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

Hold up.

There's our boy right there.

Eddie Aguilar, gotta
ask you a few questions.



♪

I don't think so. Come on.

Spread your legs.

- What's this, huh?
- Those ain't mine.

- No?
- Yeah, right. Turn around.

Look, we don't care about the dope.

What we care about
is what you were doing

at the public library last night.

Public library?

What about Matt Bennett
the pitcher, huh?

Yeah, I know him.

You know he was shot last night?

So?

So he was shot with your g*n, Eddie.

No, I had nothing to do with...

I ain't saying nothing
without my lawyer.

Good.

They can meet us down at the precinct,

'cause you're under
arrest for m*rder, Eddie.

My client was nowhere near
the library last night.

He was at a court-ordered
Narcotics Anonymous meeting.

That's not working out too well, is it?

This is the name of
the group facilitator.

She'll confirm Eddie was there.

Eddie, the g*n that you
used to rob a liquor store...

same g*n used to k*ll Matt Bennett.

That means even though you
were at that NA meeting,

you could still be
considered an accomplice.

We can also charge you for the heroin,

which means that your bail
will be revoked immediately.

And you'll be on the next bus to Rikers.

So now is your time to cooperate.

All right.

Look, the g*n wasn't mine.

Then whose was it?

This g*n gets passed around
on an as-needed basis.

A number of people had access to it.

Community g*n? Oh, that's convenient.

We need a name.

Now, who did you give
that g*n to, Eddie?

Name.

Some dude called Mad Dog.

Mad Dog?

Don't know his real name.

You're telling me that you
put that g*n in his hand?

I swear on my baby girl's life.

All right. Stay out of trouble.

Hey, according to my informant,

Mad Dog's real name: Hector Canseco.

Says he was a suspect in
a m*rder case last year.

He's got convictions
for g*ns, as*ault, drugs,

and he is coming up on the g*ng database

as a longtime member of Cobra 10.

Cobra 10, uh...

yeah, one of Baxter's last cases

with the U.S. Attorney's Office
before he was appointed DA,

it was a RICO case against Cobra 10.

String of murders.

Yeah, these guys have been terrorizing

East New York for years.

Yeah, Baxter put Diego
Molina, the g*ng's leader...

put him and his buddies away for life.

I mean, this case got a lot of coverage.

Baxter's face was all over the place.

This could be payback.

All right. Track down Hector Canseco.

Right now.

♪

Look, I'm telling you, I
haven't seen Hector in weeks.

Don't play that game.

We know he lives here, Tina. Stop.

Found this in the bedroom. 9-millimeter.

Same caliber as the b*llet
that k*lled Matt Bennett.

Half the rounds are missing.

Unless you start talking right now,

we're gonna charge you with
possession of ammunition

and being an accomplice to m*rder.

All right, have it your way.

No, no, wait, wait, look.

I have a son.

He'll be home from school
soon, and I have to be here.

We can have someone from social services

be here when he gets in.

They'll find him a place to stay,

a nice group shelter.

Look, if you're scared, we can help you.

We can put you into Witness Protection.

I would need a new place to live.

We can do that.

A fresh start for you and your son.

That's what we're offering you.

♪

The b*ll*ts are Hector's.

He left them here a week ago.

Where is he now?

I don't know.

- No, I swear.
- Call him.

I can't.

He said that he lost
his phone and took mine.

All right, you know
what? Get on your laptop.

Open up the Find My Phone app right now.

Come on. Let's go.

♪

Pier 17, huh?

Hey Lou, we need you to put out an APB.

We're headed to Pier 17 right now.

There's a suspect in the area.

Copy that.

We'll be there as soon as we can.

Baxter's at a campaign
rally at Pier 17 right now.

Hey, watch her.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

So that's just an example.

I mean, the importance of keeping

these stunning riverfront
walkways free of crime

for everyone to enjoy.

I make a vow to make this
city safe for residents,

for visitors, for businesspeople,

and to do so without ever compromising

our firm commitment to
fairness and integrity.

