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- 00:00:09,279 --> 00:00:10,887
- How do you feel?
- 2
- 00:00:10,889 --> 00:00:13,324
- Good.
- 3
- 00:00:13,326 --> 00:00:16,589
- Why?
- 4
- 00:00:16,591 --> 00:00:18,767
- Because I'm in control.
- 5
- 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,379
- How long will it last?
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- 00:00:24,382 --> 00:00:28,038
- As long as I want it to.
- 7
- 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:32,908
- Oh.
- 8
- 00:00:32,911 --> 00:00:35,172
- Sorry. I thought I'd turned it off.
- 9
- 00:00:35,174 --> 00:00:36,826
- The world calls.
- 10
- 00:00:36,828 --> 00:00:38,440
- So is he here?
- 11
- 00:00:38,443 --> 00:00:39,964
- Yes, his flight was delayed,
- 12
- 00:00:39,967 --> 00:00:41,487
- but we're on our way to you right now.
- 13
- 00:00:41,490 --> 00:00:43,367
- No, I'm not at the
- office, take him to court.
- 14
- 00:00:43,370 --> 00:00:44,573
- What about witness prep?
- 15
- 00:00:44,575 --> 00:00:46,748
- - Do it on the way.
- - Me?
- 16
- 00:00:46,751 --> 00:00:49,518
- Yes. You know the case,
- and there's no time.
- 17
- 00:00:49,521 --> 00:00:51,319
- He'll go right on the
- stand when he gets there.
- 18
- 00:00:51,321 --> 00:00:53,140
- Sure, he is shit.
- 19
- 00:00:53,143 --> 00:00:55,109
- Chance The Rapper sings like shit.
- 20
- 00:00:55,112 --> 00:00:57,734
- Oh, my fucking God,
- you're making my head hurt.
- 21
- 00:00:57,737 --> 00:00:59,545
- Avi, wait, we need to witness prep.
- 22
- 00:00:59,547 --> 00:01:00,981
- - No, we need to argue
- - No.
- 23
- 00:01:00,983 --> 00:01:02,213
- You need to let Jay drive,
- 24
- 00:01:02,216 --> 00:01:04,471
- and you and I need to
- witness prep right now.
- 25
- 00:01:04,474 --> 00:01:06,334
- - How far are we from court?
- - 30 minutes.
- 26
- 00:01:06,336 --> 00:01:07,596
- Can we go any faster?
- 27
- 00:01:07,598 --> 00:01:09,804
- If you want us to get pulled over, yes.
- 28
- 00:01:09,807 --> 00:01:11,948
- Julius Cain, he is one of our partners,
- 29
- 00:01:11,950 --> 00:01:13,213
- he's gonna be questioning you.
- 30
- 00:01:13,216 --> 00:01:16,823
- Now, he will ask for
- your name and occupation.
- 31
- 00:01:18,261 --> 00:01:19,695
- And you'll answer?
- 32
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- With my name and occupation.
- 33
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- Which are?
- 34
- 00:01:23,591 --> 00:01:25,266
- Are we afraid I'll forget it?
- 35
- 00:01:25,268 --> 00:01:27,882
- Avi, I need to see how
- you are on the stand.
- 36
- 00:01:27,885 --> 00:01:30,799
- Avi Epps, I organize
- Birthright tours in Israel.
- 37
- 00:01:30,802 --> 00:01:34,656
- The defendant has been accused
- of using Birthright money
- 38
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- to bribe foreign officials.
- 39
- 00:01:36,123 --> 00:01:38,060
- Now, do you know this not to be true?
- 40
- 00:01:38,063 --> 00:01:40,167
- I do... uh, know this not to be true.
- 41
- 00:01:40,170 --> 00:01:41,499
- - Good.
- - She's an awful woman,
- 42
- 00:01:41,502 --> 00:01:42,588
- but she's not corrupt.
- 43
- 00:01:42,590 --> 00:01:43,777
- No, no, no, you can't say that.
