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I hope you enjoy my work. Please rate.

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Lobbying is about foresight...

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...about anticipating your opponents'
moves and devising countermeasures.

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The winner plots one step
ahead of the opposition...

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...and plays their trump card
just after they play theirs.

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You better not be saying
that when you're in there.

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It's about making sure
you surprise them...

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...and they don't surprise you.

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I'm going to ask you again:

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Ms. Sloane, could you please
describe the nature of your work?

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On the advice of counsel, I respectfully
decline to answer your question...

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...based on my rights under the Fifth
Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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Those words; when you're not taking
the oath or confirming details;

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those words, in that order,
are all you're going to say.

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On average, would you say you bribe public
officials more or less than once a month?

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Upon the advice of Counsel...
can I deviate slightly?

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On the advice of Counsel?
On the advice of my Attorney?

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Do not... Ok, ok, I understand.
That last one's too adventurous for you.

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This would be a whole lot easier
if I could just shout: Fifth!

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They want you behind bars.

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You make one statement, you correct
one nefarious allegation...that's it!

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You waive your right to defend and
you're compelled to answer everything.

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They're taking you to the woodshed
in front of the national press...

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They're going to rile you so bad, they'd
make Gandhi want to cut their tongues out.
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Did you arrange for benefits such as travel,
luxury accomodations, and sports tickets...

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...to be furnished to members of
Congress at the behest of your clients?

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Did you arrange for benefits such as travel,
luxury accomodations, and sports tickets...

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Daniel! When I take the stand,
you'll see nothing but a granite wall.

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Good.

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Ms. Sloane!

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Nothing to say, guys. Thank you.

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This is tight. You'd think they would
choose a more appropriate venue.

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Well, it turns out
The Nationals had a home game.

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Good morning,
I am Senator Ronald Sperling...

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...Chair of this hearing...Ms. Sloane?

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Please raise your right hand.

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Do you solemnly swear that you will tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth...

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under pains and penalties of perjury?

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I do. Please sit.

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Will the witness state her
full name for the record?

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Madeline Elizabeth Sloane.
Louder, please!

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Madeline Elizabeth Sloane!

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And could the witness please confirm
that these details are accurate?

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Uhh, date of birth: July 12, 1976,
Address:

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Ste 504, Watergate S, 700 New Hampshire
Ave, NW Washington DC Correct.

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You were employed by Cole,
Kravitz & Waterman LLP.

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for a 10 year period between 2006 & 2016,
before moving on... Eleven year period!

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Excuse me?
There are 11 years between 2006 & 2016.

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What was the nature of your work
with Cole, Kravitz & Waterman LLP.?
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Upon the advice of Counsel, I must
respectfully decline to answer your question...

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...based on my rights under the Fifth
Amendment to the US Constitution.

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Did you, October 12th of last year
accept as a client...

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...the government of the
Asian Republic of Indonesia,

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...for the purpose of campaigning against
the levy of additional Federal duties...

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on the importation of palm oil
...into the United States?

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Upon the advice of Counsel, I must
respectfully decline to answer your question...

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...based on my rights under the Fifth
Amendment to the US Constitution.

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Today is a landmark day.
Do you know why? Because I'm free.

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Name one thing you can do today
that you couldn't have done yesterday.

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Quit my job. You could have done that
yesterday but it would have been stupid.

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I can quit today...
- It'd still be stupid.
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You clear a college debt and
celebrate by enrolling in Post-Grad?

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Academia is more my scene.

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You didn't follow me into the crapper
to gloat about freedom, Jane...

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Talk to me about the Nutella tax.
We're really calling it the Nutella tax?

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Palm oil is the key
ingredient in Nutella,

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The Federal government taxes it at 300%, it'll
cost more for us to gorge ourselves on it.

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Isn't palm oil in
pretty much everything?

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We could've called it the Soap tax...

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...but the public cares more about
Nutella than they do soap.

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Anyway, we get 4 more Senators
to come out against the Bill,...

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...we can lean on Jacobs to withdraw it.

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What are you gonna do?

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Tell the Indonesians they're gonna host Senator
Jacobs on a field trip to one of their plantations.

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You never washed your hands.

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He'll take the wife and kids
on a tropical vacation...

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...come back,
hailing their conservation efforts.

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His Bill dies a quiet death.

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If the Indonesian Government
pays for it, it's illegal...

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...get this nonprofit C3 to sponsor
the travel, it's perfectly legal...

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...as long the trip is
for educational purposes.

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But the Indonesian Government
is still paying for it.

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See, this is why I'm still
thinking about post-grad.

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Jane, we go to school to prepare us for the
real world. Not sure I like the real world.

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So you want to bury your head in Socrates? You
know that Socrates never actually wrote anything?

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That's besides the point. If you don't like
it, you change it...that's why you're here.

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Ms. Sloane, they're ready
for you in the Conference Room

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Hey, Spencer! Do you know that Americans care
more about Nutella than they do about soap?

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Uh, ok. See that? No reaction.

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Ok guys, we gotta be quick this morning.
I've got a meeting to get to.

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How many are they expecting at the
IMF rally? Between 500 and 1000.

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That's a margin of 100%. Does that mean
that technically, no one might show up?

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500 is the minimum,
the rest depends on weather.

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Seems more people hate banks when the
sun's out. What's the weather forecast?

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Liz, time we sold Jacobs on Indonesia.
I know.

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When Henry falls, we've got
critical mass. I'm aware of it.

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Get a nonprofit to sponsor a vacation.
They give him face and he'll pull it.

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Did you just come from the Ladies Room? Uhh,
I have no idea what you're talking about.

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We're talking about numbers at the IMF rally.
Alright, Alex, put Metro talent on notice...

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...we may need reinforcements.
I'm on it.

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We really going to use movie extras? The
guy shouting about corporate greed...

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becomes a lot less credible standing
next to a hobo from Central Casting...

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...holding a banner that reads: "Abolish
money." "Shit Is Fucked Up And Bullshit."

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Best banner at (?).
Tell me that was one of ours.

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Oh no, that was creative way
beyond my capabilities.

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Franklin? Shmallow Cakes? Uh, yeah.

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The Sales Tax is on cakes and cookies
or only one of those?

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I don't know.

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You don't know?

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Alright everybody, listen up, I'm going
to tell you a story. Please, no!
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A priest is giving a young nun
a lift home from church one day...

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...and as he's shifting gears,
he rests his hand on the nun's knee...

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This is offensive and inappropriate.

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The young nun looks up at the priest
and says: "Father, remember Luke 14:10."

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The priest withdraws his hand,
embarrassed.

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Next time they stop at a light, he places
his hand a little higher up on her thigh.

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The nun says:
"Remember Luke 14:10, Father."

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The priest apologizes:
"The flesh is weak", he says...

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So he drops her off and when he gets home, he
reaches for his Bible and he flips to Luke 14:10.

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Anyone know what it says? Hm?
What does it say, Pat?

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"Friend, come up higher,
then shalt thou have glory."

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Know your subject, people!

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Failure to do so may result
in the loss of a golden opportunity.

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When I see you this afternoon, you better be
ready to recite that Tax Code in Esperanto.

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I'm told I should offer my hand.

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What's it mean?

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Well, when we meet, I'm told that
she doesn't care for all that kissy...

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...kissy stuff that most women do these days.
- You two have never met?

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Oh, we've been to several of the same functions,
yeah, but we've never been introduced.

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In a town this small,
how does that happen?

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So, should I offer my hand?
I wouldn't worry about it.

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Liz! Good morning.

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Bil Sandford.
I'm amazed it's taken this long.

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Well, you know, I wanted to introduce
myself at the Free Entreprise Dinner...

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...but...you were the 1st one out
the door! Minor crisis on the Hill!

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Well, a lesser commander would
have left that to his soldier...

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...which is the reason I'm here.
Why exactly are you here?

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Killing bills like Keaton-Harris,
that's food and drink to you guys.

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So read it?
Nope...but I know what it is...it's a

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...bipartisan gun bill requiring
universal background checks..

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On ALL sales of firearms.

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Now c'mon, a father to son,
lifelong friends?

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It just means longer delays.
It's some kind of Big Brother...

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...type criminal,
mental health database...

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...an unconstitutional fetter on the
Second Amendment which...

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...as you said,
we will eat for breakfast.

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Mr. Sandford,
I deal primarily in taxation and

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Federal Government interference in
free enterprise. I'm aware, I'm aware.

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But I'll tell you, the reputation that
you have garnered for yourself...

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...we were just looking for
an excuse to engage you..

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Ok! Let's have it!

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Women

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Our polling data is telling us that we're
not connecting with the female voter, so...

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we want to change the narrative...

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...from mothers losing
their kids to guns...

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...to mothers protecting
their kids with guns...

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...from a battered wife
threatened by a bullet...

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...to fending off her
violent husband with a .38.

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Guns as tools of female empowerment..

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What's the saying? God created humans.
Samuel Colt made 'em equal.

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Now Liz, imagine a new organization
pitched at women...

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...who are deterred by the strong
rhetoric of the Second Amendment groups...

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and by our association
with the political right.

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But no links us, no baggage...

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...no overt position on guns...

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...and you will build it up

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you will drive it's agenda...

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and slowly but surely,

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you will turn those members into paid-up
guardians of the Second Amendment.

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So what? Mothers for a safer America?

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Achieved by a big (? ), every last
citizen is armed to the teeth.

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Liz... Jesus!
Is this the reputation I've garnered?

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Gold medalist in ethical limbo?

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I see no ethical problem
with reframing an issue.

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Trying to win the female vote by
taking the gun lobby and

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dressing it up in a frilly, pink frock.
That is so crude...

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...it could only have originated in a
room full of old men. Well, it didn't!

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This is my own idea.

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Well, my advice is to kill it in utero.

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You'll need more than the trite wisdom
that we value security...

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...to get us behind your views
on the Second Amendment.

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Well, the fact remains that, when it comes to
the female voter, our numbers need to be better.

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I see.

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Well, why don't I take a look at the
numbers and then we will proceed from there.

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Who the hell does she think she is?
It can be spun...
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...for the purpose of gaining trust, it
may have been the right tactical move.

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And do you believe, for 1 nanosecond,
that was at the forefront of her mind...

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...when she told him to take his
business and shove it up his gun barrel?

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Candice, I want Sloane in my office now!

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She's good, isn't she?
You'll look at the numbers.

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I'm sure the president of one of the most
powerful groups on the Hill will be honored...

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...that Her Majesty has agreed
to look at the fucking numbers!

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What's going on with you? The current
system is so porous it floats.

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I don't remember you caring ever,
one way or another, about guns.

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My position solidified somewhere
between Columbine and Charleston.

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Come on, George,
any headcase, felon or terrorist...

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...can buy an assault rifle from a gun show,
the Internet or his buddy at the Bowl-O-Rama...
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...without so much as an ID.
Heaton-Harris puts a stop to that.

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Christ, Liz, this is the gun lobby.

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Do you have any idea how long
I've been trying to reel them in?

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Now, something happened.

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Someone you know was
a victim of a gun crime.

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Nonsense, I just formed an opinion.

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You're the champion of the free market. You
abhor frivolous government intervention.

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How do you categorize
responsible gun laws as frivolous...

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Indonesia!
For Christ's sake, you rep Indonesia!

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To stop our government from looting
one of their few sources of income.

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I mean, what is wrong with Indonesia? We're about
to secure Al Jacobs with a field trip there.

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Is that a promise or a threat?

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i can just picture the good Senator
being boiled in a cauldron...

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...with all these natives
dancing around him.

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Get back to your Fortune 500 clients...

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Your colorful interventions are the cause of a lot
of industry backchat this firm can do without..

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I work on behalf of causes I believe in.
That's how I sleep at night.

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You don't sleep at night! You sit and
obsess about winning, no matter the cause.

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Those little pills in your purse are
not the kind that lull you to sleep.

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The only reason you and your team of
gum-chewing ragamuffins are here...

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...is that your arrogant pranks
might generate enough buzz...

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...to attract clients
like Bill Sandford.

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Meaning, if you don't
dedicate yourself to his cause..

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This firm won't have any use for you.

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Now go away. Look into those numbers.
Start getting women into guns!

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Any dizziness, nausea?

225
00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,560
No. That's what you always do.

226
00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:15,260
Doctor, I'm fine. If my insurance company weren't such
sticklers, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

227
00:17:15,360 --> 00:17:18,420
What time are you getting to sleep?
I sleep a lot. It varies.

228
00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,800
What time did you
get to sleep last night?

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Did you get any sleep at all?
These are busy times.

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00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,820
You don't need a doctor to tell you that
you're working yourself into an early grave.

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00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:32,700
The long hours, the... Ok, when you just called me
just now, what number did you dial? Your home number.

232
00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,460
Cell is off, cocoa is on the stove,
book is on my bedside...

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I'll be asleep in under two hours.
Thanks for calling, Doctor.

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The Republican Party,
he can help you out in California...

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Good. Sir, good evening.
236
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I want you to meet Senator Davidson.

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I appreciate your
contribution on fundraising.

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I expect to see you next month.
That would be great!

239
00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:46,260
Early night? If you're looking for
a quote, you're wasting your time.

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00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:51,780
I just watched you extricate yourself from 3 conversations
to use the Ladies' Room in the space of 30 minutes..

241
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,700
You busted me: I'm incontinent.
Write it up!

242
00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,860
I hope I'm wrong but one might
think you're sick of this town.

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00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,300
You're from the Post.
How did you get in?

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00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,700
I'd just like 5 minutes of your time.
Fine.

245
00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,020
The walk to my car is 3.
Get to the point.

246
00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:11,260
The word on the Hill is that the gun lobby
approached you over Heaton-Harris and you refused.

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00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:13,780
I don't comment on "word on the Hill."

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00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:17,260
I know the only way you do that
is if you support the bill..

249
00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:20,260
That's quite a story:
turning down a prize client...

250
00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:22,860
because you can't accept
what they stand for.

251
00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,900
Elizabeth Sloane,
the "Conviction Lobbyist", who knew?

252
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,140
i said get to the point.

253
00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,660
Will you admit that the
present system is broken?

254
00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:32,940
I remain committed to
the Second Amendment.

255
00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,140
Dildoes are illegal in Texas...

256
00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,460
but Joe Public can walk into a sports
store and walk out with a shotgun.

257
00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:43,140
That would explain the low rate
of dildo-related murders in Texas.

258
00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,740
Ok, it wasn't that funny.
What do you want? Your quote.

259
00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:55,480
Fine. Eh, conviction Lobbyists need
only believe in their ability to win.

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00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,540
That's a keeper.

261
00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,860
One more thing: off the record, what do
you know about the gun lobby's opponents?

262
00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,820
The Brady Campaign? I know they're going
to lose because their total budget...

263
00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,100
is less than what the gun lobby
pays to get their shoes shined.

264
00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,460
What about the lobbyist Peterson-Wyatt?

265
00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,420
They're a boutique, bipartisan and
government affairs agency.

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00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,780
Boutique is a euphemism for little fish.

267
00:20:17,857 --> 00:20:20,580
Bipartisan denotes a bunch
of hippies in suits.

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00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,700
Do you know anything about their CEO,
a guy named Schmidt?

269
00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,700
Nope, never heard of him
but if the firm is built...

270
00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:31,580
...built in his image, I'm sure he's a simpering
wuss with a PhD in style over substance. Got it.

271
00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,000
I never introduced myself, by the way.

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00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,700
Name's Rodolfo Schmidt,
CEO, Peterson Wyatt.
273
00:20:41,980 --> 00:20:43,960
What's the matter?
I'm not simpering hard enough?

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00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:48,760
If your firm's 12 years old, I think
your name would be Peterson or what...

275
00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,940
What is this about?
You're pro Heaton-Harris.

276
00:20:53,009 --> 00:20:55,700
It's an open secret you're at war with
your firm's leadership.

277
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,140
The Brady Campaign wants you to
lead the fight to pass the Bill.

278
00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,060
You'd run defense out of our office,
when it's over...

279
00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:06,420
...you can choose from any of the DC
behemoths lining up for your signature.

280
00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:12,540
This is Peterson-Wyatt's
quote for your services.

281
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,460
I don't know if I should be
flattered or insulted, Mr. Schmidt...

282
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,180
...but you clearly have
the wrong opinion of me.

283
00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,420
I think my opinion of you is right-on.

284
00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:30,220
Don't tell me you don't want to take
a swing at this. Goodbye, Mr. Schmidt.
285
00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:35,220
Where's your car? Should be
at the valet by now. I don't drive.

286
00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:54,260
(A conviction Lobbyist can only believe
in her ability to win.)

287
00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,340
Hi, Jane...yeah, I know what time it is.

288
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:19,640
Listen, uhh, if Socrates never wrote anything,
how is it anyone's ever heard of him?

289
00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,320
Look, we need a meeting.

290
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,460
Where are they putting Senator Jacobs?
Lombok lodge? Yes.

291
00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:32,820
It's on the beach? Yes. Good. This
goes off to the Senate ethics committee.

292
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,420
Once they authorize travel,
Jacobs is on a plane.

293
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:39,220
Is that ok? It's fine.
Technically, I mean?

294
00:22:39,304 --> 00:22:40,220
Don't worry about it.

295
00:22:40,257 --> 00:22:41,780
It's just that as lobbyists,
we can't be involved in...

296
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,660
arranging overseas travel
for members of Congress.