Get him down from there.

- We got a suspect in the crowd.
- Copy.

Look, I have been doing this
work for a very long time,

way before I was ever in the public eye.

No, no, no. We're good.
Just keep your eyes open.

I'm fine.

As I was saying, I
started in the DA's office

as a young prosecutor, and I
have seen crime in this city...

I got a visual on the suspect.

I spent over a decade as
a criminal defense attorney

and then the past ten years

I've been working in the
U.S. Attorney's Office...

Police!

Put it down, Hector. Don't move.

Hey!

♪

g*n!

- Get up.
- Stop fighting.

Get up.

Nice jacket.

I feel like I've seen that before.

I don't know what you're talking about.

What's your beef with the DA, huh?

I want a lawyer.

Yeah, you're gonna need one.

♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]

- [GAVEL BANGS]
- Order.

Order in the court.

Calling docket ending in 43071,

People versus Hector Canseco,

charging m*rder in the second degree

and attempted m*rder.

How do you plead?

My client pleads not guilty.

Question of bail.

The defendant shot and k*lled

a beloved New York sports icon,

but he was actually trying to k*ll

the district attorney, Nicholas Baxter.

The evidence is quite strong.

We have a witness who
can put the m*rder weapon

in the defendant's hands

and an audio recording of a phone call

made from a prison inmate
and a known g*ng member

to the defendant ordering
the hit on Nicholas Baxter.

As such, the people request remand.

Mr. Canseco has a
significant criminal history.

Convictions for as*ault, drugs, g*ns,

and he's a member of a
violent street g*ng, Cobra 10.

I'll hear you.

The District Attorney is
using my client for publicity

to win an election,
trying to scare the public

with fictional talk about
vengeful street gangs.

- Your Honor...
- Spare me the rhetoric, Mr. Wallace.

Just stick to the facts.

Gladly, because the facts will show that

my client is an innocent
man, that even though

there were 100 people at
the scene of the m*rder,

no one identified my
client as the sh**ter.

No one.

He's never missed a
court date in his life

and has long-standing ties to New York.

As such, I'm asking for
a reasonable cash bail.

The defendant is remanded.

[GAVEL BANGS] Next case.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER, SHOUTING]

- Hi.
- Hi.

What are you doing here?

I was having lunch with
Mom, and I saw the news,

and they were showing photos
of the k*ller, and I...

You what?

I recognize him.

What do you mean you
recognize Hector Canseco?

I've seen him before.

In person?

Like a week before the
m*rder outside our house.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Tell me exactly what happened.

It was Mom's birthday,
and as I was walking

up to the front door, I saw him.

We stared at each
other for a few seconds.

It felt odd.

I should have said
something at the time, but...

Hey, hey, hey, hey.
This is not your fault.

Did he say anything to you?

He asked who lived there.

- What did you say?
- Nothing.

I just kept walking and
went inside the house.

Okay.

So if you see anything
else that feels odd,

you let your security
detail know right away.

All right?

Let's get you out of here.

Hey, Christian?

Could you just walk
Carrie to her car, please?

I'll call you later, all right?

Okay.

It's gonna be fine, I promise.

- Talk to you later.
- All right.

♪

Miss Arias, was your
boyfriend, Hector Canseco,

living with you on the
night of the m*rder?

Yes, he was.

And police found a box
of 9-millimeter ammunition

in your bedroom.

Yes.

When was the first time you noticed

the ammunition in your home?

About a week before the sh**ting.

And who did this ammunition,
these b*ll*ts, belong to?

Hector.

Indicating the defendant.

And where was Hector on
the night of the sh**ting?

I don't know, but he wasn't home.

Thank you.

Nothing further.

Mr. Wallace.

Initially, detectives
arrested you for this m*rder,

- didn't they?
- No. No one ever arrested me.

They threatened to charge
you as an accomplice,

so you made up a story
and accused Mr. Canseco.

Objection, argumentative.