- 44
- 00:01:43,779 --> 00:01:45,696
- - Why? It's true.
- - You're fucking kidding me.
- 45
- 00:01:45,698 --> 00:01:46,679
- No, it is.
- 46
- 00:01:46,681 --> 00:01:48,550
- Naftali sleeps with every...
- 47
- 00:01:51,381 --> 00:01:53,901
- - You were driving too fast?
- - Shut up.
- 48
- 00:01:53,904 --> 00:01:55,878
- Let me do the talking. Are you nuts?
- 49
- 00:02:02,435 --> 00:02:05,049
- License and registration.
- 50
- 00:02:05,052 --> 00:02:06,568
- - You all right, miss?
- - Yes.
- 51
- 00:02:06,570 --> 00:02:08,499
- We're just running a bit late, Officer.
- 52
- 00:02:08,502 --> 00:02:09,667
- - For?
- - Court.
- 53
- 00:02:09,670 --> 00:02:13,063
- We work at Reddick, Boseman
- & Lockhart, a law firm.
- 54
- 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:15,796
- - And you are?
- - Hello, American police officer.
- 55
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- He's scheduled to testify
- 56
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- in federal court, and
- we are, like I say,
- 57
- 00:02:19,682 --> 00:02:21,061
- running a little bit late.
- 58
- 00:02:21,063 --> 00:02:22,610
- - You asking us to hurry?
- - Uh, no.
- 59
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- I'm just sharing information.
- 60
- 00:02:24,022 --> 00:02:25,596
- What's in the bag?
- 61
- 00:02:25,599 --> 00:02:27,710
- I carry it with me on the plane.
- 62
- 00:02:27,713 --> 00:02:29,613
- I asked you what's inside
- it, not how it got here.
- 63
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- - Please step out of the car.
- - Officer,
- 64
- 00:02:31,060 --> 00:02:33,153
- just out of curiosity,
- why were we pulled over?
- 65
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- I need you all out of the car,
- that's why you were pulled over.
- 66
- 00:02:35,423 --> 00:02:36,684
- - Come on.
- - Maia, stop.
- 67
- 00:02:36,686 --> 00:02:38,021
- - Let's go.
- - Any weapons in the bag?
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- Anything that'll stick...
- 69
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- _
- 70
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- I've sent both my
- daughters on Birthright.
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- free of responsibility.
- 72
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- This is more bullshit.
- 73
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- Ms. Amado, did you not promise me
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- that you would refrain
- from any outbursts?
- 75
- 00:02:49,730 --> 00:02:53,134
- Why do I refrain when everyone
- else is talk, talk, talk?
- 76
- 00:02:53,137 --> 00:02:54,789
- Because you have two attorneys here
- 77
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- - talking for you.
- - No.
- 78
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- It's because I'm Jewish.
- 79
- 00:02:58,317 --> 00:03:00,970
- Everyone in this courtroom is Jewish.
- 80
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- - He is not Jewish.
- - Excuse me?
- 81
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- Ten years on the board at Temple Shalom.
- 82
- 00:03:04,706 --> 00:03:06,801
- That means nothing. Take off your pants.
- 83
- 00:03:06,804 --> 00:03:08,325
- - Let's see.
- - Mr. Boseman,
- 84
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- you don't get her under control...
- 85
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- Apologies, Your Honor, yes.
- 86
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- Yes, thank you.
- 87
- 00:03:12,462 --> 00:03:15,063
- Jay and Maia were pulled
- over by the police.
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- It was a routine traffic stop.
- 89
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- - Jesus Christ.
- - I'm in touch with Maia.
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- She thinks they'll be here in 20.
- 91
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- Okay.
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- 00:03:22,714 --> 00:03:24,906
- They've got a 30 minute
- recess. We should be fine.
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- - Yeah, I wouldn't count on that.
- - Please stand,
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- 00:03:26,519 --> 00:03:28,563
- - place your hands on the car.
- - You're kidding.
- 95
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- These are yours?