297
00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,460
I read ethics regs when I want to look busy.
Well, if you weren't just pretending to be busy,

298
00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:52,980
...you'd know that the workaround is to get this to the nonprofit,
have them sign it and file it with the Ethics Committee.

299
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,580
Do I seem unduly concerned? Ok.

300
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,340
George told me what
happened with Sandford.

301
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,100
Are you retarded? Why are you eating
a chocolate cake for breakfast?

302
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,580
Have you no shame? It's a muffin!

303
00:23:05,636 --> 00:23:07,480
You never had a muffin for breakfast?

304
00:23:07,513 --> 00:23:11,340
A muffin? Let's see: eggs, milk,
flour, sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate.

305
00:23:11,368 --> 00:23:14,180
That sounds exactly like a cake!

306
00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,500
But of course, no civilized person would
ever eat a chocolate cake for breakfast.

307
00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:18,380
You've lost your mind.

308
00:23:18,452 --> 00:23:21,580
Franklin, you gettin' this?
Cause i'm really talking to you

309
00:23:21,780 --> 00:23:23,560
Huh? Shmallow cakes are not cakes.

310
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,220
They're a marshmallow paste sandwich
between 2 cookies covered in chocolate.

311
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:31,300
While our Tax Code deems cakes
luxury items, it hits them harder.

312
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:35,300
Cookies are obviously necessities
and therefore exempt.

313
00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:39,220
You gettin' this? What? Have Shmallow
cakes redesignated as cookies.

314
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,729
Argue "cake"
in the name is really marketing puff.

315
00:23:41,929 --> 00:23:50,300
You need evidence in court? We get a team of scientists
to apply the very fact: 80% cookie and 0% cake.

316
00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,920
That's how you win.
You, you knew that all along?

317
00:23:53,926 --> 00:23:56,580
You would have gotten there eventually.
Then why are you telling me this?

318
00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:01,740
In case you're not coming with me.

319
00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,247
What's going on?

320
00:24:03,447 --> 00:24:05,980
Alright, everyone,
I called you here to announce...

321
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,500
that, effective immediately,
I am leaving Cole Kravitz

322
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,260
and starting work as the lead consultant
for the Brady Campaign at Peterson Wyatt.

323
00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:18,780
I've secured positions for everyone in this
room without changing your current compensation.

324
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,220
So who's with me on this?

325
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:26,220
I just spent the last hour wiping your
shit off Bill Sandford's shoes.

326
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:30,820
Assuring him that your the right lady
to broaden his membership.

327
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,620
We're INCHES from a green fuckin' light!

328
00:24:33,688 --> 00:24:35,420
So you're saying I should
put you down as a "Maybe"?

329
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,780
You can't possibly win this.
Who's with me?

330
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,180
I'm with you. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Ross! Hey, come on! I need you!

331
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,920
She needs me more. Alex!

332
00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,460
Lauren!

333
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,200
What the fuck is this? Jerry Maguire?

334
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,820
You've seen Jerry Maguire?

335
00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,240
Guns frighten me.
336
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,820
So Sloane and Coe versus
Connors and who else?

337
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,800
O'Hara, Wickman, Moore, the God Squad...

338
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:24,480
Ramirez, how many TEC-9's you own again?

339
00:25:24,511 --> 00:25:25,900
Enough to defend my property.

340
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,940
Plus 2 more to piss off the lefties.

341
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,740
Alright, Jane, contact Rodolfo
Schmidt at Peterson Wyatt...

342
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,180
and tell him there is a
total of 6 coming over.

343
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:40,300
I count five.
Mathematician, you are not.

344
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,340
Who said I was coming?
I did. Call Rodolfo.

345
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,660
What if I'm staying? Oh, Jesus!

346
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,100
Now is not the time to develop
a sense of humor, Jane.

347
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,520
That's good, cause I'm not.

348
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,380
Seriously, kid, go. I could care less.
349
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,680
You were right before, about post-grad.
Maybe it is a copout.

350
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,780
I'm at one of the best
firms in the city.

351
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:11,180
Your reputation might survive
a move to some 3rd tier outfit...

352
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:15,340
...to fight a losing battle. Mine won't.

353
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,040
No shit? I take it back.

354
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,260
I have learned a lot from you
these last couple of years, Liz.

355
00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:29,180
I'll miss you.
The 3AM wakeup calls...not so much.

356
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,940
You've obviously learned
more than you let on.

357
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:38,180
You showed more ambition in the last 60
seconds than I've seen in the last 2 years,

358
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,980
...but you are delusional if you think
you can survive without me.

359
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:47,700
If we butt heads on this, don't think
I'll show you any compassion.

360
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:54,100
With that in mind. I will give you
a final opportunity to reconsider..

361
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,700
Alright, I'm off to say
my goodbye to the money man.

362
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,740
When this town guts you like a trout
and chokes you with your own entrails...

363
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,120
...don't come sniveling to me.

364
00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:21,780
We'll come back to the Asian
Republic of Indonesia later but...

365
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:27,780
...you see, what troubles me is the
amount of influence you have.

366
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,860
We've seen communications
from senior figures in Washington...

367
00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:36,980
who feared that you, a lobbyist...

368
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,740
could destroy their careers
with a snap of your fingers.

369
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:47,380
Is this reputation something
you've cultivated, Ms. Sloane?

370
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,780
Upon the advice of counsel, I must
respectfully decline to answer your question...

371
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,700
...based on my rights under the Fifth
Amendment of the US Constitution.

372
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,220
You see, it's bad enough
one person having that much influence...

373
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:04,660
but if they're out of control,
if she has a problem, an addiction...

374
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:12,460
Well, it would be like the ship of American
politics is being steered by a drunk.

375
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:19,380
Do you, or have you ever had
any problems with substance abuse?

376
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,540
Upon the advice of counsel, I must
respectfully decline to answer your question...

377
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:27,660
...based on my rights under the Fifth
Amendment of the US Constitution.

378
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,940
I understand you have
difficulty sleeping.

379
00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:40,820
We subpoenaed medical records. You're a
longtime sufferer from chronic insomnia.

380
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,540
You regularly work
over 16 hours a day...

381
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,740
...but you can't get off to sleep.
Is that accurate?

382
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:54,860
Upon the advice of Counsel, I respectfully decli...
I must respectfully decline to answer your question

383
00:28:54,960 --> 00:29:00,860
...based on my rights under the 5 Amendment of the
United States...to the...to the Constitution... Whatever!

384
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:07,260
You were prescribed
multiple courses of benzodiazepines...

385
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,740
...but according to the depostion
of one of witnesses...

386
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:15,620
...you've been procuring, off
prescription, a course of psychostimulants

387
00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:20,800
...with the aim of keeping
you awake a little longer.

388
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,860
Is this true?

389
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,900
Ms. Sloane?

390
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,540
On the advice of Counsel, I must respectfully
decline to answer your question...

391
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:35,380
...based on my rights under the Fifth
Amendment to the United States Constitution.

392
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,580
Ok, getting back to this business of the
Asian Republic of Indonesia...

393
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:44,500
I'm not a drug addict and this line of
questioning has no relevance in this case.

394
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,500
My medication doesn't affect my judgement
any more than a double espresso.

395
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,100
And speaking of intoxication,
I can recite from memory a list...

396
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,900
...a list of upstanding,
elected Senators

397
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,340
who voted on legislation
while severely inebriated.

398
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:02,180
And just so you know,
I think,by now, we are fully aware...

399
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,780
..and in no danger of forgetting
that Indonesia is a republic...

400
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,980
which happens to be situated
on the continent of Asia.

401
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,660
Ms. Sloane

402
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,120
Welcome to the party.

403
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,860
5 years

404
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,980
Was it really worth it? 5 years minimum.

405
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:36,220
What's 5 years? All for some puerile
quip about Indonesia being in Asia.

406
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:41,420
Can't you see that whole construct
was designed to...and it worked!

407
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,580
Are you gonna tell me what 5 years is?
You fell for it!

408
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,620
The smartest operative on the Hill
just got played by Grandpa Simpson.

409
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,780
Is it how long this
conversation is going to take?
410
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,700
It's the going rate for
perjury before Congress.

411
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:57,780
Now you've thrown out the Fifth, anyone who wants
you in the ground, that's a lot of people...

412
00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:58,880
...they are hard at work...

413
00:30:58,980 --> 00:31:02,880
...dedicating their creative and intellectual
efforts to catching you in a lie.

414
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,980
Well, what if I just stay silent?
Oh, that's a great idea!

415
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:10,740
Shit, why didn't your lawyer think
of that? If I refuse to answer?

416
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,380
They'll throw you in jail for
contempt of Congress! Shhh!

417
00:31:13,421 --> 00:31:15,480
You've just blown this thing wide open!

418
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,700
Calm down, Daniel.
You're starting to look like you care.

419
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,380
No, I don't care about you any
further than I can throw you.

420
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,420
I work for the one ethical
lobbying practice on the Hill...

421
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,900
...and I wind up defending
the..the poster child...

422
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:33,020
for the most morally bankrupt
profession since faith-healing.

423
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:38,620
Your car's downstairs...go home.
Staare at the ceiling.

424
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,080
Get ready to be crucified.

425
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,620
I know I don't have the most stellar
record in heeding your advice...

426
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,980
Don't perjure yourself!

427
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:55,040
Too bad things didn't
pan out with Elizabeth.

428
00:31:55,075 --> 00:31:57,100
<i>2 Months, 3 Weeks prior</i>

429
00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:02,980
Oh, we have other options. What the hell
is Amish Chicken? A marketing exercise?

430
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,700
No, we\x22ll just try and find
ourselves another lobbyist.

431
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,980
I was talking about the Amish Chicken.

432
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,020
She's your enemy now.

433
00:32:13,030 --> 00:32:18,140
I invited you here because nobody is
better placed to neutralize her than us.

434
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:23,380
We worked together for years.
We know exactly how she operates.
435
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,020
Oh, that's just a regular bird raised
in Amish country, by the way. Ah!

436
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:34,180
It tastes better because
it can't use Google, huh?

437
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,540
Look, there's over 5 million
of us and we're armed.

438
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:43,100
We've beaten this kind of Bill before.
We'll beat it again.

439
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,420
they'll make a lot of noise,
they'll wave their banners.

440
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,820
...but in the end, it's so predictable.

441
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,200
She's not predictable.

442
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,600
She aims to surprise.

443
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,060
She'll share things with her team
but she won't share everything.

444
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:05,820
She'll have a plan for certain people but they won't
know until they're dropped right into the middle of it.

445
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:09,220
There's always something going on
with her. It's just how she works.

446
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:13,820
We have a good idea which Senators
she'll go for and if we can get in first.

447
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:17,100
And they're vulnerable on other members
they're already counting on.

448
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,140
Badgley, Michigan...
he can bring maybe six votes.

449
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,540
We get to him... it's a quick win.

450
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,720
Alright, show me some tradecraft!

451
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,660
Filet mignon, rare! Same, well done!

452
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,440
Well done too. The Arctic Char.

453
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,880
Amish Chicken salad, please.

454
00:33:44,180 --> 00:33:46,440
Excuse me.

455
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,240
That kind kind of insight
is exactly why you're here.

456
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,220
I'm sorry, who closed him again?

457
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:17,000
Who the hell are you? Evening, maam.

458
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,060
What happened to the usual guy, Mark?

459
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,980
If that is his real name.
Mark's moved on.

460
00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,340
Call me Ford.

461
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,300
Is that your real name? Is to you.

462
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,180
How about you, gorgeous?

463
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,060
You political or one of
these corporate types?

464
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,860
What brings a fine lady
like you to room 904?

465
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:45,260
Not the conversation.
How much you had to drink?

466
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,260
Well, a free mini-bar,
I'd say not nearly enough.

467
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,620
Your not allowed to smoke in here.

468
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,260
You're not allowed to buy company
in here and yet here you are.

469
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:58,540
Smoke is detectable. It could draw
attention. It is unprofessional!

470
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,900
Ok...corporate type...lawyer maybe?

471
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,100
If we're going to proceed,
I require certain standard...

472
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:10,260
Agency rules, lady! Payment in cash. I'm the only
on to ever know this little party here happened.

473
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,120
And that's with half the
minibar down my gullet.
474
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:19,060
I understand if you were lookin'
for somethin' else

475
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,520
You'll do fine. Let's get to the point.

476
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,820
Alright.

477
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,900
hey, I hope you guys don't
feel like you're slumming...

478
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,040
That'd be weirder.
Bean bags, a couple of swings, maybe.

479
00:35:43,140 --> 00:35:46,380
At least tell me you have shower rooms.
Cole Kravitz had shower rooms?

480
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,060
Clients felt they needed
one after 30 minutes of him.

481
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,180
We had all the facilities and no time
to use them. This will do fine.

482
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,600
The vending machine downstairs is weird.
It wouldn't give me my beverage...

483
00:35:55,655 --> 00:35:57,620
...until I told it my
gender and age range.

484
00:35:57,664 --> 00:36:00,740
The vending machine company sells
our personal details to big advertising.

485
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,660
i already posted a complaint It's ok,
I just lied.
486
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:07,420
You told that you were an adult male?
Why are you so horrible to him?

487
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,380
Jacobs pulled the Nutella Tax.
When did that happen? I just got it.

488
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,780
The tax on palm oil? You're the ones
that killed it? Dead with the dodo.

489
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,280
Along with how many other unique species
in the Indonesian rain forest?

490
00:36:16,343 --> 00:36:17,680
Not your greatest analogy, there.

491
00:36:17,738 --> 00:36:20,820
Well, I guess it should be up to them.
I mean, it is, after all, their country.

492
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,420
You know how much pollution their slashing
and burning pumps into the atmosphere?

493
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,700
Less than 0.2% of global
greenhouse emissions.

494
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,020
So, are the rumors true?
Yeah, Ross is really one.

495
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,020
Is Sloane the personification
of an ice cube?

496
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,060
She pees standing up and,
like I don't even do that.

497
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:41,780
Do you think before you speak?
Morning! Morning. Morning!
498
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,420
I was thinking, perhaps we go around
the table? Introduce ourselves?

499
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:50,020
Let's spare ourselves the tedium. You
want to break the ice? Do it with insight.

500
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:54,140
We're all here to ensure safe passage of
the Heaton-Harris Bill into Federal law.

501
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:56,500
How do we do it?

502
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,580
Realistically, we don't.

503
00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:03,100
We fight as hard as we can,
build a strong base of support...

504
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,860
...so we have a better chance when we introduce
the next Heaton-Harris or the one after that.

505
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:10,140
Why don't you just move across town with
the aim of losing as slowly as possible?

506
00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:14,100
Name and seniority?
Esme Manucharian...9 years.

507
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:18,580
Manucharian, I've heard that name.
Esme is an authority on gun control.

508
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:21,420
When it comes to facts and figures,
she has no equal.

509
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,660
You led the fight to preserve the
concealed carry ban in Illinois..

510
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,020
Ultimately unsuccessfuly...but yes.

511
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:30,020
Ok, Esme, why are we gonna lose?

512
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,780
For every dollar Brady spends
on campaign contributions...

513
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,940
...do you know how much
the gun lobby spends? 38!

514
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,500
So politicians bow to money...but why?

515
00:37:38,510 --> 00:37:40,545
It's not going into their pocket...
that'd be bribery.

516
00:37:40,745 --> 00:37:42,780
Like what the Indonesians
just did to Senator Jacobs?

517
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,780
That was legal bribery
for educational purposes but yes.

518
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:50,060
A Senator's priority isn't representing
the people. It's keeping his ass in office.

519
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,700
That is so cynical!
Cynical is a word used by PollyAnnas...

520
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,460
to an absence of the naivete
they so keenly exhibit.

521
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:58,520
Wow. You settle in fast!

522
00:37:58,620 --> 00:38:02,150
If senators only care about
protecting their position...
523
00:38:02,350 --> 00:38:05,880
...wouldn't that make them
slaves to public opinion?

524
00:38:05,977 --> 00:38:09,140
Polling data puts a majority of
Americans in favor of Heaton-Harris.

525
00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:11,560
And that's exactly why you keep losing..

526
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,740
Well, this is actually our first
crack at guns but I take your point.

527
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,700
What point? Public opinion is overrated.

528
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:22,420
Return re-election for senators was 82%.
The (voter) turnout was 36(%)

529
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:26,020
I'll bet most of them were paid up
members of the gun lobby. Thank you!

530
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,180
Our opposition has created a base
of voters vast and fanatical...

531
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,020
...who go out and vote exclusively on the
issue of guns. How do we compete with that?

532
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,380
We build our own base of supporters...

533
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,540
who demonstrate a willingness to get their
asses into booths and vote against guns.

534
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:41,020
What's the best indicator
of voter intention?

535
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,240
Money. Dollars. That's our first prompt.

536
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:47,440
Grassroots action aimed solely
at soliciting donations.

537
00:38:47,492 --> 00:38:50,020
Not names on a petition.
Not clicks in cyberspace..

538
00:38:50,082 --> 00:38:53,180
Will they know how much we're raising?
Nonprofits have to report on their finances.

539
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,140
But every Congressional staffer
watches Filing Day like a hawk.

540
00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:59,000
While you're out there hustling,
I'll be working infuential Senators...

541
00:38:59,042 --> 00:39:02,260
...who can deliver their colleagues'
votes. That's our second prompt.