Sustained.

After you told the
police that the ammunition

belonged to Mr. Canseco,
the detectives found you

a nice, new apartment, didn't they?

Yes.

And they found your
son a nice, new school.

Yes, because we needed
protection from him.

[TENSE MUSIC]

You have a criminal record,
don't you, Miss Arias?

I have one conviction.

For carrying a firearm?

Yes.

So you like g*ns, which
means the ammunition

in your apartment could
have easily been yours.

Yeah, but it wasn't. It was Hector's.

If you say so.

No more questions.

Members of the jury, we will
reconvene tomorrow morning.

[GAVEL BANGS]

Tina did a good job.

She tied Hector to the ammunition.

Now we just need to tie him
to the g*n, and it's game over.

Let's put Eddie on the stand
first thing tomorrow morning.

You should go get him ready.

Mm-hmm.

♪

We're a little late.

It's fine.

He said he's gonna be home all night.

[KNOCKING]

Hello?

Eddie?

Eddie?

♪

What the hell?

Oh, God.

Oh, my God.

Call 911.

Eddie.

Uh, this is ADA Samantha Maroun.

I need an ambulance.

Eddie, Eddie, Eddie, can you hear me?

♪

No need for the ambulance.

He's dead.

Okay, thank you.

Forensics didn't find any useful
prints at Aguilar's apartment.

What just happened?

Why the hell wasn't Eddie
Aguilar in a safe house?

I... I offered.

No, I begged, but he didn't want to.

He said he felt safer in his apartment.

Are there any leads?

Not yet, but I think it's safe to assume

Cobra 10 was involved.

Do we have anyone else
who can tie the defendant

to the m*rder weapon?

No.

So all we've got are the
b*ll*ts in the apartment.

And the video of him at the scene.

But that's just a man wearing
a black cap and a gray jacket.

Let's not forget he
was arrested at an event

where you were speaking.

Losing the g*n hurts,

but the evidence is still strong.

It's highly circumstantial.

We don't have anyone who can identify

Canseco as the sh**ter.

Meaning what?

We might wanna consider a plea.

And reward them for k*lling a witness?

No way.

Now is not the time to show weakness.

Shore up the evidence of
Canseco's state of mind.

That'll offset the fact that we don't

have an identifying witness.

Make it clear that this was
an act of g*ng retaliation,

that his goal was to k*ll
me, the district attorney,

because I convicted
his fellow g*ng members.

I'll call Detective Shaw.

I'll have him testify to
Canseco's motive and intent.

Hold off on Shaw for now.

I have someone else in mind.

District Attorney Baxter, were you at

the New York Public Library
when Matt Bennett was k*lled?

I was.

It was the night of the
mayor's annual charity dinner.

Bennett was being recognized
for his volunteerism.

Please describe what happened.

I was walking up the steps
with my wife and daughter

when a g*nsh*t rang out.

Was someone hit?

Matt Bennett was shot in the head.

He died instantly.

Where was he in relation
to where you were situated?

He was very close.


my family and I were standing.

I'd like to ask you about your time

at the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Did you prosecute
members of an association

known as Cobra 10?

- I did, yes.
- Objection.

Irrelevant. Move to strike.

If you let me proceed,

it will become relevant very soon.

Go ahead.

I'm gonna play you a recording

and I'm gonna ask if
you recognize the voices.

Yo, man, it's time to
take care of business

tonight at that party, you feel me?

- Okay.
- You got the candy, right?

Yeah. All set.

That's Diego Molina, the leader

of the notorious Cobra 10 g*ng.

He's talking to the
defendant, Hector Canseco,

one of his top lieutenants.

They're speaking in code, obviously,

but Molina is ordering him to k*ll me.

Objection.

All I hear are two men
having a conversation,

and there's no evidence of g*ng
membership or g*ng activity.

Your Honor, counsel is testifying.

I wanna see you both in chambers.

Now.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

Mr. Price is making this a
case of guilt by association.