- 96
- 00:03:29,441 --> 00:03:31,391
- - I have a prescription.
- - Where is it?
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- In Yerushalayim.
- 98
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- Your drugs, your car...
- 99
- 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:35,439
- You're both under arrest. Come on.
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- Come on!
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- Hands behind your back.
- 102
- 00:03:38,140 --> 00:03:39,443
- Why are you doing this?
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- 00:03:39,445 --> 00:03:41,141
- Sheldon Adelson is my cousin.
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- This vehicle is to be
- impounded. You'll need to find
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- 00:03:43,188 --> 00:03:44,753
- other means of transportation, miss.
- 106
- 00:03:44,755 --> 00:03:46,305
- And why am I not being arrested?
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- 00:03:46,308 --> 00:03:47,625
- Maia, get on with Diane.
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- 26th and Cal at noon.
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- We'll need bail.
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- Go.
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- 00:04:01,642 --> 00:04:03,076
- Liz!
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- Bond court 401.
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- Okay.
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- 00:04:06,255 --> 00:04:08,125
- Who did the drugs belong to?
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- 00:04:08,128 --> 00:04:10,126
- The witness. They think they're illegal.
- 116
- 00:04:10,128 --> 00:04:13,477
- So why didn't they take you in?
- 117
- 00:04:13,479 --> 00:04:16,577
- I don't know. I mean, Jay says
- it was "driving while black."
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- Ugh, okay, I will argue for an I-bond...
- 119
- 00:04:21,052 --> 00:04:22,835
- What's wrong?
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- Nothing. Just...
- 121
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- - Nothing.
- - Docket 354-A.
- 122
- 00:04:29,017 --> 00:04:30,581
- Male number 19.
- 123
- 00:04:30,583 --> 00:04:31,626
- Assault.
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- 00:04:31,628 --> 00:04:32,714
- What have you got, ASA?
- 125
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- Here comes Jay.
- 126
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- Representing the arrestee.
- 127
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- God.
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- - I'm happy to see you guys.
- - What happened to Avi?
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- 00:04:40,071 --> 00:04:41,563
- He's in the group two after mine.
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- - You all right?
- - Yeah.
- 131
- 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,381
- Should have had Maia drive.
- 132
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- - They're ICE.
- - What?
- 133
- 00:05:13,452 --> 00:05:15,365
- Those four.
- 134
- 00:05:15,367 --> 00:05:17,846
- They're plainclothes immigration agents.
- 135
- 00:05:17,848 --> 00:05:20,327
- I recognize them from the DOJ.
- 136
- 00:05:20,329 --> 00:05:22,285
- I think they're here for you.
- 137
- 00:05:22,287 --> 00:05:23,547
- Me? Why?
- 138
- 00:05:23,549 --> 00:05:24,810
- You don't have any issues?
- 139
- 00:05:24,812 --> 00:05:26,195
- With citizenship? No.
- 140
- 00:05:26,198 --> 00:05:28,422
- - You have your birth certificate?
- - Somewhere.
- 141
- 00:05:28,424 --> 00:05:30,536
- What, are you sure about this?
- 142
- 00:05:30,539 --> 00:05:32,339
- I think so.
- 143
- 00:05:32,341 --> 00:05:34,036
- Well, whatever Jay's status,
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- people can be hard to reach
- once they get taken in.
- 145
- 00:05:36,438 --> 00:05:38,388
- I know. This is how it works.
- 146
- 00:05:38,390 --> 00:05:40,977
- They wait outside criminal
- courts, take them in.
- 147
- 00:05:40,980 --> 00:05:42,066
- 358-A.
- 148
- 00:05:42,069 --> 00:05:44,602
- Male number 21, drug possession.
- 149
- 00:05:45,270 --> 00:05:47,483
- What have you got, ASA Timmons?
- 150
- 00:05:47,486 --> 00:05:49,125
- Mr. Dipersia is a flight risk
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- 00:05:49,128 --> 00:05:51,692
- given his codefendant
- recently arrived from overseas.