542
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,700
Our third is to identify who
holds sway in target states...

543
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,940
...employers, workers' groups...

544
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,580
Don't just waltz into a
Senator's office and make your case,

545
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:16,640
Find out who they trust...
who they can't afford to piss off.

546
00:39:16,668 --> 00:39:19,780
Convince that person to make your case

547
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,900
That is how we win.
548
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,840
Not a driver? I can but I don't.

549
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:36,100
Well, you got further than me.
I don't even have a license.

550
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:40,300
My bank account and liberal conscience
won't justify my own car.

551
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,580
What's your excuse?
To be honest, I suck at it.

552
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:47,460
Took my test when I was 16.
Only exam I ever failed.

553
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:52,300
My instructor told me I was reckless.
I lacked due care and attention.

554
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:56,900
I knew then and there,
I had a career in politics.

555
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,440
You weren't messing around in there.

556
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:04,560
Did you know someone? Someone
who was a victim of gun violence?

557
00:40:04,641 --> 00:40:08,000
No, why does everyone assume that?
Strong opinions, maybe?

558
00:40:08,081 --> 00:40:11,740
As if I can only see the merits of an
argument when I feel the effects personally..

559
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,740
There was a Congressman,
I don't remember his name...
560
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,820
...his whole career,
he's against gay rights...

561
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:21,020
...only to do a complete u-turn
when his brother comes out.

562
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:26,940
What a well-reasoned basis for opinion...
Give him a gavel, put him in a courthouse...

563
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,120
Are you hungry?

564
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:42,060
You eat here every night?
Pretty much. Place never closes.

565
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:45,520
How do you not get bored of it?

566
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:50,220
It's a necessity. It's like asking
if I get bored going to the toilet.

567
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:57,000
Ok, this is going to sound alien to you but food
takes up an inordinate amount of space in my head.

568
00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,640
how about guns?

569
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,340
During my due diligence,
your resume stood out.

570
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:05,540
I noticed a lot of your
work pertains to firearms.

571
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:10,420
I'm guessing that was a conscious decision
to steer things in that direction.

572
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:14,180
It's an issue I feel strongly about.

573
00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:20,420
It's none of my business but
there was a gap in your profile...

574
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:25,380
Before Berkeley, you attended high school
in Bloomington, Indiana in the late 90s.

575
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:27,920
The name of the school isn't listed.

576
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,400
Who else knows about this?

577
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,360
Rodolfo. That's all.

578
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,740
You can imagine what I'm thinking.

579
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:48,020
Sorry,
Elizabeth but I earned my reputation.

580
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,980
It didn't come from something that happened
in high school, even if my views did..

581
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:57,540
Going public could even weaken my
standing. They'll say I'm too emotional.

582
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:01,100
Anyway,
the shooters didn't even buy their guns.

583
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:04,260
Heaton-Harris wouldn't have made
a shred of difference that day.

584
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:08,980
You fear a weakened standing will damage
your ability to effect change.

585
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:14,980
But if acknowledging it was the
difference between winning and losing...

586
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:21,260
I'd appreciate it if you just
treated me as one of the team.

587
00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:27,060
I'm highly confident when I can tell.
I'm lucky to have you.

588
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:34,860
60 is the magic number.
60 votes breaks a filibuster..

589
00:42:34,944 --> 00:42:36,420
So the gun lobby wins with 41.

590
00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:39,300
They can win with fewer.
We need to hit 60.

591
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:42,100
Anything less doesn't cut it.
59 doesn't cut it.

592
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,980
We need 60 Senators to show up and vote.

593
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,780
We don't get that, they win. Period.

594
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,024
As I was saying,...

595
00:42:50,224 --> 00:42:56,020
...that by my reckoning, the gun lobby
has 34 votes, pretty much locked.

596
00:42:56,200 --> 00:43:00,620
That's this side. Let's say we
have 44 locked over here on this side.

597
00:43:01,020 --> 00:43:06,380
That leaves 22 that are still in play...
These fine ladies and gentlemen in the middle.
598
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:10,220
Heaton-Harris provisionally
makes it to the Floor in 84 days.

599
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,860
The good news is: if we can lock 16,
we're over the line.

600
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:17,420
I'm sorry, that's the good news?
We need 16 out of 22 votes?

601
00:43:17,508 --> 00:43:20,120
That's like sitting in an exam
where the passing grade is...72%.

602
00:43:20,156 --> 00:43:24,200
And the bad news is that the gun lobby
is rich beyond our wildest dreams?

603
00:43:24,217 --> 00:43:28,800
There is that...Or that it's not a whole lot of time
to steal 16 votes from the most powerful group in DC?

604
00:43:28,854 --> 00:43:29,440
That too.

605
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:34,160
What Ross is fumbling for...
we need 16. They only need 7.

606
00:43:35,260 --> 00:43:37,540
Shit.

607
00:43:38,020 --> 00:43:42,580
...and the man who did this
robbed us of their smiles...

608
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:45,720
...of their laughter...

609
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:52,220
...and I just can't accept that
we allowed it to happen...

610
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:57,220
...our beautiful girls...
...and we couldn't stop it...

611
00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,500
...If we could have taken the gun out of his
hands and my babies would still be alive...

612
00:44:00,700 --> 00:44:03,280
Jesus Christ! We get the idea.

613
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,740
Brenda and Joel Patterson.

614
00:44:05,821 --> 00:44:09,060
The shooting sparked a new wave of
anti-gun sentiment in Wisconsin.

615
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,860
And that was more than a month ago.
It's not dying down.

616
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:15,620
Brenda's become a prominent figure in
the Mothers Demand Action movement.

617
00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:19,740
Public outrage after a shooting lasts
maybe a week per casualty.

618
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:24,060
This whole Pattinson story should be
in the ground by now. Patterson.

619
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,960
Huh? Their name: the Patteron family.

620
00:44:27,026 --> 00:44:29,460
i don't give a shit if they're
the fucking Partridge family!

621
00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:32,980
This is her. Sandford needs to know.

622
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:35,540
Our delivery must be tailored
for maximum impact.
623
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,740
Support for gun control is
up 8% in the last 2 weeks.

624
00:44:38,794 --> 00:44:42,140
Both Wisconsin Senators are vulnerable.
If they don't declare for Heaton-Harris...

625
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:44,920
Kirkpatrick won't make it through
the fall and Wallace is toast...

626
00:44:44,986 --> 00:44:47,220
What's going in that medical thing?

627
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:51,700
Senator Wallace...
He can deliver 2 other Moderates.

628
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,100
And sure as she was born screamin'...

629
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:56,980
...she'll see that as a
chance to box them in.

630
00:44:57,080 --> 00:45:01,220
No, Carlos, that's unacceptable.
The media has to be there.

631
00:45:01,299 --> 00:45:03,880
That's the whole point. It has to
be digitally stored and ready...

632
00:45:03,933 --> 00:45:06,760
...to be trotted out, should he
even think about backing down..

633
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:10,460
I'm going to send you a photo of Clara
Thomson. She'll be front left, wearing a...

634
00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:13,110
Clair, what are you wearing?
One shoulder black crepe dress.
635
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:13,600
...one shoulder black crepe dress.

636
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:17,780
If we're lucky, it'll be the only one
in the room. Thanks, Carlos.

637
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:20,980
Hey Alex,
tell me it's feasible that a doctor...

638
00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:25,760
...wouldn't have time
for all this social media bullshit.

639
00:45:25,860 --> 00:45:25,695
Yeah, after pulling 15 hour shifts,
I guess. Great!

640
00:45:25,895 --> 00:45:29,060
But he'd be on Doximity, probably...
the medical version of Linkedln.

641
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,740
Could you not just have
stopped when I said great?

642
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:37,340
Good morning! Light reading?
Do you even know what pulmonology is?

643
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,560
Yes, I do. It's the study of Pullman.

644
00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:44,100
Lungs are asymmetrical. The right
has 3 lobes, left...2. You know why?

645
00:45:44,136 --> 00:45:46,520
Your heart needs the real estate? Bravo.

646
00:45:46,596 --> 00:45:50,060
Alright, everybody, listen up!
Not a problem for you, I should imagine.

647
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:53,080
What do they got?
Come on, arguments and rebuttals.

648
00:45:53,110 --> 00:45:54,740
Let's have it! Wake up!

649
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:58,620
It's the first step toward a
National Register of firearms.

650
00:45:58,720 --> 00:46:01,460
Scaremongering, no one's even
come close to proposing that.

651
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:05,100
And if they did, it would have
it's own day in Congress. Next.

652
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:08,740
And it's 2 steps away from confiscation.
The gun lobby's rhetoric...

653
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:13,060
is based on the falsehood that we want
to take something away from people.

654
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:17,380
We don't. We want to make it more difficult
for dangerous people to buy firearms.

655
00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:20,180
If we can't burst this fallacy,
we may as well go home.

656
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,540
Esme, get me a bio on Wendy Furness,
please. Sure.

657
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:26,540
Harwood Norton CEO?
Second largest employer in Virginia.

658
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:30,080
Both Senators are teetering but if I
can get her to reach out to them...

659
00:46:30,108 --> 00:46:34,380
You don't see the irony in asking the CEO of a
defense contractor to advocate for a ban on guns?

660
00:46:34,382 --> 00:46:36,440
I'm not banning anything!
Jesus, you sound like one of them!

661
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:38,140
I'm in character. Next.

662
00:46:38,146 --> 00:46:41,340
Um, the new rules will
increase wait times by 2 weeks.

663
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:44,860
Welcome to America, where you'll
wait 6 months for an X-ray but hey...

664
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:48,060
...you can buy an AR-15
in 5 minutes flat!

665
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:52,460
You going to be that flippant in public?
Pussyfooting isn't memorable. Soundbites are...

666
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:57,340
...and the appropriate line goes like this: Anyone
that desperate to get their hands on a gun...

667
00:46:57,380 --> 00:46:59,900
...shouldn't be allowed
anywhere near one.

668
00:47:01,250 --> 00:47:03,120
<i>Milwaukee, Wisconsin</i>

669
00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:07,940
If the Senator ever finishes this speech, it'll
open it to the floor. You'll be question number 3

670
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:10,780
Is it a go for it?
He knows the Media's here.

671
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:15,260
He won't risk being heckled at his own fundraiser.
Back him into a corner, he'll have no choice.

672
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:20,020
...of an additional 2 million dollars
for the purchase of 4 brand new machines

673
00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:23,620
...within the first year
of my next term. Thank you.

674
00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:27,200
Thank you very much. Thank you.

675
00:47:27,720 --> 00:47:31,260
Alright, a few more questions for
the Senator and then we'll wrap up.

676
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:36,700
Uh, yes, the lady in white. Mr. Senator,
I'm here for the Westfield Center...

677
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:40,820
He was supposed to go to me third?
What's he doing? Following orders.

678
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:43,480
Three tables behind you, 2 to the right.

679
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,020
They've been tracking
us through Wisconsin.

680
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:49,060
They would have everyone on
that list vetted. You're blown.

681
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:52,860
What do you mean?
I mean that it's time for Plan B.

682
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:59,500
...and our final question
goes to Dr. Raj Amarasekara?

683
00:47:59,508 --> 00:48:03,380
...I hope I'm pronouncing that right...
...of the Pulmonary Associates Of America.
684
00:48:03,383 --> 00:48:04,080
Thank you.

685
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:08,380
Raj Amarasekara actor
named Matthew Kanteria.

686
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:12,260
They think he's about to ask a benign
question about the Clean Air initiative..

687
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:16,020
...it's a safe bet we'll
see 3 or 4 gunshot victims.

688
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,600
Some are kids, teenagers...

689
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:22,380
How do you intend to vote
on the Heaton-Harris Bill

690
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:24,960
when it's put before Congress?

691
00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:33,410
Well, as you have experienced,
gun violence is a real problem...

692
00:48:33,610 --> 00:48:38,860
You decoyed me? Raj Amarasekara
has personally plagiarized...

693
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:42,300
...7 research papers,
all available online.

694
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:47,100
...he even has a Doximity account.
And this financial burden is the fact...

695
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:52,180
Some of the victims are the...
Kids. The young.

696
00:48:54,040 --> 00:49:01,900
So I think it's first and foremost to put our
sympathies with the families of these victims.

697
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:06,700
But it's true.
Gun violence puts an enormous strain...

698
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:10,280
...on our healthcare system
and it's workforce.

699
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:13,060
Absolutely. Yes.

700
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:17,120
That's why I intend to give
my wholehearted support...

701
00:49:17,167 --> 00:49:20,480
...to the Heaton-Harris Bill. Thank you.

702
00:49:20,500 --> 00:49:25,760
And that's a wrap!
Thank you! Absolutely thank you!

703
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:38,940
Who else does he bring?
Fasitell and Garcia.

704
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:42,540
Esme,
I have a surprise for you on Wednesday.

705
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:48,180
about our new restaurant? How about a
Second Amendment debate at NYU Law School?

706
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:52,700
Don't shout this from the rooftops but I trust you to
do a better job than anyone else on the team. the team.

707
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:56,580
You can't make it? I'm including
myself as part of the team.

708
00:49:56,680 --> 00:50:00,500
I wasn't cool enough to relate to
college kids when I was a college kid.

709
00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:02,880
I'll forward you the details.

710
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:08,460
You again!

711
00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:12,180
I called them and I
specifically asked for Mark!

712
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:16,420
I specifically told you he skipped town.
Well what agency did he move to?

713
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:20,380
How should I know?
I ain't his parole officer.

714
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:23,120
He's in trouble? I was kiddin'.

715
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:31,060
Ohh, we had so much fun the other night.

716
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:36,020
Well, you know where the door is, lady.
Go run to your Mark'

717
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:21,500
I have work to do tonight. A big case?

718
00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:26,420
Ford, human interaction is an exchange.
My money for your...

719
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:29,500
Dick? i was going to say "Skill Set".

720
00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:32,420
But that's the only exchange
I'm willing to make.

721
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:34,800
Oh man, you sound like a banker.

722
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:38,220
Ah, I gotta do prep anyways. For what?

723
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:43,820
Another client, tomorrow night.
You do prep?

724
00:51:44,040 --> 00:51:46,140
For functions.

725
00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:51,140
Believe it or not, not everyone hires me
for my... "Skill Set"..

726
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,140
Half my clients just
want me on their arm...

727
00:51:54,240 --> 00:51:57,340
Some just want someone to talk to from a different
neck of the woods who ain't gonna judge 'em..

728
00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:00,620
That is so pathetic.
Functions are different.

729
00:52:00,720 --> 00:52:05,940
Agency gave me a list of covers.
Insurance exec, marketing guy...

730
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:10,900
Oil and gas. I'll be seeing you.

731
00:52:12,640 --> 00:52:16,300
I think you owe me somethin' more.
No, it's all there. Count it.

732
00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:18,680
This covers my services.

733
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:23,260
I just gave you a whole lot of information about
my line of work. On your principals of exchange...

734
00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:27,740
Uh, ok. That was was a
voluntary donation on your part.

735
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:33,340
I pay you so I can imagine a life I chose
to forego in the pursuit of my career.

736
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:35,980
Why don't you go out and get it?
It's not for me.

737
00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:39,140
Not when I was in my early 20s,
sure as hell not now.

738
00:52:39,240 --> 00:52:42,580
So no house you call home, no folks
you call family sort of thing, huh?

739
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:46,340
You ever regret that? Not for a second.

740
00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:52,060
At least now we're peelin' a layer. And that
is all my principles of exchange will allow.

741
00:52:52,380 --> 00:52:54,640
Goodbye, Ford.

742
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:15,660
If you're a terrorist or someone
who shouldn't be allowed on that plane..

743
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:18,460
...which lane are you going to walk
through? Well, yeah. Obviously...

744
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:20,940
Thursday morning. Yeah, I'll hold.

745
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:24,220
Loren, Boston. Thursday.
Got it!

746
00:53:24,960 --> 00:53:27,820
I deleted every vestige
of my online existence.

747
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:31,660
You didn't replace it, leaving a clear-sized hole
in Google, which they flagged in due diligence.

748
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:34,040
I did replace it.
- Esme!

749
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:39,100
Clara Thompson just returned
from a 2 year stint...

750
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:41,620
with Meds Ses Enfante.
It was solid.

751
00:53:41,720 --> 00:53:45,540
Why didn't you tell me about...
Listen. ...Raj...

752
00:53:45,593 --> 00:53:47,093
Just call him, Matthew.

753
00:53:47,138 --> 00:53:50,320
I checked with Finance. Your actor wasn't
paid from our account.

754
00:53:50,420 --> 00:53:52,600
You ran him out of your own pocket.

755
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:55,520
It's good practice
to keep your circle small.

756
00:53:55,680 --> 00:54:00,660
In this town, no matter where you are,
you're never more than 2 feet away from a rat.

757
00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:04,180
Hey, I want you
on the podium at the ARD Dinner.

758
00:54:04,560 --> 00:54:08,820
Wait, wait! That's a huge deal. You don't think
we should share the public speaking a little?
759
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:10,740
And blow all the goodwill
you've racked up?

760
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:13,340
I'm not sure I'm comfortable
in the spotlight, doing all the press

761
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:15,620
Get comfortable.
That ship has sailed.

762
00:54:15,720 --> 00:54:18,160
Hey, yes. Thursday morning?
I'll be there.