I'm moving to exclude
any mention of gangs.

Why is g*ng affiliation relevant?

Because DA Baxter prosecuted
several members of Cobra 10,

including the defendant's
friend Diego Molina.

And based on the facts in this case,

one can draw a reasonable inference

that DA Baxter was the intended target

and this m*rder was an
act of g*ng retaliation.

That's not reasonable.

That's pure speculation,

which is expressly
prohibited by People v Pagan.

Do you have any specific evidence

to support your theory that
the defendant is in a g*ng?

The defendant is in the
NYPD's g*ng database.

He's a known member of Cobra 10.

That database is
outdated and inaccurate.

Moreover, it's r*cist.

If a Black or brown man so much
as nods hello to a g*ng member,

a cop can hit him with a g*ng card.

But that is not the case here.

Canseco is a known
and proud g*ng member.

He has Cobra 10 tattooed
on his back, for God's sake.

He got that tattoo 15 years ago.

It's irrelevant.

It's too remote in time.

I agree with Mr. Wallace.

There is to be no mention
of the defendant's alleged

g*ng affiliation or that the m*rder

was an act of revenge
for Baxter's prosecution

of various Cobra 10 members.

So if you wanna prove
Canseco's intended target

was Baxter, not Matt Bennett,

you'll have to do it another way.

♪

How'd it go?

We lost.

We cannot mention his g*ng affiliation.

So how do you intend to
prove Canseco's motive?

That he was actually trying to k*ll me?

I'm not sure.

At the moment, we
don't have any witnesses

or evidence that can
help establish that.

But I didn't see anything.

I just saw him standing
outside your house.

I know.

But your testimony could
prove Canseco's motive

and intent that I was
his intended target.

I really didn't want it to come to this,

but you saw the sh**ter
lurking outside our house.

He asked you who lived there.

How can that help?

We don't have an
eyewitness who can identify

Canseco as the sh**ter.

But if we can show his state of mind,

that he was looking for me
a week before the m*rder,

we'll have a much stronger case.

Dad, I wanna help. I do.

I don't want you to worry, okay?

We're gonna make sure that you're safe.

We're gonna increase
your security detail.

No, no. It's not that. It's, um...

I know what happens
on cross-examination.

I know what defense lawyers do.

And I'm worried that...

I'm worried about that too.

Believe me.

♪

It would be really
bad, especially for you.

Yeah.

But if we let this
cold-blooded k*ller walk

and we could have done
something to prevent it,

we'll never forgive ourselves,

regardless of the consequences.

♪

I can't believe you're
making her do this.

We need her testimony.

We don't have a choice.

I told you this job was a bad idea.

Don't do this.

Do what? Tell the truth?

We're talking about our
daughter, Nick. Our daughter.

She saw the k*ller outside our house

a week prior to the m*rder, stalking me.

We can't pretend that didn't happen.

Sure, we can.

I have an obligation to this city.

No, you have an
obligation to this family.

That is more important than this case

or this damn election.

Let me be very clear.

Nothing is more
important than our family.

Nothing.

And the fact that I have
to say that out loud to you

really pisses me off.

But I guess that's a different
issue we can talk about later.

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we require to take the stand

don't wanna do it.

They're afraid.

They're worried they're
gonna get humiliated on cross,

but we make them do it
anyway in the name of justice.

So I have to treat
Carrie like anyone else,

like she's just another witness.

I have to.

It's the right thing to do.

♪

Jules.

What are you...

And your daughter is okay?

She's willing to testify?

She is.

But you were hoping
we wouldn't need her?

That's why you didn't
bring it up earlier?

Correct.

I think we can win
this case without her.

We still have ample evidence indicating

that Canseco was the sh**ter.

You know about Carrie's history.

I do.

And it's only logical to
assume the defense knows, too,

which means they will bury her on cross.

And they'll bury you too.

I appreciate what you're
trying to do, Nolan.

I really do.

But I'm good.

I'm prepared to accept the consequences.