- 152
- 00:05:51,695 --> 00:05:53,142
- Any mitigation from the defense?
- 153
- 00:05:53,144 --> 00:05:54,805
- Yes, Your Honor. But first,
- 154
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- it is our understanding
- 155
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- that Chicago is a sanctuary city.
- 156
- 00:06:00,151 --> 00:06:02,188
- So we are surprised to find
- 157
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- four immigration officers working
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- 00:06:04,194 --> 00:06:05,695
- with the county sheriffs.
- 159
- 00:06:05,698 --> 00:06:09,157
- Your Honor, I have no idea
- what Counselor is referring to.
- 160
- 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:10,899
- Well, let's ask her.
- What are you referring to?
- 161
- 00:06:10,901 --> 00:06:12,248
- Those four men
- 162
- 00:06:12,250 --> 00:06:14,990
- back there. They are ICE agents.
- 163
- 00:06:14,992 --> 00:06:18,080
- Gentlemen, is this true?
- 164
- 00:06:18,082 --> 00:06:19,816
- Are you immigration enforcement?
- 165
- 00:06:19,819 --> 00:06:22,591
- With all due deference,
- ma'am, you cannot ask us that.
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- Come here.
- 167
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- I said come here.
- 168
- 00:06:34,706 --> 00:06:37,098
- Ma'am?
- 169
- 00:06:37,101 --> 00:06:38,363
- It's "Your Honor."
- 170
- 00:06:39,750 --> 00:06:41,054
- Your Honor.
- 171
- 00:06:41,057 --> 00:06:42,430
- It's, uh, still true
- 172
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- that we live in a democracy.
- 173
- 00:06:44,300 --> 00:06:47,065
- But the fact is, in these four walls,
- 174
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- you're in a monarchy.
- 175
- 00:06:49,766 --> 00:06:52,723
- And where I'm sitting is the throne.
- 176
- 00:06:52,725 --> 00:06:55,770
- Now, when I ask you a question,
- 177
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- I want an answer,
- 178
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- or else I will hold you and
- your colleagues in contempt.
- 179
- 00:07:00,429 --> 00:07:01,820
- What's your name?
- 180
- 00:07:01,822 --> 00:07:04,692
- - Patrick Basehart.
- - Why are you here?
- 181
- 00:07:04,694 --> 00:07:07,260
- I'm a lawyer with Immigration
- and Customs Enforcement.
- 182
- 00:07:07,262 --> 00:07:09,857
- We have a detainer
- notice for Jay Dipersia.
- 183
- 00:07:09,860 --> 00:07:11,903
- Counselor,
- 184
- 00:07:11,906 --> 00:07:13,867
- for purposes of setting bail,
- 185
- 00:07:13,870 --> 00:07:16,703
- can you speak to some factors
- in your client's favor?
- 186
- 00:07:16,706 --> 00:07:20,186
- We have nothing to offer
- in mitigation, Your Honor.
- 187
- 00:07:20,188 --> 00:07:23,570
- We request bail to be set at $1,000.
- 188
- 00:07:23,573 --> 00:07:25,712
- We cannot pay that amount
- at this time, Your Honor.
- 189
- 00:07:25,715 --> 00:07:28,020
- Well, then I'll set bail at $100.
- 190
- 00:07:28,022 --> 00:07:30,227
- Still too burdensome, Your Honor.
- 191
- 00:07:30,230 --> 00:07:32,344
- Only ten dollars is due today.
- 192
- 00:07:32,347 --> 00:07:34,086
- That amount is simply too high.
- 193
- 00:07:34,089 --> 00:07:38,072
- Your Honor, this is clearly a trick.
- 194
- 00:07:38,075 --> 00:07:39,849
- The defendant is remanded
- 195
- 00:07:39,852 --> 00:07:43,599
- to the custody of Cook
- County until such time
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- 00:07:43,602 --> 00:07:45,472
- as he can post bail.
- 197
- 00:07:45,474 --> 00:07:47,128
- Next.