763
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:21,860
Every day, 48 children or teens are shot...

764
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,260
...it's not across the world, folks.
That's right here in America.

765
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:27,900
We were joined right now by a
representative from the Brady Campaign...

766
00:54:27,982 --> 00:54:31,220
...Esme Manchurian.
It's Man-you-charian.

767
00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:34,600
Knocking on doors...
making house calls...

768
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:37,340
...how long did it take you
to even get to this place?

769
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:40,860
Consider it a sign of how inportan
it is that we get you on board.

770
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:43,740
Why? In your long and distinguished career...
771
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:46,140
you've done precisely jackshit for feminism.

772
00:54:46,195 --> 00:54:48,400
Because gender doesn't interest me.

773
00:54:48,478 --> 00:54:50,300
The only thing
you're missing's a dick.

774
00:54:50,378 --> 00:54:55,620
I think your presence in the room would be a great help
as I make our case to Senator Hofflund.

775
00:54:55,720 --> 00:54:58,180
God willing, we can help
protect our neighbors...

776
00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:02,320
...from the kind of tragedy
America has endured all too often.

777
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:06,020
Manchurian!
Manucharian.

778
00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:11,300
In this country, 9 women are shot
by their intimate partners every week.

779
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:14,100
The risk of homicide goes up 500%...

780
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:17,020
Don't throw stats at me.
I'm not a fucking journalist.

781
00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:19,980
You think I don't know all this?
Does your membership?

782
00:55:20,080 --> 00:55:23,060
Because now would be
a great time to tell them.

783
00:55:23,160 --> 00:55:26,380
Larson and Paar have donated
millions from their personal fortunes.

784
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:28,740
Yeah.
We can't go ahead and have a war!

785
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:32,620
Hey, Manucharian! Mendel's on the brink,
I need a conversational topic.

786
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:36,580
What do you mean? Small talk,
idle nonsense of no import to anything.

787
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:41,340
You outsource your social interactions?
Yeah! Interests, hobbies, kids!

788
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:45,540
There's no better way to butter up a parent
than to tell him how hot his kids are. On it.

789
00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:49,860
Now the last time we met, your youngest
was knocking on the door of the Ivy League...

790
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:52,860
Yes! Logan, was it?
i can't even remember that conversation.

791
00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:55,860
Mandy Hamlin from the American
Nurses Association on Line 3.

792
00:55:55,960 --> 00:55:59,140
I think there a great many on the Hill that have
become so accustomed to your generous support...

793
00:55:59,240 --> 00:56:01,500
...it wouldn't hurt to give them a short, sharp shock..

794
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:04,460
The donors?
Don't ask for more, ask for less.

795
00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:08,460
If you feel strongly about Heaton-Harris,
you could worse than press to cut ties...

796
00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:11,140
...with any Senator
who doesn't come out in favor.

797
00:56:11,240 --> 00:56:14,180
What, we're turning the screw
and saving money at the same time?

798
00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:19,780
We live in a society where there's
a new school shooting every week!

799
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:25,820
That's why, when put to vote,
I will lead the party on the Heaton-Harris Bill!

800
00:56:28,720 --> 00:56:31,420
Came in anonymously but
everyone's thinking Bloomberg.

801
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:34,220
500 grand?
That's over 12% of our budget!

802
00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:36,660
If you were donating that much,
why would you do it anonymously?

803
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:39,020
Obvious reason.
What, privacy?

804
00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:42,500
No, makes you look noble
when you leak your identity.

805
00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:45,020
God! Were you born that cynical?

806
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:49,760
That is just a word to denote the absence of...
The naivete I so keenly exhibit?

807
00:56:49,810 --> 00:56:50,960
Yeah! Right.

808
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,980
Since when were you camera shy?
Uhh!

809
00:56:58,049 --> 00:57:02,260
What happened, you find a wrinkle?
If it isn't Bill Sandford's poodle.

810
00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:06,300
Let me guess...on a tight leash,
sniffing at his ass for business?

811
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:09,540
If you weren't such a joke,
we'd already have his business.

812
00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:14,820
So how about this? Give Mini-Me a day off
and I'll give you a shot at the title..

813
00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:18,060
Live TV debate. You and me.

814
00:57:18,085 --> 00:57:21,060
You must be desperate if
you're willing to give me airtime.

815
00:57:21,160 --> 00:57:25,380
If I kick your bony ass hard enough, Bill Sanford
will realize why he came to us in the first place.

816
00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:28,580
Uh-uh, you need me
strong to make him worried.

817
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:32,340
And not lookin' so strong
after a headon with me.

818
00:57:32,440 --> 00:57:36,220
Alright, I'll grant you a job
interview on national television.

819
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:41,540
You can show your master
what a big, tough dog you are.

820
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:53,660
The word "(?)" should only be referred to
in code in the office and over email.

821
00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:56,820
My ex-employers aren't
beyond bugging and hacking.

822
00:57:56,920 --> 00:57:59,020
You think our Conference Room's
wearing a wire?

823
00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:02,620
We're gonna target a Senator from
a state we have zero right to swing.

824
00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:06,460
Oh, please god, don't say...
Alberto Gomez, a Republican, Florida.

825
00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:08,940
What? I thought you
were going to say Ms.ouri.

826
00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:11,460
Florida's preposterous.
I'm being optimistic.

827
00:58:11,560 --> 00:58:14,420
Public opinion runs against
Heaton-Harris in Florida.

828
00:58:14,520 --> 00:58:16,900
Let's talk later.
In the office?

829
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:19,980
How do I register my dissent?
By semaphore?

830
00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:22,660
Alex, you're in charge of ad vendors.
You have a 2 o'clock at JWT.

831
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:26,060
I want 2 phone pitches.
Clara, Brian, Lauren, you're 1.

832
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,500
Cynthia, Esme, Franklin, you're 2.

833
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:32,420
Ross, get stats about.
Come on, get to it!

834
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:38,740
What the hell are you thinking?
That you should let me do my job!

835
00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:41,180
This ain't Cole Kravitz standards!

836
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:45,180
Our clients are nonprofit,
not some cashed-up conglomerate.

837
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:49,460
I'm hiding in the bushes with my begging bowl,
waiting to leap out at anyone who looks like money...

838
00:58:49,560 --> 00:58:55,060
...you're getting ready to set fire to
half a million dollars on some harebrained...

839
00:58:55,160 --> 00:58:57,940
Imean, this James Bond shit's
endearingly whacky...

840
00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:01,940
...but if you think you're seriously going to get
any traction out of Florida, you're way out..

841
00:59:02,040 --> 00:59:04,900
Rodolfo, it was explicit
in your pitch to lure me here

842
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:08,060
...that you had a certain degree of trust
in my ability to run this campaign.

843
00:59:08,098 --> 00:59:09,760
George, it's me...
844
00:59:09,860 --> 00:59:12,780
I know what I'm doing.
We need to talk about Florida.

845
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:15,160
And I don't do harebrained.

846
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:35,140
Fuckin' A-right! Well, from the way
you've been kickin' my ass all morning...

847
00:59:35,240 --> 00:59:40,460
I was startin' to think you
invited me here just to kick my ass.

848
00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:43,640
I'm personally in favor of Heaton-Harris.

849
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:47,060
I publicly declared, my voters are behind me.

850
00:59:47,160 --> 00:59:51,180
Did you want to meet
just to kick my ass?

851
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:53,540
Look, you're sittin' on 6 votes.

852
00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:57,860
Sandford's not a punk. He knows
the opposition's countin' on him..

853
00:59:57,960 --> 01:00:02,660
He also knows if they don't get them,
their campaign will be over.

854
01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:06,820
So what are you gonna do?
Walk into my club, bend me over a green

855
01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:09,620
beige table and give me
a spiel about freedom?

856
01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:12,780
About how, if the liberals get their way,
in a couple of hundred years...

857
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:16,540
...the Second Amendment will enshrine
our right to carry baseball bats?

858
01:00:16,640 --> 01:00:19,780
No, that's the argument
you're going to make to your friends...

859
01:00:19,880 --> 01:00:24,460
...in the Blue Dog coalition when you
tell them you're changing your position.

860
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:29,100
Bill Sandford's thinkin' about
backin' a new candidate.

861
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:32,300
One of their own,
a real up-and-comer, Hispanic.

862
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:37,140
Got offers from 8 Ivy League schools.
Ivy League Schools?

863
01:00:37,240 --> 01:00:41,980
Have you seen my approval ratings, pal?
No, he's not runnin' against you...

864
01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:44,760
He's runnin' against your son.

865
01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:57,060
The gun lobby wants your suppot, Hank.
They know your boy's runnin' for Michigan...

866
01:00:57,160 --> 01:01:01,140
...they'll handpick an opponent...
...back him to the hilt.

867
01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:03,540
I tried to talk Sandford out of it...

868
01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:05,940
Bullshit, Connors! You probably
put him up to it, you motherfucker!

869
01:01:06,040 --> 01:01:10,300
About those approval ratings,
you can go either way...

870
01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:17,900
Quietly recant, protect your son...
Sandford won't forget it.

871
01:01:19,480 --> 01:01:21,740
You disappoint him...

872
01:01:23,640 --> 01:01:25,900
...he won't forget that either.

873
01:01:31,840 --> 01:01:35,620
So how was Pittsburgh?
What are you, a fed?

874
01:01:35,720 --> 01:01:41,820
The president of the Midatlantic Association Of Women
In Law Enforcement called to say thanks for lunch.

875
01:01:42,760 --> 01:01:46,340
I wasn't aware they were part of our plan.
It was an expense..

876
01:01:46,440 --> 01:01:49,100
It was a 30 minute lunch.
They're not part of our plan...

877
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:51,460
Guess what, Ollie!
It wasn't expense.

878
01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:54,860
Am I not allowed a social life?
I didn't know you had one.

879
01:01:54,960 --> 01:01:57,980
As someone who has their underlings
root for conversational topics.

880
01:01:58,080 --> 01:02:02,100
I maintain a small circle of allies.
Uh-huh. Cops and nurses?
881
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:05,260
Well, I can provide a list
if you require full disclosure.

882
01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:09,240
So...grand unveiling!

883
01:02:10,280 --> 01:02:13,620
You coming? We got a bigger problem:
while you've been jetting around the country for lunch...

884
01:02:13,720 --> 01:02:15,940
...our opponents have been doing their job.

885
01:02:16,040 --> 01:02:20,300
Hank Badgely, Chairman of the Blue Dog,
who controls the votes of...6 Senators

886
01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:24,380
I know who he is. He's in our pocket.
Really? That what you think?

887
01:02:24,640 --> 01:02:27,900
He was onboard,
but he just did a 180.

888
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:33,340
Says he wants to wait and see.
Wait and see's more like a 90.

889
01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:35,340
We're chasing Senators who are in play.

890
01:02:35,437 --> 01:02:39,040
We can't afford to lose 7 votes we had locked.
We won't recover.

891
01:02:39,240 --> 01:02:42,420
We have him on camera pledging support?
Absolutely.

892
01:02:42,520 --> 01:02:46,340
Then we'll have to make him feel it.

893
01:02:51,880 --> 01:02:54,160
Thank you.

894
01:03:00,240 --> 01:03:02,840
Alex, these banners are good.

895
01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:07,420
Could you say that again
and sound a little less surprised?

896
01:03:07,520 --> 01:03:10,380
Hold on! This can't be right.
Senator Gomez...

897
01:03:10,480 --> 01:03:15,860
We're not going to Florida.
What? Florida's out.

898
01:03:16,800 --> 01:03:19,740
But you said you said that we were going to
Florida to swing Gomez.

899
01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:23,180
Everyone turn to tab 9, please.

900
01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:29,700
I don't have anything at tab 9.

901
01:03:42,520 --> 01:03:45,140
Security, lock down
Cynthia Green's desk.

902
01:03:45,240 --> 01:03:49,060
secure her files and her hard drives
and escort her off the premises.

903
01:03:49,160 --> 01:03:51,420
Your Blackberry, now!

904
01:03:52,640 --> 01:03:54,900
Now!

905
01:03:56,000 --> 01:04:01,500
Let's go. He offered me a partnership track.
Good luck with that.

906
01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:06,180
Clear the office. Come on, come on!
Everybody out!

907
01:04:10,400 --> 01:04:12,660
I'll have the place swept for tabs.

908
01:04:13,240 --> 01:04:15,380
Sounds like James Bond shit to me.

909
01:04:15,480 --> 01:04:17,880
We will talk about this later.

910
01:04:19,840 --> 01:04:23,940
Come on, everybody. Clear the building.
Let's go! Out! Come on!

911
01:04:35,960 --> 01:04:39,380
I can't believe the whole
Florida Gomez thing was a ruse.

912
01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:43,380
We'll come out of left field and take Colorado before
they figure out which one they got screwed in

913
01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:47,460
How could she do that?
Why does someone even think like that?

914
01:04:47,560 --> 01:04:52,740
Well, maybe, in her naivete,
she figured it would be good for her career.

915
01:04:52,840 --> 01:04:55,120
I wasn't talking about Cynthia.

916
01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:11,160
Good morning.

917
01:05:13,280 --> 01:05:15,340
Please take a seat.

918
01:05:15,440 --> 01:05:18,300
We're not sayin' it can't be done.
But it's risky.

919
01:05:18,400 --> 01:05:20,660
We only get one shot.
Hey!

920
01:05:22,840 --> 01:05:25,440
Were you followed?
Evidently.

921
01:05:26,880 --> 01:05:29,060
Let him in.

922
01:05:29,160 --> 01:05:32,340
Do you solemnly swear that you will tell
the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth...

923
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:36,020
...upon pains and penalties of perjury?

924
01:05:36,680 --> 01:05:38,960
I do.

925
01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:43,820
State your full name, please.

926
01:05:43,920 --> 01:05:46,180
Wow, look at this.

927
01:05:46,280 --> 01:05:49,000
Rodolfo Vittorio Schmidt.

928
01:05:50,040 --> 01:05:53,780
I'm guessing this gear
ain't for tuning my '69 Chevy.

929
01:05:53,880 --> 01:05:57,140
Rodolfo,
my unofficial support team.

930
01:05:57,240 --> 01:05:59,640
Big Sam. Little Sam.

931
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:03,340
During the time you worked alongside Ms. Sloane...

932
01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:09,340
Did you hold any discussions pertaining
to the use of illegal surveillance techniques?
933
01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:13,420
So how big is your organization?

934
01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:16,340
Well there's 6 of us.
4 are out on an asiignment.

935
01:06:16,440 --> 01:06:18,720
And you're ex-...
NSA.

936
01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:22,100
Badgley is flipflopping.
But...quickest way to get him in line...

937
01:06:22,200 --> 01:06:25,580
...is to mine for sordid details and then
let him know that we're in possession of them.

938
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:30,700
Mr. Schmidt, did you...?
Yes, Senator.

939
01:06:31,160 --> 01:06:35,300
And what means did they have at their disposal
to carry out these surveillance practices?

940
01:06:35,600 --> 01:06:38,380
Standard 24-hour video
and audio surveillance...

941
01:06:38,480 --> 01:06:42,520
...cell phone and hotline account hacking,
location tracking and...

942
01:06:42,573 --> 01:06:46,300
...with our latest tech,,
close quarters audio...

943
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:48,680
...any time and any place.

944
01:06:50,040 --> 01:06:52,620
Ever hear the expression: "fly on the wall"?

945
01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:57,420
Meet the cutting edge in eavesdropping.
It's a cockroach.

946
01:06:57,520 --> 01:07:03,460
Which can be retrofitted into
the cybernetic robo-roach.

947
01:07:04,400 --> 01:07:06,700
We glue electrodes to it's antennae...

948
01:07:06,800 --> 01:07:10,240
...perforate the thorax so we can control it's movements from our link.

949
01:07:10,260 --> 01:07:11,640
Don't call PETA, Schmidt.

950
01:07:11,663 --> 01:07:16,220
These guys can crawl under doors,
into crevices, bags...completely undetected.

951
01:07:16,320 --> 01:07:19,320
They can go weeks without food
and still be mobile.

952
01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:23,060
And how did you react to the
possibility of all this?

953
01:07:23,160 --> 01:07:26,300
I told her it was mind-boggling, ingenious...

954
01:07:26,400 --> 01:07:29,020
...morally repugnant and
completely unacceptable.

955
01:07:29,040 --> 01:07:34,140
Boooo. You're talking about
blackmailing a United States Senator!

956
01:07:35,040 --> 01:07:37,400
Have you any idea of
the damage if this ever came out?

957
01:07:37,501 --> 01:07:40,700
No more than the damage if
we don't get Badgley back..
958
01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:45,060
Without prejudice to the undoubtedly
stellar job that you guys do...

959
01:07:45,160 --> 01:07:50,140
...our firm has certain standards below which I am not prepared to stoop.

960
01:07:50,440 --> 01:07:52,500
Let me out of here.

961
01:07:52,600 --> 01:07:55,240
Schmidt!
Find another way.

962
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:05,740
It was a rude awakening for
Michigan Senator Hank Badgley...

963
01:08:05,840 --> 01:08:08,860
...because he was tailed from
his home to his workplace...

964
01:08:08,960 --> 01:08:11,460
...by this trailer-mounted rodent...
What the fuck is that?

965
01:08:11,560 --> 01:08:13,240
...organized by gun safety campaigners...