Miss Baxter, did you have occasion

about a week before the
m*rder to see the defendant?

Yes.

I went to my parents' for dinner,

and he was standing in
front of their house.

Your parents being Julia
and Nicholas Baxter?

Yes.

What was the defendant doing?

Just standing there outside their house.

Did he say anything?

He asked who lived there.

Thank you. Nothing further.

This is the first we're
hearing about my client

being anywhere near your parents' house.

When did you notify the
police or the DA's office

of this alleged sighting?

The day of the arraignment,
his picture was in the news.

I told my father.

And your father,
District Attorney Baxter,

waited until now, the 11th hour,

to report that to us.

Convenient.

- Objection.
- Sustained.

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Your sophomore year at Princeton,

you were in a car accident, correct?

Objection. Relevance.

It's relevant for
purposes of impeachment.

Please answer the question.

Yes, I, uh... I was driving.

I had been drinking, and
I struck a pedestrian.

♪

That man you struck was
seriously injured, wasn't he?

He lost the use of his left arm.

And you were charged
with a serious crime.

Yes, I pled guilty,
admitted to what I had done.

Well, that's not exactly true, is it?

I mean, you were originally charged

with aggravated as*ault,
which is a felony,

yet you were convicted
of simple as*ault,

which is a misdemeanor.

But even that was expunged.

Can you explain how the charges
were reduced so dramatically?

Objection.

Relevance. Argumentative.

Overruled.

Uh, all I know is, my
lawyers worked it out.

"My lawyers"?

You mean your father?

You mean your father
called in some favors

to have the charges reduced?

I'm not aware of the specifics.

You and your father make quite a team.

He covers for you. You cover for him.

Your Honor...

Sustained.

Anything else, Mr. Wallace?

No.

Nothing further.

Redirect.

♪

Miss Baxter, is it fair to say that

you knew what would happen

if you came in this courtroom today?

Yeah, I knew it could hurt me.

Or hurt you and hurt your father.

Yes.

And yet you came in here anyway

to seek justice for Matt Bennett.

I came in here to tell the
truth about what I knew.

Thank you.

♪

Sir, do you think your
daughter's testimony

will impact the outcome of the election?

I have no idea.

Mr. Baxter, how can
someone who manipulates

the legal system to
benefit a family member

hold the office of district attorney?

Isn't this the very
definition of white privilege?

How can you possibly expect
the people of New York

to trust and respect you?

As district attorney,
I have an obligation

to enforce the law with
compassion and integrity.

As a father, I have an obligation

to help and support my daughter.

So if you're asking me to apologize

for trying to protect her future,

it's not gonna happen.

Excuse me.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

Yes, we have, Your Honor.

Will the defendant please rise?

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♪

Mr. Foreperson, how do you find?

We find the defendant guilty
of m*rder in the second degree

and guilty of attempted m*rder.

Members of the jury,
thank you for your service.

We are adjourned.

[GAVEL BANGS]

♪

Thank you.

So we were hoping for
a little bit better news

at this point, but the votes
are still being counted.

The jury is still out.

And I wanted to take a minute now

just to thank each and every
one of you for your support

and your incredibly hard
work on this campaign.

I would not be standing
here without you.

Seriously.

So, hopefully, I'll be
standing up here again

and we can all celebrate together,

but for now, I just wanted to say,

from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Okay. Here's to you.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

- How are we looking?
- They love you.

- They love you.
- All right. We'll see.

Ah, Mr. Baxter. You did a wonderful job.

I guess we're not partying yet.

Not yet.

It's too close to call.

Either way, I need a c*ck.

All right. Thank you.

- Hey.
- Hi.

You made it.

How are you feeling?

I'm glad you're here.

I could the moral support.

We probably won't know
anything until after midnight.

Where's Mom?

I don't know.

I thought she was coming with you.

No.

She's not coming, is she?

Nick, MSNBC would like a comment.

Okay.

- I'll be back in a sec.
- Okay.

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