- 198
- 00:07:51,555 --> 00:07:53,654
- Okay, they can't touch
- you while you're in here.
- 199
- 00:07:53,656 --> 00:07:55,438
- You have all your documents?
- 200
- 00:07:55,441 --> 00:07:58,309
- My sisters do. Uh,
- Brigitte's a genealogy nut.
- 201
- 00:07:58,312 --> 00:08:00,181
- She keeps every paper and then some.
- 202
- 00:08:00,184 --> 00:08:02,054
- - You've seen your birth certificate?
- - Yes.
- 203
- 00:08:02,056 --> 00:08:03,751
- I vote, I pay taxes.
- 204
- 00:08:03,753 --> 00:08:05,971
- Okay. This is just a
- bureaucratic mistake.
- 205
- 00:08:05,973 --> 00:08:08,669
- Maia, contact his sisters.
- Get his birth certificate.
- 206
- 00:08:08,671 --> 00:08:10,410
- Yeah, and I'll get an emergency hearing
- 207
- 00:08:10,412 --> 00:08:11,880
- in front of an immigration judge.
- 208
- 00:08:11,883 --> 00:08:14,742
- Julius, we need help bailing Avi out.
- 209
- 00:08:14,745 --> 00:08:15,937
- I'm on my way.
- 210
- 00:08:15,939 --> 00:08:17,680
- The judge is denying a delay.
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- 00:08:18,641 --> 00:08:21,586
- _
- 212
- 00:08:27,646 --> 00:08:29,422
- Good morning, Your Honor.
- 213
- 00:08:29,425 --> 00:08:32,300
- Diane Lockhart here on
- behalf of Jay Dipersia.
- 214
- 00:08:32,303 --> 00:08:34,127
- Say it again, please. Louder.
- 215
- 00:08:34,130 --> 00:08:36,739
- Good morning, Your Honor.
- 216
- 00:08:36,742 --> 00:08:40,653
- Um, Diane Lockhart
- and Liz Reddick here...
- 217
- 00:08:40,656 --> 00:08:42,355
- - Louder, please.
- - On...
- 218
- 00:08:42,357 --> 00:08:43,992
- Good morning, Your Honor.
- 219
- 00:08:43,995 --> 00:08:46,102
- Liz Reddick and Diane Lockhart here
- 220
- 00:08:46,105 --> 00:08:48,012
- on behalf of Jay Dipersia.
- 221
- 00:08:48,015 --> 00:08:51,538
- And Ralph Beldi for
- Immigration and Customs...
- 222
- 00:08:53,977 --> 00:08:56,586
- I'm sorry, Judge, we can't hear you.
- 223
- 00:08:56,588 --> 00:08:59,241
- I said, good morning, too.
- 224
- 00:08:59,243 --> 00:09:01,477
- Where is this undocumented?
- 225
- 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,958
- He is not undocumented, Your Honor.
- 226
- 00:09:03,961 --> 00:09:07,567
- He is currently being held
- in the Cook County Courthouse
- 227
- 00:09:07,570 --> 00:09:09,185
- on an unrelated charge.
- 228
- 00:09:09,188 --> 00:09:11,735
- Your Honor, Patrick Basehart
- 229
- 00:09:11,738 --> 00:09:13,690
- for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- 230
- 00:09:13,692 --> 00:09:15,866
- We filed a detainer notice,
- 231
- 00:09:15,868 --> 00:09:19,000
- and we're seeking immediate
- deportation to Nigeria,
- 232
- 00:09:19,002 --> 00:09:21,655
- Mr. Dipersia's country of origin.
- 233
- 00:09:21,657 --> 00:09:22,917
- What is the basis
- 234
- 00:09:22,919 --> 00:09:25,006
- for the detainer notice?
- 235
- 00:09:25,008 --> 00:09:27,443
- We've scanned the
- individual's birth certificate
- 236
- 00:09:27,445 --> 00:09:28,813
- to you, Your Honor.