966
01:08:13,340 --> 01:08:16,920
...in response to what they perceive as a
huge amount of support for the controversy...

967
01:08:16,924 --> 01:08:20,040
Can you believe?
I do not fucking believe...

968
01:08:20,160 --> 01:08:23,740
...gun control...
...has been conducting his duties in the shadow of a giant rat.

969
01:08:23,840 --> 01:08:25,940
...as he was tailed from his home ...

970
01:08:25,993 --> 01:08:28,580
It's on all of the
national news outlets.

971
01:08:28,680 --> 01:08:33,340
How the hell did she manage that?
She didn't. They swing left all on their own.

972
01:08:33,440 --> 01:08:35,720
It has it's own Twitter feed.

973
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:40,260
Huh?
The rat's.

974
01:08:40,360 --> 01:08:45,500
Really, I think that this whole rat business
is little more than an unfortunate misunderstanding.

975
01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:50,460
I was one of the first members of the
Senate to lend my support to Heaton-Harris.

976
01:08:50,560 --> 01:08:53,820
I've always maintained that the Bill
is integral to public safety...

977
01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:56,380
...and my support for it is unwavering.

978
01:08:56,480 --> 01:09:00,100
Now, I sincerely hope that we can
get past all this silliness...

979
01:09:00,200 --> 01:09:03,300
3 more Blue Dog Senators have
press conferences scheduled for next week.

980
01:09:03,400 --> 01:09:06,780
Keep hammering the point that we
are not arguing for confiscation.

981
01:09:06,880 --> 01:09:09,980
Heaton-Harris is about stopping
criminals and psychopaths.

982
01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:14,100
Yeah, I a pro at this pro at this, Liz.
I'll see you in there.

983
01:09:14,200 --> 01:09:19,420
So you knew there was a leak from when? Sorry.
Cynthia, when did you start to suspect there was a leak?

984
01:09:19,508 --> 01:09:21,580
Ahh, after the UAPD fundraiser.

985
01:09:21,680 --> 01:09:26,300
You had her followed by a P.I.?
How did you know it was her? Sorry?

986
01:09:26,400 --> 01:09:32,320
The leak! You had Cynthia watched.
How did you know it was her? I didn't.

987
01:09:34,320 --> 01:09:36,500
You had us all watched?

988
01:09:36,600 --> 01:09:38,880
Howdy

989
01:09:39,360 --> 01:09:41,840
Cal Schneider, banking and actuary.

990
01:09:42,280 --> 01:09:45,580
I'm sure we've been introduced
but your name escapes me.

991
01:09:45,666 --> 01:09:47,780
I'm sorry, you have the wrong person.

992
01:09:46,778 --> 01:09:49,780
I'm pretty sure I don't.
I have a good memory for faces

993
01:09:49,980 --> 01:09:52,360
This one I wouldn't readily forget.

994
01:09:52,520 --> 01:09:57,940
Really? Mr. Schneider, I have no idea
who you think I am. Excuse me.

995
01:10:06,280 --> 01:10:09,180
You know we're not really supposed
to be having this conversation, right?

996
01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:11,740
Half of Oregon is
protected Federal Parkland...

997
01:10:11,740 --> 01:10:14,900
...but they can't develop it, so their
state budgets come from lobbying revenue.

998
01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:17,820
Vince, whatever clearing your head
looks like, this isn't it!

999
01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:20,780
...loggers are a very influential group...

1000
01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:24,380
Excuse me, can someone have her makeup
done too, please? I'm not part of this.

1001
01:10:24,480 --> 01:10:29,860
You're a public figure in a room full of cameras.
Is that her?

1002
01:10:29,960 --> 01:10:32,940
Liz? Hey, we have
to get Brian on these loggers.

1003
01:10:33,040 --> 01:10:35,300
We're on top of the goddamn loggers!
Just clear your head!

1004
01:10:35,400 --> 01:10:39,900
One moment.
Clear your head like I told you.

1005
01:10:42,680 --> 01:10:44,780
Ms. Sloane, welcome!

1006
01:10:44,880 --> 01:10:47,200
Pat! Please, take a seat.

1007
01:10:47,880 --> 01:10:50,340
I know Friday's Filing Day
and your campaign'll be over...
1008
01:10:50,440 --> 01:10:53,100
...but if you're thinkin' I'm going
to go easy, I can't do that.

1009
01:10:53,200 --> 01:10:55,580
This is live TV,
so no colorful language.

1010
01:10:55,680 --> 01:10:59,180
Bullshit job offers to my staff?
You've plumbed new depths.

1011
01:10:59,280 --> 01:11:02,220
A giant inflatable rodent? Please!
You ruined that girl's career.

1012
01:11:02,320 --> 01:11:05,460
Shut up! The both of you.
Ok, let's go!

1013
01:11:10,680 --> 01:11:12,940
Hello, America. I'm John O'Neill.

1014
01:11:13,040 --> 01:11:16,420
Welcome to a special edition of
This Week In Washington.

1015
01:11:16,520 --> 01:11:18,860
Guns! More or less?

1016
01:11:18,960 --> 01:11:22,900
There were 372 mass shootings last year...
64 school shootings...

1017
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:26,800
...and there are over
300 million guns in our country..

1018
01:11:26,820 --> 01:11:29,140
You used to work with Connors?
4 years.

1019
01:11:29,240 --> 01:11:34,140
Foulmouthed, unexpected but very effective.

1020
01:11:35,200 --> 01:11:37,740
If background checks
are to be of any use...

1021
01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:41,060
...they should apply to all gun sales,
not just some.

1022
01:11:41,160 --> 01:11:43,220
Isn't that what
Heaton-Harris is proposing?

1023
01:11:43,320 --> 01:11:46,740
Precisely. The Bill expand
the scope of gun regulation..

1024
01:11:46,840 --> 01:11:49,980
And it's yet another affront to
Americans' constitutional rights..

1025
01:11:50,080 --> 01:11:52,280
No. The Bill closes an absurd loophole...

1026
01:11:52,307 --> 01:11:56,940
...which allows people on Terrorist Watchlists
to buy guns without any check whatsoever..

1027
01:11:57,097 --> 01:12:01,140
It's an incursion into individual liberty
by an all-powerful government...

1028
01:12:01,240 --> 01:12:03,460
What, like Drivers licenses?
Drivers licenses?

1029
01:12:03,560 --> 01:12:05,320
It's illegal to operate a car...

1030
01:12:05,420 --> 01:12:08,300
...without going through rigorous
theoretical and practical assessments.

1031
01:12:08,400 --> 01:12:11,100
That's a clear constraint on the... Fugu chefs!
...freedom of...!

1032
01:12:11,200 --> 01:12:15,300
... individuals to drive cars or pilots to fly planes.
C'mon! Fugu chefs!

1033
01:12:15,400 --> 01:12:17,900
You know, in Japan, chefs train for 7 years...

1034
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:20,860
...before they're allowed to serve
a poisonous blowfish call Fugu.

1035
01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:24,100
What does any of this have to do
with background checks?

1036
01:12:24,200 --> 01:12:29,100
That is a fair question! Does anyone in this room think
that the government should abolish drivers licenses?

1037
01:12:29,200 --> 01:12:33,700
That's absurd. Why? They are a
government incursion into individual liberty.

1038
01:12:33,800 --> 01:12:35,860
We accept them because they make sense.

1039
01:12:35,960 --> 01:12:39,260
The more dangerous the machinery,
the more rigorous the test should be.

1040
01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:42,420
I think we can extend our
definition of dangerous machinery...

1041
01:12:42,520 --> 01:12:45,900
...to semi-automatic firearms. Except the
Second Amendment to the Constitution

1042
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:48,300
doesn't guarantee the right to drive cars...

1043
01:12:48,400 --> 01:12:51,740
...or operate machinery
or serve blowfish, for that matter.

1044
01:12:51,840 --> 01:12:55,540
It guarantees the right
to keep and bear arms.
1045
01:12:55,760 --> 01:12:58,220
Perhaps you haven't read it lately.

1046
01:12:58,320 --> 01:13:01,820
The bill infringes the rights of the people to keep and bear arms.!

1047
01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:05,700
The Second Amendment was signed in a time
when the average life expectancy was 38...

1048
01:13:05,800 --> 01:13:08,140
...and it was common practice for our Founding Fathers to...

1049
01:13:08,240 --> 01:13:11,540
resolve their differences
at dawn, in a gunfight.

1050
01:13:11,640 --> 01:13:14,900
What may have been
perfectly sensible in those alien times,

1051
01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:17,300
...is wholly inadequate to
solve the problems of the present...

1052
01:13:17,400 --> 01:13:18,840
That's not a rebuttal! What is she doing?

1053
01:13:18,843 --> 01:13:21,720
The United States Constitution
has stood the test of time.

1054
01:13:21,820 --> 01:13:25,720
It's authored to confer
unimpeachable rights...

1055
01:13:25,720 --> 01:13:29,220
...which don't change depending on
which way the wind's blowing.

1056
01:13:29,320 --> 01:13:31,500
It's so authored with the specific intent...

1057
01:13:31,600 --> 01:13:34,300
...of keeping at bay the Elizabeth
Sloanes of this world...
1058
01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:38,540
...who want to wipe their asses
with the Constitution and replace it...

1059
01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:42,820
...because she knows better than
the Founding Fathers of this great nation.

1060
01:13:42,920 --> 01:13:46,700
Nothing is unimpeachable,
not even the Constitution.

1061
01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:50,620
It's ironic that the very statement of rights
you're so quick to invoke...

1062
01:13:50,720 --> 01:13:54,700
...is, in fact, an Amendment!
I may not like it either, Elizabeth,
...

1063
01:13:54,800 --> 01:13:56,860
but it is the Second Amendment.

1064
01:13:56,960 --> 01:14:00,460
It comes right after freedom of speech,
religion and press and...

1065
01:14:00,560 --> 01:14:04,140
...and somewhere before freedom from search
and having to testify against yourself.

1066
01:14:04,240 --> 01:14:07,300
They're all kind of bunched together.
It's called the Bill of Rights!

1067
01:14:07,400 --> 01:14:09,660
How do you get around that?
We don't need to.

1068
01:14:09,760 --> 01:14:12,820
The Supreme Court already made it clear
that the right to own a gun is...

1069
01:14:12,920 --> 01:14:16,540
...subject to lawful restrictions.
One of those is background checks!

1070
01:14:16,640 --> 01:14:20,140
Universal background checks
are an infringement.

1071
01:14:20,240 --> 01:14:23,380
What part of "shall not be infringed"
don't you get?

1072
01:14:23,480 --> 01:14:28,820
I get that that's the weakest, most mind-numbing
retort in your impoverished arsenal.

1073
01:14:28,920 --> 01:14:31,600
Sort of a last refuge for those
with no argument at all.

1074
01:14:31,605 --> 01:14:34,200
You're talking about the
United States Constitution!

1075
01:14:34,300 --> 01:14:38,900
If they could produce a rational winning argument,
I'd gladly migrate to their side...

1076
01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:44,680
...but because it says so in the Constitution,
the Bible or my horoscope... What?

1077
01:14:44,680 --> 01:14:46,740
...it's not a winning argument.
It's a ripcord.

1078
01:14:46,780 --> 01:14:50,740
An intellectual equivalent of a yellow, pant-pissing wimp

1079
01:14:50,740 --> 01:14:52,380
...cowering behind Mommy's skirts.

1080
01:14:52,480 --> 01:14:55,020
Why don't we bring this back...
No, no, no! Let's not!

1081
01:14:55,120 --> 01:14:59,460
Why don't we ask all the mothers out there
who lost their children to an armed sociopath...
1082
01:14:59,560 --> 01:15:04,380
...if they believe in his unimpeachable,
constitutional right to bear arms...

1083
01:15:04,480 --> 01:15:08,580
Why not ask a terrified girl
who locked herself in a janitor's closet...

1084
01:15:08,680 --> 01:15:13,620
...at Bloomington High, forced
to listen as her peers were massacred?

1085
01:15:13,720 --> 01:15:18,740
Go ahead, ask her!
Her name is Esme Manucharian.

1086
01:15:19,480 --> 01:15:21,760
She's standing right there!

1087
01:15:27,120 --> 01:15:29,400
Jesus Christ, Liz!

1088
01:15:30,480 --> 01:15:33,340
Time out. We're going to take a break
and when we come back...

1089
01:15:33,440 --> 01:15:38,700
...maybe these 2 will stop playin' Pattycake
and the gloves will really come off...

1090
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:41,080
...be right back..

1091
01:16:03,900 --> 01:16:09,880
I won't insult your intelligence by claiming that
that came out in the heat of the monent..

1092
01:16:12,540 --> 01:16:14,840
How far back?

1093
01:16:15,800 --> 01:16:20,060
Once I started getting
used to all the media.

1094
01:16:20,760 --> 01:16:23,260
Ok. Day 1.

1095
01:16:24,923 --> 01:16:25,823
Wow!

1096
01:16:31,720 --> 01:16:37,120
That dinner that night,
you asked me if I'd go public...

1097
01:16:37,120 --> 01:16:40,860
...like if it was the difference
between victory and defeat.

1098
01:16:43,560 --> 01:16:48,100
What if I'd said no?
Would you still have done it?

1099
01:16:49,240 --> 01:16:52,980
Probably. I was hired to win...

1100
01:16:53,520 --> 01:16:57,500
and I have a responsibility to use whatever resource I have.

1101
01:16:57,600 --> 01:17:01,260
The press we're gonna get from this, it's
practically a dereliction of duty not to...

1102
01:17:01,360 --> 01:17:05,420
That's it? I'm a resource?
Professionally, yes!

1103
01:17:06,840 --> 01:17:12,560
I understand that you have feelings
and a life but I have no duty to them.

1104
01:17:12,680 --> 01:17:15,540
I have a duty to the cause,
and if the two conflict...

1105
01:17:15,640 --> 01:17:18,400
...there will only ever be 1 winner.

1106
01:17:20,880 --> 01:17:23,160
Well, hooray for straight talk.

1107
01:17:24,840 --> 01:17:29,100
Ok. Get ready, Esme.
Network wants a statement.

1108
01:17:29,400 --> 01:17:32,540
We apply your makeup.
We'll walk out arm in arm.

1109
01:17:32,640 --> 01:17:35,160
We'll be brief, no questions.

1110
01:17:35,520 --> 01:17:39,020
Tonight, we'll leave them wanting more.

1111
01:17:43,880 --> 01:17:47,380
First of all, I want to make it clear
that I have dedicated my life to...

1112
01:17:47,480 --> 01:17:51,860
...gun safety issues,
as the current system is broken.

1113
01:17:51,960 --> 01:17:55,660
That's a rational judgement,
not an emotional one.

1114
01:17:59,600 --> 01:18:05,220
I am a survivor of the
Bloomington High School Massacre of 1998.

1115
01:18:06,680 --> 01:18:09,280
For years I sought to hide
the pain and trauma...

1116
01:18:09,480 --> 01:18:12,500
...for fear of having to relive it.

1117
01:18:12,600 --> 01:18:15,860
But I've come to realize that
the thousands of people...

1118
01:18:15,920 --> 01:18:18,460
...affected by gun violence...

1119
01:18:18,560 --> 01:18:21,940
...need to stand up
and be accountable.
1120
01:18:22,040 --> 01:18:27,180
They need a representative who can
speak out for what they have endured.

1121
01:18:27,280 --> 01:18:29,560
Let's call Sandford.

1122
01:18:29,880 --> 01:18:32,320
There might be life in this yet.

1123
01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:11,280
You're a piece of work, Elizabeth.

1124
01:19:16,240 --> 01:19:21,020
If you want to set yourself on fire
to service your need to win, I won't protest...

1125
01:19:21,120 --> 01:19:24,580
But Esme?
The end is my concern...

1126
01:19:24,580 --> 01:19:28,540
...you liberal goodie-goodies can fret
over the means. You need me.

1127
01:19:28,540 --> 01:19:32,440
The end? You disappeared over the hill when you
cracked your egg and pissed all over the flag!

1128
01:19:32,540 --> 01:19:36,020
And comparing the United States
Constitution to a horoscope?

1129
01:19:36,108 --> 01:19:39,120
That's the kind of shit the gun lobby thrives on!

1130
01:19:39,840 --> 01:19:42,340
Or if you realized by now, we're gona lose anyway.

1131
01:19:42,440 --> 01:19:44,620
This is more important than my career...

1132
01:19:44,720 --> 01:19:47,620
...or Esme's unease at fighting reporters
evey time she has to take out the trash.
1133
01:19:47,720 --> 01:19:51,060
You're out of control.
We're not gonna lose!

1134
01:19:52,480 --> 01:19:54,960
What if I told you...

1135
01:19:56,280 --> 01:19:59,100
this whole strategy was a shell game...

1136
01:19:59,200 --> 01:20:02,900
...for the benefit of the
Cynthia Greens of this firm.

1137
01:20:04,440 --> 01:20:08,500
What are you talking about?
Bill Sandford was right.

1138
01:20:09,280 --> 01:20:12,700
Women are the gun lobby's blind spot..

1139
01:20:13,400 --> 01:20:16,820
A massive power base
who they don't speak to...

1140
01:20:16,920 --> 01:20:20,200
...and they can't control.
And?

1141
01:20:22,680 --> 01:20:25,800
Those strange excursions on my itinerary?