- 237
- 00:09:28,816 --> 00:09:30,352
- Your Honor, we haven't...
- 238
- 00:09:30,355 --> 00:09:33,607
- We haven't seen this birth certificate.
- 239
- 00:09:33,610 --> 00:09:36,496
- It says he was born
- 240
- 00:09:36,498 --> 00:09:38,933
- on May 2, 1980,
- 241
- 00:09:38,935 --> 00:09:42,766
- in Barewa Hospital, in the town of Kano,
- 242
- 00:09:42,769 --> 00:09:46,461
- which is in the country
- of Nigeria... you see?
- 243
- 00:09:46,464 --> 00:09:49,649
- No, no, this says
- 244
- 00:09:49,652 --> 00:09:52,341
- "Jamil Dokpesi Dipersia,"
- 245
- 00:09:52,344 --> 00:09:54,656
- which is not our
- client's name, Your Honor.
- 246
- 00:09:54,659 --> 00:09:56,224
- This is clearly a mistake.
- 247
- 00:09:56,227 --> 00:09:58,508
- Your Honor, we ask for an opportunity
- 248
- 00:09:58,511 --> 00:10:00,825
- to provide documentation
- 249
- 00:10:00,828 --> 00:10:02,852
- proving that Mr. Dipersia
- 250
- 00:10:02,855 --> 00:10:05,350
- is a natural-born American citizen.
- 251
- 00:10:05,353 --> 00:10:07,411
- Well, how long is that going to take?
- 252
- 00:10:07,414 --> 00:10:10,184
- One hour, Your Honor.
- 253
- 00:10:13,752 --> 00:10:16,014
- Maia, we have one hour.
- 254
- 00:10:16,016 --> 00:10:17,813
- We need the birth certificate now.
- 255
- 00:10:17,816 --> 00:10:20,104
- We're doing our best. His
- sisters think they have it,
- 256
- 00:10:20,107 --> 00:10:21,541
- and I will run over a copy.
- 257
- 00:10:21,543 --> 00:10:22,848
- - Great.
- - Okay.
- 258
- 00:10:24,154 --> 00:10:26,633
- I-I just grabbed the box
- and jumped in the car.
- 259
- 00:10:26,635 --> 00:10:28,678
- Left the kids next door.
- 260
- 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,332
- It should be in here somewhere.
- 261
- 00:10:30,334 --> 00:10:32,856
- This is crazy. We were born here.
- 262
- 00:10:32,858 --> 00:10:34,902
- Sometimes this country makes me so mad.
- 263
- 00:10:34,904 --> 00:10:36,469
- This would kill Mom and Dad.
- 264
- 00:10:36,471 --> 00:10:38,775
- Except they're already dead.
- 265
- 00:10:38,777 --> 00:10:41,454
- Not funny. I'm the bad sister.
- 266
- 00:10:42,763 --> 00:10:44,415
- This is Jay and me when we were kids.
- 267
- 00:10:44,418 --> 00:10:45,461
- Here. See?
- 268
- 00:10:45,464 --> 00:10:46,724
- Born in the U.S.
- 269
- 00:10:46,727 --> 00:10:47,871
- Thank God.
- 270
- 00:10:47,873 --> 00:10:49,492
- Okay, perfect. I'm gonna make a copy.
- 271
- 00:10:49,495 --> 00:10:50,581
- I'll be right back.
- 272
- 00:10:50,584 --> 00:10:51,919
- They have to let him go now, right?
- 273
- 00:10:51,921 --> 00:10:56,274
- Yeah, once we post bail. What?
- 274
- 00:10:56,277 --> 00:10:57,537
- Nothing. For a second I thought
- 275
- 00:10:57,540 --> 00:10:58,968
- I gave her the wrong certificate.
- 276
- 00:10:58,971 --> 00:11:00,841
- - The wrong...
- - Oh, no, this one's mine.
- 277
- 00:11:00,843 --> 00:11:02,274
- They were born 15 minutes apart.
- 278
- 00:11:02,277 --> 00:11:04,191
- - So you and Jay are twins?
- - Yes.
- 279
- 00:11:04,194 --> 00:11:05,735
- Born at Harbor Hospital.
- 280
- 00:11:05,738 --> 00:11:08,509
- Can I see?
- 281
- 00:11:08,512 --> 00:11:10,531
- Okay,
- 282
- 00:11:10,534 --> 00:11:13,461
- I'm gonna head to court
- with the copy. Bye.
- 283
- 00:11:16,172 --> 00:11:17,858
- Uh-oh.
- 284
- 00:11:17,860 --> 00:11:19,164
- What?
- 285
- 00:11:19,166 --> 00:11:21,646
- I think Jay's might be a fake.
- 286
- 00:12:37,695 --> 00:12:42,053
- - Synced and corrected by VitoSilans -
- -- www.Addic7ed.com --
- 287
- 00:12:58,216 --> 00:13:01,075
- _
- 288
- 00:13:01,078 --> 00:13:04,841
- Uh, I don't understand
- what the problem is.
- 289
- 00:13:04,844 --> 00:13:06,670
- This is his sister's certificate.
- 290
- 00:13:06,673 --> 00:13:08,934
- - It reads "female," see?
- - Yeah.
- 291
- 00:13:08,936 --> 00:13:11,110
- - Well, isn't that to be expected?
- - Yes.
- 292
- 00:13:11,112 --> 00:13:14,461
- But this is Jay's certificate.
- 293
- 00:13:14,463 --> 00:13:16,550
- - Well, "male," okay.
- - Yeah.
- 294
- 00:13:16,552 --> 00:13:18,435
- They whited out the "F" and the "E."
- 295
- 00:13:18,438 --> 00:13:20,685
- It's his sister's birth certificate.
- 296
- 00:13:20,687 --> 00:13:23,035
- They just copied it and
- altered it to be Jay's.
- 297
- 00:13:23,037 --> 00:13:25,341
- What? You see this
- rip here at the bottom?
- 298
- 00:13:25,344 --> 00:13:27,171
- It's identical.
- 299
- 00:13:31,611 --> 00:13:34,133
- - You can say it.
- - Uh-oh.
- 300
- 00:13:34,135 --> 00:13:35,656
- _
- 301
- 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:41,706
- I'm not American?
- 302
- 00:13:41,708 --> 00:13:44,012
- No.
- 303
- 00:13:44,014 --> 00:13:46,536
- And you're not a twin.
- 304
- 00:13:46,538 --> 00:13:49,409
- Your sister, Brigitte, was born here,
- 305
- 00:13:49,411 --> 00:13:52,717
- but you were born a
- year earlier, in Nigeria.
- 306
- 00:13:52,719 --> 00:13:54,563
- Oh, my God.
- 307
- 00:13:56,505 --> 00:13:58,026
- What's my name?
- 308
- 00:13:58,028 --> 00:14:01,036
- Jamil Dokpesi Dipersia.
- 309
- 00:14:01,039 --> 00:14:04,032
- That was my uncle's name.
- 310
- 00:14:04,034 --> 00:14:07,906
- Your parents copied your
- sister's birth certificate.
- 311
- 00:14:07,908 --> 00:14:10,517
- So, I'm in trouble.
- 312
- 00:14:10,519 --> 00:14:13,096
- Well, no, we're trying a few things.
- 313
- 00:14:13,099 --> 00:14:15,185
- God, this is insane.
- 314
- 00:14:15,188 --> 00:14:17,742
- Your parents wanted
- you to have a good life.
- 315
- 00:14:17,744 --> 00:14:18,960
- That's why they did this.
- 316
- 00:14:18,962 --> 00:14:20,396
- Did my sisters know?
- 317
- 00:14:20,398 --> 00:14:21,920
- No.
- 318
- 00:14:21,922 --> 00:14:25,924
- So, the key here is, Jay,
- 319
- 00:14:25,926 --> 00:14:29,014
- to keep you out of the hands of ICE.