1142
01:20:26,520 --> 01:20:32,580
Womens' representative bodies,
feminist groups, female CEO's...

1143
01:20:33,320 --> 01:20:35,960
I talked to as many as I could
into browbeating their membership...

1144
01:20:35,962 --> 01:20:40,500
...to donate to my PAC.
You have a PAC (Political Action Committee)?

1145
01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:45,900
Bill Sandford's getting a nasty surprise come Filing Day.
How nasty we talkin'?

1146
01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:50,780
15 million from
over 3 million donors nasty.

1147
01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:53,160
In one quarter?

1148
01:20:55,480 --> 01:21:00,180
Actually, less less.
Unbelievable!

1149
01:21:04,400 --> 01:21:05,720
Why are you telling me this now?

1150
01:21:07,191 --> 01:21:09,191
You kept this from me all along
and you're telling me tonight?

1151
01:21:09,220 --> 01:21:12,380
My God! I tell you we're back in the game,
and all you can say is that?

1152
01:21:12,480 --> 01:21:14,500
You knew you were going
to screw Esme tonight.

1153
01:21:14,500 --> 01:21:18,000
So you kept this from me to blindside me
before I had a chance to fire you..

1154
01:21:18,100 --> 01:21:21,340
You have an unusual insight
for a boutique lobbyist.

1155
01:21:21,440 --> 01:21:23,840
You've been pulling
all the strings all along.

1156
01:21:24,320 --> 01:21:27,780
Lobbying's about foresight,
you anticipate your opponent's moves...

1157
01:21:27,880 --> 01:21:32,380
...you devise countermeasures ...
I am not your fucking opponent!
1158
01:21:34,640 --> 01:21:37,080
Were you ever normal?

1159
01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:41,300
As a child?

1160
01:21:41,400 --> 01:21:45,420
Or were the the twisted thought processes
in your mind hardwired in the womb?

1161
01:21:45,520 --> 01:21:51,100
Because I am having a really hard time
understanding how somebody gets to this.

1162
01:21:54,560 --> 01:21:57,900
I guess I'm just a piece of work.

1163
01:22:04,320 --> 01:22:06,580
I'll see you tomorrow.

1164
01:22:35,360 --> 01:22:37,680
You're Madeline Elizabeth Sloane.

1165
01:22:37,920 --> 01:22:40,700
You work in a government affair
and communications company.

1166
01:22:40,800 --> 01:22:42,900
Well Googled.

1167
01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:45,940
What was that...at the fundraiser?

1168
01:22:46,040 --> 01:22:50,820
You pretended like we were strangers.
What did you expect?

1169
01:22:51,040 --> 01:22:53,320
You alright?

1170
01:22:56,000 --> 01:23:00,540
The only person who called
me Madeline was my mother.

1171
01:23:00,640 --> 01:23:05,700
Government affairs and communications
are just fancy words for lobbying.

1172
01:23:05,800 --> 01:23:10,340
And lobbying is a fancy word for what, exactly?
Outside this room, we're strangers!

1173
01:23:10,440 --> 01:23:13,120
Those were the rules of this engagement.
We were alone!

1174
01:23:13,160 --> 01:23:15,260
In a public place!

1175
01:23:15,360 --> 01:23:18,340
I can't be associated with you there.

1176
01:23:18,440 --> 01:23:21,100
At least one other person
knew who you were.

1177
01:23:21,200 --> 01:23:24,760
Who was she, anyway?
I never reveal my clients...ever.

1178
01:23:24,760 --> 01:23:28,540
Oh, you just pry into their personal lives...
Google for the truth!

1179
01:23:28,640 --> 01:23:30,820
I hear you lobbyists
ain't so good with the truth.

1180
01:23:30,920 --> 01:23:33,420
Says the guy with 4 identities
who sleeps with strangers for money..

1181
01:23:33,520 --> 01:23:35,860
I'm just surprised by
what a natural bullshitter you are.

1182
01:23:35,960 --> 01:23:39,740
I grew up lying, Ford.
Didn't want to. I had to!

1183
01:23:39,840 --> 01:23:42,320
That's why I excel at it.

1184
01:23:42,440 --> 01:23:47,340
It's a skill I would have
happily traded for a normal life.

1185
01:23:47,680 --> 01:23:50,260
Normal's overrated.

1186
01:24:31,240 --> 01:24:33,500
to mi je.

1187
01:24:34,080 --> 01:24:37,600
I'm sorry. But I can't.

1188
01:24:39,640 --> 01:24:41,900
What's wrong?

1189
01:24:46,800 --> 01:24:49,080
I'm sorry. Forget about tonight.

1190
01:24:49,760 --> 01:24:53,500
Why? Did I do somethin'?
No, it's...umm...

1191
01:24:54,800 --> 01:24:57,240
I'm not in the right frame of mind.

1192
01:24:58,360 --> 01:25:01,400
Here...easiest money you'll ever make.

1193
01:25:02,280 --> 01:25:06,900
I didn't do anything.
Well, you set up...I wasted your time...

1194
01:25:07,000 --> 01:25:12,500
You know, we can just sit and talk.
Take the fucking money, Ford!

1195
01:25:17,040 --> 01:25:19,320
Get out, please.

1196
01:25:24,600 --> 01:25:26,860
Suit yourself.

1197
01:25:42,240 --> 01:25:44,300
Numark.
Numark, yeah!.

1198
01:25:44,400 --> 01:25:46,500
Milner...Carlson...

1199
01:25:46,600 --> 01:25:48,860
Wade Powell, Virginia.
Hackman come over too.

1200
01:25:48,960 --> 01:25:51,820
We lost Milner, Newman,
Carlson, Hackman.

1201
01:25:51,920 --> 01:25:53,700
Adamu said he's softening his position...
Alex...

1202
01:25:53,700 --> 01:25:56,400
I'll soften his fucking...
...Bill Sandford's on Line3.

1203
01:25:56,400 --> 01:25:59,660
I'm closing Adamu right the fuck now!
Woo! Woohoo!

1204
01:26:00,280 --> 01:26:02,980
She takes my own idea and
goes up against us with it.

1205
01:26:03,080 --> 01:26:05,380
Been tryin' to warn you, Bill.
15 Million!

1206
01:26:05,480 --> 01:26:08,540
From 3 million donors!
In less than a quarter!

1207
01:26:08,640 --> 01:26:11,220
You stop her,
you stop Heaton-Harris.

1208
01:26:11,320 --> 01:26:13,940
We have to make it personal now,
she becomes the story.

1209
01:26:14,040 --> 01:26:17,380
we can use our media relationships, Bill.
Put her on the defensive!

1210
01:26:17,480 --> 01:26:21,700
I don't just want her on the defensive!
I don't just want her off the campaign!

1211
01:26:21,800 --> 01:26:25,180
I want her to be the reason people think twice...

1212
01:26:25,280 --> 01:26:27,940
...before takin' on the guardians
of the Second Amendment.

1213
01:26:28,040 --> 01:26:30,560
I want her career..

1214
01:26:31,560 --> 01:26:34,440
Hey, Alex, it's me...
I just wanted to....

1215
01:26:34,800 --> 01:26:37,700
Philadelphia was as good as we could have hoped for.

1216
01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:40,560
So how are we doin'?
That's 4 to go, people!

1217
01:26:41,680 --> 01:26:43,940
You're kidding me!

1218
01:26:44,720 --> 01:26:46,940
Wow, that's amazing.

1219
01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:50,700
Alright, we're joined now by Esme Manucharian.
Esme, thanks for joining us...

1220
01:26:50,800 --> 01:26:54,700
Would you say that the gun debate
has now llargely become a womens' issue?

1221
01:26:54,800 --> 01:26:57,300
You need only look at the numbers
to see that gun safety...
1222
01:26:57,400 --> 01:27:00,140
has become a deciding issue for American women.

1223
01:27:00,240 --> 01:27:05,740
If their representative isn't listening,
they'll go to the polls and elect someone who will..

1224
01:27:15,280 --> 01:27:18,940
What do you want?
I've got 15 million to blow.

1225
01:27:19,360 --> 01:27:21,700
Lauren was going through your letters...

1226
01:27:21,800 --> 01:27:25,460
...between the death threats and the hate mail,
he found this. this.

1227
01:27:25,560 --> 01:27:29,140
Pru Walsh of the Sentinel is doing an article
on lobbying...that means you.

1228
01:27:29,240 --> 01:27:31,700
Well, is she wants to meet me,
why'd she send a letter?

1229
01:27:31,800 --> 01:27:33,820
Because she doesn't really
want to meet you...

1230
01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:37,860
...she wants to say she reached out to you for
an interview but didn't hear back. It's a takedown.

1231
01:27:37,960 --> 01:27:42,060
Well, the least we can do is disappoint her.
Set it up!.

1232
01:27:43,040 --> 01:27:46,900
I've cancelled your 10am.
You can see our in-house attorneys.

1233
01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:49,520
I don't believe you two have met.

1234
01:27:49,640 --> 01:27:53,380
You know how I feel about this.
I was against you ever hiring her.

1235
01:27:53,480 --> 01:27:58,900
Your job is not winning lobbying fights.
Your job is to stop us from get...

1236
01:28:00,400 --> 01:28:03,300
...quite independently
for being utterly contemptible!

1237
01:28:03,400 --> 01:28:08,300
What the hell were you thinking? Whatever it was,
I guess it seems pretty stupid now.

1238
01:28:08,880 --> 01:28:11,360
Liz, mett your protection.

1239
01:28:21,880 --> 01:28:24,220
Daniel Pozner,
Head of Legal.

1240
01:28:24,320 --> 01:28:28,140
Liz Sloane, contemptible liability
and amateur lip reader.

1241
01:28:28,240 --> 01:28:32,300
Whose idea were the glass walls
Seriously?

1242
01:28:32,680 --> 01:28:37,940
Two TV slots tomorrow, then a radio thing
and then finally, I'm done in Illinois.

1243
01:28:38,040 --> 01:28:42,380
Where are you? Cold Stone, waiting
for them to hurry up and invent the food pill.

1244
01:28:42,480 --> 01:28:47,500
That may take a while.
Plotting to ensnare our last 4 Senators.

1245
01:28:47,600 --> 01:28:50,340
6 down, 4 to go...
we're actually doing...

1246
01:28:50,440 --> 01:28:53,260
Sorry. Wait.
Oh, I'm so sorry, my fault.

1247
01:28:53,360 --> 01:28:55,620
It's alright, let me help you..

1248
01:28:56,240 --> 01:28:59,080
Thanks. Here you go. Ok?

1249
01:29:02,040 --> 01:29:05,100
Sorry about that.
Remember that first day when I asked you...

1250
01:29:05,113 --> 01:29:08,180
..."How do we win?" and you said:
"Realistically, we don't."

1251
01:29:08,280 --> 01:29:11,320
I stand by every word of that.
Excuse me!

1252
01:29:11,800 --> 01:29:13,980
So you're going to downplay the 15 million?

1253
01:29:14,080 --> 01:29:17,660
We can't sound like we're bragging
about how much we're pulling in..

1254
01:29:17,760 --> 01:29:20,900
Senators link donations to voting intention
we can say anything....

1255
01:29:21,000 --> 01:29:26,020
You want to take this, bitch?

1256
01:29:27,560 --> 01:29:29,780
Esme, you still there?

1257
01:29:29,880 --> 01:29:32,140
Come on.

1258
01:29:32,320 --> 01:29:34,580
Take it!

1259
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:42,480
Esme, what the hell was that?
You've been here before, right?

1260
01:29:42,380 --> 01:29:46,460
Esme!
Look at me! Esme?

1261
01:29:46,495 --> 01:29:50,500
Except I'm gonna do it right this time..

1262
01:30:10,400 --> 01:30:13,340
I'm standing at the scene of last night's shooting....

1263
01:30:13,440 --> 01:30:17,660
...we understand that the assailant was targeting
a leading figure in the gun control movement...

1264
01:30:17,760 --> 01:30:23,580
...and was then shot dead by a civilian
carrying a registered concealed firearm.

1265
01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:30,400
George?
You watching the news?

1266
01:30:31,600 --> 01:30:35,460
Yeah, a whole bunch of Christmases
just came early for Bill Sandford.

1267
01:30:35,560 --> 01:30:38,700
I'm headed to the airport.
Get ready to spend some money.

1268
01:30:38,800 --> 01:30:42,260
Police have confirmed his identity as Frank McGill.

1269
01:30:42,360 --> 01:30:46,500
McGill was a legal owner
of a registered weapon.

1270
01:30:46,600 --> 01:30:49,220
Heaton-Harris wouldn't have touched him!

1271
01:30:49,320 --> 01:30:52,100
But it might have made it harder for the other son of a bitch.

1272
01:30:52,200 --> 01:30:54,860
What do we know about him?
Where did he get his piece?

1273
01:30:54,948 --> 01:30:57,860
Did he have an arsenal stashed in his basement?

1274
01:30:58,060 --> 01:31:03,500
...for the Second Amendment, which guaranteed
a right to be protected from a sick individual...

1275
01:31:03,600 --> 01:31:05,920
...and most of all for Frank McGill...

1276
01:31:06,120 --> 01:31:11,460
...model citizen, vigilant, responsible,
and his aim is true!

1277
01:31:39,960 --> 01:31:42,240
How are you doing?

1278
01:31:51,960 --> 01:31:54,320
You heading home?

1279
01:31:55,800 --> 01:32:00,340
You make a round trip from DC
to pin me in a departure lounge?

1280
01:32:00,440 --> 01:32:02,920
So you can check me off your list?

1281
01:32:05,640 --> 01:32:09,700
I betrayed your confidence.
I sent you down this path.

1282
01:32:09,800 --> 01:32:13,580
Don't worry, Liz, it's not your fault.
Is That what you want to hear?

1283
01:32:13,680 --> 01:32:18,340
How could you possible have known?
You're not going to get it.

1284
01:32:20,200 --> 01:32:22,760
He wanted to kill me.

1285
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:32,760
I didn't know where the line was,
Esme.

1286
01:32:38,640 --> 01:32:41,360
I never, never know where the line is.

1287
01:32:50,800 --> 01:32:52,820
Obviously, take all the time you want...

1288
01:32:52,828 --> 01:32:56,460
...and when you're ready,
we'd love to have you back on the campaign.

1289
01:32:56,560 --> 01:33:01,820
Your own terms. No media,
you can work behind the scenes.

1290
01:33:02,520 --> 01:33:05,000
If you don't want to work with me,
I'll resign from the campaign.

1291
01:33:06,240 --> 01:33:11,180
If that's what you want.

1292
01:33:12,240 --> 01:33:15,780
Is that your move
to get me back at my desk?

1293
01:33:15,880 --> 01:33:20,220
You want me in front of a camera
to counter Frank McGill?

1294
01:33:24,240 --> 01:33:28,380
It even crossed my mind that this was all you.

1295
01:33:29,560 --> 01:33:33,580
You just didn't account
for an armed civilian right behind me.

1296
01:33:33,680 --> 01:33:36,360
Esme...
I'll keep fighting, Elizabeth.

1297
01:33:37,360 --> 01:33:40,620
Wherever I can make a difference.

1298
01:33:40,720 --> 01:33:43,480
But as far as possible
away from you.

1299
01:33:47,800 --> 01:33:52,260
You crossed the line when
you stopped treating people with respect.

1300
01:33:52,360 --> 01:33:57,780
You're smart enough to know that.
You just don't care.

1301
01:34:02,480 --> 01:34:04,660
Thank you. Thank you.
Welcome back.

1302
01:34:04,760 --> 01:34:07,380
Our next guest this morning is
the kind of guy you want to have around...

1303
01:34:07,480 --> 01:34:11,500
...when you're walking home from work one night
and some dude sticks a gun in your face.

1304
01:34:11,600 --> 01:34:14,100
After a military career,
McGill worked as a commercial pilot...

1305
01:34:14,200 --> 01:34:16,300
Let's face it, folks,
the streets ain't safe...

1306
01:34:16,400 --> 01:34:20,460
...and if it wasn't for the courage, bravery
and damn fine aim of our next guest...

1307
01:34:20,560 --> 01:34:23,780
...we'd be reflecting on yet another tragedy.

1308
01:34:23,880 --> 01:34:28,900
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
the man of the moment. Frank McGill.

1309
01:34:31,720 --> 01:34:35,940
So, Frank McGill, All-American hero!
Not at all.

1310
01:34:36,040 --> 01:34:38,700
An ordinary guy in the
right place at the right time.

1311
01:34:38,800 --> 01:34:40,980
With a 9 millie under his belt.

1312
01:34:41,080 --> 01:34:43,520
I'm curious: the person whose life you saved...

1313
01:34:43,880 --> 01:34:47,340
...once campaigned for a
ban on concealed carrying.

1314
01:34:47,440 --> 01:34:48,400
How do you feel about that?

1315
01:34:48,416 --> 01:34:50,900
I respectfully disagree with those views...

1316
01:34:51,000 --> 01:34:53,340
...but the young lady's
entitled to her opinion and...

1317
01:34:53,440 --> 01:34:57,700
...nobody should be attacking her for that,
much less, holding her at gunpoint.

1318
01:34:57,800 --> 01:35:02,300
McGill is a gift from God
but it won't last forever.

1319
01:35:02,800 --> 01:35:06,700
We're looking to parlay that
into a closer examination of Sloane.

1320
01:35:06,800 --> 01:35:09,300
I'm thinking of a
Congressional hearing...

1321
01:35:09,400 --> 01:35:13,300
...into her unorthodox
lobbying practices.

1322
01:35:13,920 --> 01:35:17,500
I'm sure we can find a Senator
who would be open to the idea.
1323
01:35:17,600 --> 01:35:20,500
If we want to talk trash about her
in the press, that's one thing...

1324
01:35:20,600 --> 01:35:24,940
...a Congressional hearing requires
a convincing allegation of impropriety.

1325
01:35:25,040 --> 01:35:27,540
I'd give my left nut to drag
her rep through the dirt...

1326
01:35:27,640 --> 01:35:31,860
...but your not going to get it.
She's a CYA (Cover-Your-Ass) specialist.

1327
01:35:31,960 --> 01:35:36,900
I've never met anyone so pedantic...
Start an inquisition!

1328
01:35:37,320 --> 01:35:41,760
Let's see how well covered
her ass really is.

1329
01:35:42,880 --> 01:35:47,100
Hi! Pru Walsh.
Thanks so much for coming over.

1330
01:35:47,200 --> 01:35:51,500
This is Mike Gordon from our legal department.
Daniel Pozner from ours.

1331
01:35:51,600 --> 01:35:55,660
Ms. Sloane, you are at the forefront
of an industry with a terrible reputation.

1332
01:35:55,760 --> 01:35:58,040
Do you think that's deserved?

1333
01:35:58,280 --> 01:36:01,100
The only reason this
Bill wasn't passed decades ago...

1334
01:36:01,200 --> 01:36:02,420
...is because of
the power of special interests.
1335
01:36:02,420 --> 01:36:07,220
When a lobbyist raises finances... We haven't
heard from Esme Manucharian since the attack...

1336
01:36:04,220 --> 01:36:08,940
...are you in contact with her?

1337
01:36:09,040 --> 01:36:12,140
That's a private matter.
I think what's important to remember ...

1338
01:36:12,240 --> 01:36:14,420
So have you talked to her at all?

1339
01:36:14,520 --> 01:36:18,100
What's important to remember here is
that Frank McGill is exactly the kind of...

1340
01:36:18,200 --> 01:36:22,460
...law abiding, responsible gun owner,
whose rights the Heaton-Harris Bill protects.

1341
01:36:22,560 --> 01:36:26,260
So do you feel any guilt about what happened?
Why would I feel guilt?

1342
01:36:26,360 --> 01:36:28,420
You made Esme the
face of your campaign.

1343
01:36:28,420 --> 01:36:31,120
You thrust her into the limelight
that night on the debate.

1344
01:36:31,173 --> 01:36:32,280
I'm not talking about this.
You don't have to.

1345
01:36:32,310 --> 01:36:34,880
Did she know you were going
to out her on national TV?

1346
01:36:34,880 --> 01:36:35,980
Did she agree to that?

1347
01:36:36,063 --> 01:36:40,540
Why not report that the majority of gun owners
favor more extensive background checks...

1348
01:36:40,640 --> 01:36:45,820
...that with the gun lobby's fear-mongering rhetoric,
they're trying to paint Heaton-Harris as something it's not!

1349
01:36:46,000 --> 01:36:50,520
Do you think that your little revelation
is what made her a target?

1350
01:36:50,520 --> 01:36:53,260
It's clear Ms. Sloane doesn't wish to
discuss Ms. Manucharian. Well...

1351
01:36:53,360 --> 01:36:55,900
What's really clear is that
your article's already written.

1352
01:36:56,000 --> 01:36:58,500
Don't respond to that. That's
purely speculative on your part.

1353
01:36:58,600 --> 01:37:00,700
Who's controlling you?
Let's not do this.

1354
01:37:00,800 --> 01:37:03,340
Look, the fact is that you have no way of knowing what Ms. Walsh......

1355
01:37:03,440 --> 01:37:06,780
The fact is that you have no interest
in what Ms. Sloane has to say!

1356
01:37:06,880 --> 01:37:10,780
And how would you know that?
Your Dictaphone's off.

1357
01:37:14,080 --> 01:37:16,840
Takedown.
Could have been worse.

1358
01:37:17,160 --> 01:37:21,060
i've got 4 factual errors so far.
This not good, Liz!

1359
01:37:21,160 --> 01:37:24,260
Dump it in the recycling.
They'll make pencils out of it.

1360
01:37:24,360 --> 01:37:29,860
Maybe one will find it's way into the hands of
a reporter with some integrity. It will go away.

1361
01:37:31,200 --> 01:37:34,960
Uhh, ok, thank you. Bye.

1362
01:37:38,240 --> 01:37:42,300
Funny how all these Senators
are suddenly very busy.

1363
01:37:42,800 --> 01:37:45,080
We all know why that is.

1364
01:37:48,760 --> 01:37:53,100
Ok, so it's not great. The 15 million
helped us get this far...

1365
01:37:53,200 --> 01:37:56,860
but it doesn't last long when
you're fighting the richest group on the Hill.

1366
01:37:56,860 --> 01:37:59,540
Let's get to the point. How does it
shake out when it comes to the vote?

1367
01:37:59,640 --> 01:38:02,700
We run them close
but by latest projections...

1368
01:38:02,800 --> 01:38:06,380
...we'll be between 4 to 7 votes short.

1369
01:38:06,480 --> 01:38:09,260
There's nothing more we can do tonight.

1370
01:38:09,360 --> 01:38:12,700
Liz, we don't have to leave.
The West Coast is still awake.

1371
01:38:12,800 --> 01:38:13,800
If we can connect with Oregon...
1372
01:38:13,900 --> 01:38:16,600
...we close those goddamn loggers,
we can get it up to 5 votes tonight.

1373
01:38:16,800 --> 01:38:20,540
Go and get some rest, guys.
We did enough for today

1374
01:38:20,640 --> 01:38:25,180
I'll take to the streets and rip down those
fucking Frank McGill posters one at a time if I have to.

1375
01:38:25,280 --> 01:38:29,940
Go home, sharpen your knives.
It'll still be on tomorrow.

1376
01:39:02,360 --> 01:39:06,260
So we keep on fighting.
That's all we can do.

1377
01:39:06,560 --> 01:39:09,980
As my ex-wife used to say...

1378
01:39:13,000 --> 01:39:16,460
...I met you running from a fundraiser.

1379
01:39:16,560 --> 01:39:21,380
You could be done with all this.
Why don't you quit?

1380
01:39:24,880 --> 01:39:27,320
And do what?

1381
01:39:41,480 --> 01:39:43,760
Good night.

1382
01:40:17,800 --> 01:40:20,080
Hello?

1383
01:40:20,880 --> 01:40:23,160
I was surprised you picked up.

1384
01:40:24,960 --> 01:40:27,240
I'm sorry, you have the wrong number.

1385
01:41:42,960 --> 01:41:45,500
She plied Congressman with benefits...

1386
01:41:45,600 --> 01:41:49,420
...free meals, tickets to events,
golfing weekends...

1387
01:41:49,520 --> 01:41:53,820
All paid for by our clients via the firm.
Well, that right there's enough!

1388
01:41:53,920 --> 01:41:57,780
She'd make a point of invoicing them,
though they were never expected to pay.

1389
01:41:57,880 --> 01:42:01,900
The debt shows as an asset on our balance sheet.
We can call it in any time we want.

1390
01:42:02,000 --> 01:42:07,780
You were her right hand for 2 years.
There's got to be something!

1391
01:42:10,080 --> 01:42:14,180
Why is nobody on her files? There were
a ton of us when the others got pulled out.

1392
01:42:14,280 --> 01:42:17,260
Well, it's not like we're in danger of finding anything.
How far did you get?

1393
01:42:17,360 --> 01:42:20,100
Uh, we worked backward from
her last deal before she jumped ship...

1394
01:42:20,200 --> 01:42:22,820
...but it would be better if we
could nail her on something recent.

1395
01:42:22,920 --> 01:42:25,100
Which was?
Shmallow cakes.

1396
01:42:25,200 --> 01:42:28,140
Some tax thing.
She left halfway through.

1397
01:42:28,240 --> 01:42:33,700
I thought it was the palm oil thing.
Palm oil? Nutella tax.

1398
01:42:33,800 --> 01:42:36,080
Hold on...

1399
01:42:36,240 --> 01:42:40,060
The Indonesians?
I don't remember seeing that.

1400
01:42:47,040 --> 01:42:49,320
What are you looking for?

1401
01:42:52,000 --> 01:42:54,100
Mr. Dupont?

1402
01:42:54,200 --> 01:42:59,420
She's in breach of Senate ethics rules.
We can prove it.

1403
01:43:17,400 --> 01:43:21,740
Things aren't looking so good
for you this cycle, Ron.

1404
01:43:22,480 --> 01:43:26,780
You ask me, you need a lot nore paid media.
I didn't ask you.

1405
01:43:26,880 --> 01:43:31,740
Now, who might just be able
to fund those coveted TV spots?

1406
01:43:32,240 --> 01:43:34,300
I'm committed to Heaton-Harris.

1407
01:43:34,400 --> 01:43:37,780
I can't vote for it with one hand
and choke it with the other.

1408
01:43:37,880 --> 01:43:40,740
Under cover of impariality,
sure you can.

1409
01:43:40,840 --> 01:43:43,620
You've been a vocal critic
of lobbyists in the past.
1410
01:43:43,720 --> 01:43:46,980
You'll begin an inquiry into
Sloane's affairs in response to...

1411
01:43:47,080 --> 01:43:52,180
growing media pressure
regarding her litany of misdeeds.

1412
01:43:52,800 --> 01:43:56,380
The cost of hearings
is paid from the public purse.

1413
01:43:56,480 --> 01:44:01,300
Ron, our clients have identified you
as the man to pull this off.

1414
01:44:01,400 --> 01:44:07,220
If you refuse, I can't stop them from
blitzing you with negative finance.

1415
01:44:07,320 --> 01:44:09,840
They won't stop until
they annihilate you.

1416
01:44:11,920 --> 01:44:16,300
You know the root of the word "annihilate"?
It's Latin.

1417
01:44:18,120 --> 01:44:20,760
It means reduced to nothing.

1418
01:44:22,000 --> 01:44:24,340
That's what they're
going to do to you, Ron.

1419
01:44:24,440 --> 01:44:27,660
So what? I'll be taking a wedge from Bill Sandford...

1420
01:44:28,360 --> 01:44:32,140
...and leading the attack on
Heaton-Harris' most visible advocate?

1421
01:44:32,240 --> 01:44:34,460
A sixth grade could connect the dots.

1422
01:44:34,560 --> 01:44:38,100
We can create a structure
to obfuscate the source.

1423
01:44:38,100 --> 01:44:42,700
Your big wedge will arrive
courtesy of 8 to 12 smaller entities...

1424
01:44:42,600 --> 01:44:45,260
...with no affiliation to guns.

1425
01:44:48,560 --> 01:44:51,240
How big a wedge are we talking?

1426
01:44:52,720 --> 01:44:58,260
Big enough to be the difference
between the continuation of your duties...

1427
01:44:58,268 --> 01:45:04,440
...as a United States Senator and
the reduction of your career to nothing.

1428
01:45:19,000 --> 01:45:23,460
This is every hit since the original
Pru Walsh hack job 2 weeks ago.

1429
01:45:23,560 --> 01:45:26,220
My personal favorite is the one about
how you toppled the head of ...

1430
01:45:26,220 --> 01:45:30,340
...the high school student council
with a fabricated plagiarism scandal.

1431
01:45:30,440 --> 01:45:33,900
I'm assuming it's not libelous
because I can totally see it.

1432
01:45:34,000 --> 01:45:36,480
That witch was insufferable.

1433
01:45:36,640 --> 01:45:39,040
I'm taking you off the campaign.
What?

1434
01:45:40,500 --> 01:45:42,760
Not you, her.
1435
01:45:43,140 --> 01:45:45,400
I'll be outside.

1436
01:45:45,840 --> 01:45:50,380
What are you talking about? Heaton-Harris gets
colder every day you're associated with it.

1437
01:45:50,480 --> 01:45:55,100
Sperling's got the hots for you.
I haven't even met him! This is a setup!

1438
01:45:55,200 --> 01:45:59,700
If they're orchestrating it, it's because
they want me off the campaign.

1439
01:46:00,000 --> 01:46:03,380
Right now, you're
lawyering up for a hearing.

1440
01:46:06,080 --> 01:46:09,180
Regarding your representation
of the Indonesian government...

1441
01:46:09,280 --> 01:46:12,060
Darren, you busy?
Senator Alan Jacobs...

1442
01:46:12,160 --> 01:46:16,340
...who sponsored the Bill
you dubbed "The Nutella Tax"...

1443
01:46:16,480 --> 01:46:22,480
...was flown to Indonesia with
his family and put up in a 5 star hotel.

1444
01:46:22,880 --> 01:46:27,340
Our audit of this trip puts the cost at over $30,000.

1445
01:46:27,440 --> 01:46:32,420
Shortly after his return,
the Bill was pulled from consideration.

1446
01:46:32,640 --> 01:46:35,660
Now, why do you suppose this happened?

1447
01:46:35,760 --> 01:46:38,660
I understand the trip was for educational purposes.

1448
01:46:38,760 --> 01:46:42,860
I surmise that he found out how his Bill
would have strangled a key industry...

1449
01:46:42,960 --> 01:46:47,020
...and confined thousands of
impoverished farmers to destitution.

1450
01:46:47,120 --> 01:46:49,600
from his private beach?

1451
01:46:49,960 --> 01:46:53,340
No. The truth is that
your client funded this trip...

1452
01:46:53,440 --> 01:46:56,340
...as an inducement for
the Senator to withdraw his Bill.

1453
01:46:56,440 --> 01:47:00,220
Isn't that right? Not at all!
. My client was the Indonesian Government.

1454
01:47:00,320 --> 01:47:03,740
The trip was sponsored by the
Institute Of Environmental Studies...

1455
01:47:03,840 --> 01:47:06,220
A 501-C3 nonprofit organization.

1456
01:47:06,320 --> 01:47:09,300
Travel was pre-approved
by the Senate Ethics Committee.

1457
01:47:09,400 --> 01:47:12,820
Has your client ever
donated to this nonprofit?

1458
01:47:12,920 --> 01:47:15,580
I wouldn't know that.
I am not privy to their list of donors...

1459
01:47:15,680 --> 01:47:19,300
...nor had I any role
in arranging funding for this.

1460
01:47:19,400 --> 01:47:21,620
No role?

1461
01:47:21,720 --> 01:47:23,900
Of course, you wouldn't have any role...

1462
01:47:24,000 --> 01:47:27,620
...the Senate's ethics rule prevent lobbyists...

1463
01:47:27,720 --> 01:47:33,060
...from arranging overseas travel for
members of Congress. Indeed!

1464
01:47:35,760 --> 01:47:38,040
You know what this is?

1465
01:47:38,440 --> 01:47:41,040
Perhaps we can get you a copy.

1466
01:47:47,760 --> 01:47:50,160
Are you familiar with that form?

1467
01:47:50,560 --> 01:47:53,080
Yes, it's a private
sponsor certification form...

1468
01:47:53,080 --> 01:47:56,300
It's a copy of the same
private sponsor cerification form...

1469
01:47:56,400 --> 01:47:59,220
...that was submitted to
the Senate Ethics Committee...

1470
01:47:59,320 --> 01:48:03,260
...to pre-authorize Senator Jacobs'
travel to Indonesia.

1471
01:48:03,360 --> 01:48:07,660
Look at the handwriting
on that form, Ms. Sloane.

1472
01:48:07,760 --> 01:48:10,120
Do you recognize that handwriting?
1473
01:48:10,520 --> 01:48:13,240
Yes, I do.
Is it your handwriting?

1474
01:48:15,720 --> 01:48:17,980
It is.

1475
01:48:18,680 --> 01:48:20,940
Well, it seems we have a problem.

1476
01:48:21,320 --> 01:48:25,180
Even though the form was filed
and signed by the nonprofit...

1477
01:48:25,280 --> 01:48:27,540
...you were the one who filled it out.

1478
01:48:27,680 --> 01:48:30,260
This is prima facie evidence
that you were involved...

1479
01:48:30,360 --> 01:48:33,780
...in arranging overseas travel
for a member of Congress...

1480
01:48:33,880 --> 01:48:37,980
...constituting a clear breach
of Senate Ethics rules.

1481
01:48:38,080 --> 01:48:40,360
Is that your trump card?

1482
01:48:40,640 --> 01:48:44,580
You dragged me in here,
wedged an endoscope up my posterior...

1483
01:48:44,680 --> 01:48:47,820
...and all this time,
the only incriminating item...

1484
01:48:47,920 --> 01:48:52,300
...you have in your possession is a filing sample?
How about surveillance, Ms. Sloane?

1485
01:48:52,400 --> 01:48:55,500
Mr. Rodolfo Schmidt has stated,
in deposition...

1486
01:48:55,600 --> 01:48:59,540
...that you intended to use methods
such as bugging and tapping...

1487
01:48:59,640 --> 01:49:03,260
... to entrap Senator Hank Badgley.
Is this true?

1488
01:49:03,360 --> 01:49:06,460
I did, for a brief moment,
intend to use such methods...

1489
01:49:06,560 --> 01:49:08,900
...but that intention was never acted upon.

1490
01:49:09,000 --> 01:49:11,780
Why was that?
Mr. Schmidt expressly forbade it...

1491
01:49:11,880 --> 01:49:13,920
...as he , no doubt,
told you in his depostion.

1492
01:49:13,920 --> 01:49:16,820
But you were clearly with these methods.

1493
01:49:16,920 --> 01:49:20,260
Did you employ the tactics of espionage...

1494
01:49:20,360 --> 01:49:23,660
...regularly throughout your
lobbying career? No, I did not.

1495
01:49:23,760 --> 01:49:26,900
Then let me ask you this.
Have you ever authorized, ordered or...

1496
01:49:26,900 --> 01:49:31,580
...or otherwise brought about any kind
of unlawful surveillance on any person?

1497
01:49:31,720 --> 01:49:36,220
Let me remind you that perjury
before Congress is a felony...
1498
01:49:36,320 --> 01:49:41,980
The answer is no. I have never
authorized illegal surveillance.

1499
01:49:45,680 --> 01:49:51,100
This concludes my questioning of the witness.
Thank you, Ms. Sloane.

1500
01:49:58,280 --> 01:50:00,540
We have one further witness.

1501
01:50:01,480 --> 01:50:05,260
Either you just perjured yourself
or you're not so sleazy after all.

1502
01:50:05,360 --> 01:50:07,920
The Committee calls Mr. Robert Ford.

1503
01:50:08,560 --> 01:50:10,820
I wouldn't count on that.

1504
01:50:11,680 --> 01:50:14,620
Mr. Chairman, I don't recall
being notified of your intention to...

1505
01:50:14,720 --> 01:50:18,820
We were only recently able to locate
the witness, Mr. Pozner. Let it play!

1506
01:50:18,920 --> 01:50:21,480
A moment with the client, please.

1507
01:50:21,600 --> 01:50:24,080
What is this? Who's Robert Ford?

1508
01:50:24,880 --> 01:50:30,220
Look, I can make a public... Let it play, dammit!
They're going to get it out there one way or another.

1509
01:50:42,920 --> 01:50:46,500
Mr. Ford, please raise your right hand.

1510
01:50:46,600 --> 01:50:50,260
Do you swear that you will tell the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth...
1511
01:50:50,360 --> 01:50:53,960
...under pains and penalties of perjury?
I swear.

1512
01:50:54,060 --> 01:50:56,320
Please sit.

1513
01:51:00,160 --> 01:51:05,100
Mr. Ford, could you please
describe the nature of your work?

1514
01:51:06,760 --> 01:51:09,200
I got many jobs.

1515
01:51:10,480 --> 01:51:14,380
What would you say earns you
the most income, at present?

1516
01:51:15,560 --> 01:51:19,300
I work as an escort in DC.

1517
01:51:22,000 --> 01:51:24,280
You sleep with women for money?

1518
01:51:24,520 --> 01:51:29,220
I meet the clients' needs,
whatever they may be.

1519
01:51:29,320 --> 01:51:32,300
Sometimes the client
don't even know what they need.

1520
01:51:32,400 --> 01:51:34,460
Part of my job is to figure that out.

1521
01:51:34,560 --> 01:51:39,740
But sometimes your job entails
having intercourse for payment?

1522
01:51:40,280 --> 01:51:42,340
Yes sir.

1523
01:51:42,440 --> 01:51:44,620
Have you ever met Elizabeth Sloane?
1524
01:51:44,720 --> 01:51:47,860
Mr. Chairman, the Senate has no business prying
into the personal affairs of Ms. Sloane!

1525
01:51:47,960 --> 01:51:51,220
Solicitation is a criminal offense.
It is well within the remid of this hearing...

1526
01:51:51,320 --> 01:51:55,340
...to determine whether
Ms. Sloane has broken any laws.

1527
01:51:55,440 --> 01:51:59,340
Mr. Ford,
have you ever met Ms. Sloane?

1528
01:52:00,640 --> 01:52:05,000
Yep.
Could you identify her, please?

1529
01:52:05,700 --> 01:52:07,980
Sittin' right there.

1530
01:52:08,080 --> 01:52:11,500
What was the nature
of your relationship?

1531
01:52:13,400 --> 01:52:16,180
I was attending a function with a client...

1532
01:52:16,280 --> 01:52:20,540
...I tried to introduce myself
but she bucked me off.

1533
01:52:20,640 --> 01:52:25,540
Mr. Ford, have you ever
entertained Ms. Sloane as a client?

1534
01:52:28,720 --> 01:52:30,980
No, sir.

1535
01:52:31,680 --> 01:52:35,740
I can produce sworn statements
from 2 employees of the Carver hotel...

1536
01:52:35,840 --> 01:52:38,680
...to the effect that they
saw Ms. Sloane in the lobby...

1537
01:52:38,880 --> 01:52:43,100
...on the same day that you,
Mr. Ford, held a reservation there!

1538
01:52:43,360 --> 01:52:48,580
I ask again. Did you entertain
Ms. Sloane, in any capacity, for profit?

1539
01:52:48,680 --> 01:52:50,940
No, sir. I did not.

1540
01:52:53,520 --> 01:52:56,400
Thank you, Mr. Ford. You are dismissed.

1541
01:53:02,560 --> 01:53:05,120
These proceedings will conclude tomorrow...

1542
01:53:05,280 --> 01:53:08,500
...and Ms. Sloane is referred to
the Senate Ethics Committee...

1543
01:53:08,600 --> 01:53:10,860
...for their judgment.

1544
01:53:21,640 --> 01:53:27,060
I can't believe those fuckers
dragged that guy... Ross!

1545
01:53:28,520 --> 01:53:32,260
How's our old friend, Heaton-Harris?

1546
01:53:32,680 --> 01:53:36,020
Comatose. The whole issue's gone cold.

1547
01:53:37,040 --> 01:53:39,320
That is what they wanted.

1548
01:53:39,680 --> 01:53:45,820
We all know what it would take to revive it.
Seriously, an earthquake.

1549
01:53:47,440 --> 01:53:50,940
We got closer than we had any right to.
1550
01:53:58,600 --> 01:54:00,860
We'll all be there tomorrow.

1551
01:54:34,220 --> 01:54:36,740
Ms. Sloane!
Could we ask you anything??

1552
01:54:44,960 --> 01:54:47,560
...will proceed on the allegations that...

1553
01:54:55,520 --> 01:54:57,780
Good morning.

1554
01:55:02,280 --> 01:55:06,700
Before referring the witness's testimony
to the Office of Congressional Ethics...,

1555
01:55:06,800 --> 01:55:09,400
...she is entitled to make a statement.

1556
01:55:11,240 --> 01:55:15,900
Ms. Sloane, is there something
you'd like to say?

1557
01:55:27,760 --> 01:55:31,820
Mr. Chairman, my client
does not wish to make a statement.

1558
01:55:31,920 --> 01:55:36,460
Very well, I will now read the referral
to the Office of Congressional Ethics...

1559
01:55:36,460 --> 01:55:40,180
There is something
I'd like to say, Senator.

1560
01:56:07,840 --> 01:56:15,300
I have been cesured by the press and in this
hearing as a parasite on American democracy.

1561
01:56:16,760 --> 01:56:21,900
It's insinuated that I led the fight
for increased gun regulation...

1562
01:56:22,000 --> 01:56:24,720
...in the interest of my career.

1563
01:56:27,260 --> 01:56:29,900
Sometimes we act not for ourselves...

1564
01:56:31,760 --> 01:56:35,740
...but because we believe, plainly and simply,
it is the right thing to do.

1565
01:56:35,840 --> 01:56:38,380
Ms. Sloane, is this pertinent to the discussions we...

1566
01:56:38,480 --> 01:56:42,260
i understand I have the right
to say what I wish, Senator.

1567
01:56:42,360 --> 01:56:44,620
Proceed.

1568
01:56:45,680 --> 01:56:50,020
I believe the Heaton-Harris Bill
is the right thing to do.

1569
01:56:51,720 --> 01:56:57,740
But I also recognize that this
wasn't what motivated motivated me.

1570
01:57:00,280 --> 01:57:05,480
When I was offered a position on the campaign,
I was enthralled at the challenge.

1571
01:57:07,200 --> 01:57:12,940
My decision to accept was
based on my desire to win...

1572
01:57:15,800 --> 01:57:19,380
...and to win bigger than I ever had before.

1573
01:57:21,960 --> 01:57:25,800
It's clear that my behavior
has fallen well short...

1574
01:57:26,480 --> 01:57:29,860
of acceptable ethical standards.

1575
01:57:31,520 --> 01:57:35,940
I've crossed lines with devastating consequences...

1576
01:57:36,760 --> 01:57:40,260
...in the service of my obsession.

1577
01:57:40,920 --> 01:57:43,600
I have betrayed the people closest to me.

1578
01:57:46,400 --> 01:57:48,660
I have endangered lives.

1579
01:57:51,000 --> 01:57:57,100
I deserve censure for this far more
than any filing irregularity.

1580
01:57:59,400 --> 01:58:01,980
When they consider the Heaton-Harris Bill...

1581
01:58:02,080 --> 01:58:07,580
...I wish that each member of Congress
would follow the example set, not by me...

1582
01:58:09,240 --> 01:58:12,620
but by the group of people
that sit behind me...

1583
01:58:13,920 --> 01:58:20,420
...who have made great sacrifices in the name
of doing what they believe is right.

1584
01:58:21,680 --> 01:58:25,900
I wish that those members
would use their votes...

1585
01:58:26,000 --> 01:58:30,220
...not in the interests of
their political advancement...

1586
01:58:30,720 --> 01:58:36,060
...but for what they believe
is right for their country.

1587
01:58:37,480 --> 01:58:43,140
But I know my wishes are wasted
and that this will never happen...

1588
01:58:43,360 --> 01:58:46,280
...because our system is rotten.

1589
01:58:49,360 --> 01:58:54,420
It doesn't reward honest politicians who vote with their conscience...

1590
01:58:54,880 --> 01:58:58,660
...it rewards rats...

1591
01:58:59,120 --> 01:59:04,880
who are willing to sell out their country
to keep their noses in the trough.

1592
01:59:04,680 --> 01:59:06,960
Make no mistake.

1593
01:59:07,220 --> 01:59:13,320
These rats are the real parasites
on American democracy.

1594
01:59:26,080 --> 01:59:29,180
I anticipated,
if we had sufficient success,...

1595
01:59:29,280 --> 01:59:31,740
...in lobbying for the Heaton-Harris Bill...

1596
01:59:31,840 --> 01:59:35,700
...there may be an assault
against me personally...

1597
01:59:37,200 --> 01:59:41,580
...to stall our momentum
and to damage our credibility.

1598
01:59:44,760 --> 01:59:48,020
Lobbying is about foresight...

1599
01:59:48,120 --> 01:59:50,840
...about anticipating
your opponent's moves...

1600
01:59:51,960 --> 01:59:54,220
...and devising countermeasures.

1601
01:59:54,320 --> 01:59:56,860
I'd like to discuss my future.

1602
01:59:56,960 --> 01:59:59,320
This is hardly the time, Cookie!

1603
01:59:59,520 --> 02:00:03,260
The winner plots one step
ahead of the opposition...

1604
02:00:04,040 --> 02:00:07,980
...and plays their trump card
just after they play theirs.

1605
02:00:08,240 --> 02:00:10,520
Actually, it is the time.

1606
02:00:10,840 --> 02:00:14,580
It's about making sure you surprise them...

1607
02:00:14,680 --> 02:00:16,740
What the fuck is this?

1608
02:00:16,840 --> 02:00:18,980
...and that they don't surprise you.

1609
02:00:19,080 --> 02:00:23,020
My resignation.
Academia is more my scene.

1610
02:00:27,400 --> 02:00:31,460
When I left Cole, Kravitz & Waterman,...

1611
02:00:31,680 --> 02:00:36,180
...I retained an operative of mine in their ranks.

1612
02:00:37,000 --> 02:00:40,620
Alright, Jane, contact Rodolfo Schmidt and
tell him there is a total of 6 coming over..

1613
02:00:40,720 --> 02:00:46,060
Who says that I'm coming?
A plan was hatched to bankroll a trumped-up hearing...

1614
02:00:46,160 --> 02:00:50,920
...at the behest of the gun lobby.
There's gotta be something!
1615
02:00:51,040 --> 02:00:55,540
I was surprised you picked up.
Sorry, you have the wrong number.

1616
02:00:55,640 --> 02:00:59,940
She's in breach of Senate Ethics rules.
We can prove it.

1617
02:01:00,040 --> 02:01:03,460
I put George Dupont under surveillance...

1618
02:01:03,560 --> 02:01:05,940
...until he met with a Member Of Congress...

1619
02:01:06,040 --> 02:01:11,180
...who exhibited sufficient moral bankrutcy
to collude with such a plan..

1620
02:01:11,400 --> 02:01:13,680
Go.

1621
02:01:15,640 --> 02:01:20,460
That Member was Senator
Ronald Michael Sperling.

1622
02:01:22,000 --> 02:01:26,540
Order! This is not a platform
you can use to make malicious...

1623
02:01:26,640 --> 02:01:29,940
Put the following address into your browser:

1624
02:01:31,280 --> 02:01:39,280
193.184.216.449.

1625
02:01:41,240 --> 02:01:45,140
Download a file named: "earthquake".

1626
02:01:46,760 --> 02:01:52,340
(I can't vote for it with one hand
and choke it with the other)

1627
02:01:59,500 --> 02:02:01,780
Set the com!
1628
02:02:03,600 --> 02:02:07,940
(The cost of hearings
is paid from the public purse)

1629
02:02:09,560 --> 02:02:13,140
In light of these allegations,
this meeting is adjourned!

1630
02:02:13,240 --> 02:02:15,680
(They won't stop until they annihilate you)

1631
02:02:16,480 --> 02:02:18,960
(Do you know the root of the word: "annihilate"?)

1632
02:02:19,520 --> 02:02:23,500
(It means reduce to zero)
Please back up! Clear!

1633
02:02:23,760 --> 02:02:26,160
(That's what they're
going to do to you, Ron)

1634
02:02:46,000 --> 02:02:52,500
(A comic book lobbyist can't only
believe in her ability to win)

1635
02:02:56,680 --> 02:03:00,660
(For services rendered, Peterson Wyatt offers you $0)

1636
02:03:32,960 --> 02:03:36,180
FEDERAL PRISON ANDERSON, Maryland

1637
02:03:36,280 --> 02:03:38,860
10 months later

1638
02:03:59,680 --> 02:04:01,900
I'm surprised that you showed.

1639
02:04:02,000 --> 02:04:05,940
I hear that I'm not the only
one whose visit you've been refusing.

1640
02:04:07,040 --> 02:04:08,060
You look good!

1641
02:04:08,160 --> 02:04:11,560
Prison's not so bad if you don't have a penis.

1642
02:04:11,960 --> 02:04:15,500
We don't shank each other,
we form self-help groups.

1643
02:04:15,600 --> 02:04:19,020
There's a black market in lip gloss.

1644
02:04:19,680 --> 02:04:21,960
Hm, and why this time?

1645
02:04:22,720 --> 02:04:25,600
They told me it was business.
Yeah!

1646
02:04:26,240 --> 02:04:29,700
Uhmm, now that the Sperling and Dupont hearings are on the schedule,...

1647
02:04:29,800 --> 02:04:33,200
...I'm petitioning for an early release.
You look good too, by the way.

1648
02:04:33,293 --> 02:04:34,600
Thank you!

1649
02:04:36,520 --> 02:04:40,660
I think we're lookin' at 4 maybe 6 months.

1650
02:04:45,280 --> 02:04:47,560
You instigated the whole thing.

1651
02:04:49,400 --> 02:04:51,680
You weaponized yourself...

1652
02:04:52,640 --> 02:04:56,500
...brought the roof of the Capitol
crashing down on your head.

1653
02:04:56,600 --> 02:04:58,960
For what? A gun bill?

1654
02:05:00,840 --> 02:05:03,240
Worked, didn't it?
Oh, congrats!
1655
02:05:04,080 --> 02:05:09,100
Criminals must now endure the hassle
of procuring their guns on the black market.

1656
02:05:09,200 --> 02:05:12,740
Was that really worth your career?

1657
02:05:12,840 --> 02:05:15,300
Career suicide is not so bad
when you consider...

1658
02:05:15,300 --> 02:05:18,800
...the alternative is suicide by career.

1659
02:05:19,680 --> 02:05:25,260
My doctor would tell you that
I've served my interests very well.

1660
02:05:29,400 --> 02:05:31,800
Thanks for coming, Daniel.

1661
02:05:33,920 --> 02:05:36,200
I'm curious.

1662
02:05:37,760 --> 02:05:40,440
Your little filing snafu...

1663
02:05:41,080 --> 02:05:45,220
You filled out that form deliberately.
That was you throwing them a bone.

1664
02:05:45,320 --> 02:05:48,740
Without it they would have
nothing to incite the hearing.

1665
02:05:48,840 --> 02:05:52,100
And you're under
no obligation to answer that.

1666
02:05:56,840 --> 02:06:02,360
And you neglected to mention this to any of your team because...
5 years minimum.

1667
02:06:07,960 --> 02:06:10,240
Be seein' ya.
1668
02:06:53,967 --> 02:07:14,000
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