- 320
- 00:14:29,016 --> 00:14:31,494
- It doesn't matter, does it?
- 321
- 00:14:31,496 --> 00:14:35,150
- They can deport me.
- 322
- 00:14:35,152 --> 00:14:37,675
- I'm not an American citizen.
- 323
- 00:14:37,677 --> 00:14:40,808
- We need to keep you here in Cook County.
- 324
- 00:14:40,810 --> 00:14:42,922
- That's the only way we can fight them.
- 325
- 00:14:42,925 --> 00:14:45,986
- Jay Dipersia?
- 326
- 00:14:45,989 --> 00:14:47,125
- What is it?
- 327
- 00:14:47,128 --> 00:14:48,294
- He's needed in court.
- 328
- 00:14:48,296 --> 00:14:49,774
- - Why?
- - I don't know.
- 329
- 00:14:49,776 --> 00:14:50,946
- - I do what I'm told.
- - You actually do
- 330
- 00:14:50,948 --> 00:14:52,385
- a hell of a lot more
- than what you're told.
- 331
- 00:14:52,387 --> 00:14:53,386
- What's that supposed to mean?
- 332
- 00:14:53,388 --> 00:14:55,562
- - Colluding with ICE.
- - Oh, come on.
- 333
- 00:14:55,564 --> 00:14:57,520
- You act like they're terrorists.
- 334
- 00:14:57,522 --> 00:14:59,479
- Th-They're obeying the law.
- 335
- 00:14:59,481 --> 00:15:01,176
- They're doing their jobs.
- 336
- 00:15:01,178 --> 00:15:03,048
- And he's illegal.
- 337
- 00:15:03,050 --> 00:15:05,137
- You want to change the law of the land?
- 338
- 00:15:05,139 --> 00:15:06,965
- Then run for office and change it.
- 339
- 00:15:06,967 --> 00:15:10,490
- But don't blame me for
- following it. Let's go.
- 340
- 00:15:10,492 --> 00:15:11,883
- There's Jay.
- 341
- 00:15:11,885 --> 00:15:13,798
- Jay. Hey.
- 342
- 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,669
- - Are you okay?
- - I'm good.
- 343
- 00:15:15,671 --> 00:15:17,540
- - How about you two?
- - We're here.
- 344
- 00:15:17,542 --> 00:15:19,804
- Wow. So, I guess I'm 38.
- 345
- 00:15:19,806 --> 00:15:21,501
- My God, can you believe it?
- 346
- 00:15:21,503 --> 00:15:22,981
- You do look older.
- 347
- 00:15:24,300 --> 00:15:26,114
- Do we even know anyone from Nigeria?
- 348
- 00:15:27,511 --> 00:15:29,474
- I'll send you Mom's
- letters from back home.
- 349
- 00:15:29,477 --> 00:15:32,120
- - I just want to hug you.
- - After this,
- 350
- 00:15:32,122 --> 00:15:34,427
- and before they place
- me back in holding, okay?
- 351
- 00:15:34,429 --> 00:15:35,570
- - Okay.
- - Okay.
- 352
- 00:15:35,573 --> 00:15:37,669
- 358-A. Drug possession.
- 353
- 00:15:37,672 --> 00:15:39,345
- Here we go again.
- 354
- 00:15:39,347 --> 00:15:41,173
- Has the status of bail changed?
- 355
- 00:15:41,175 --> 00:15:43,784
- - Did you find the ten dollars?
- - No, ma'am. Still struggling.
- 356
- 00:15:43,786 --> 00:15:46,004
- Your Honor, the lab
- did an expedited test
- 357
- 00:15:46,006 --> 00:15:48,093
- on the drugs found
- in Mr. Dipersia's car.
- 358
- 00:15:48,095 --> 00:15:49,094
- That's amazing.
- 359
- 00:15:49,096 --> 00:15:50,899
- And the state is dropping the case.
- 360
- 00:15:50,902 --> 00:15:52,531
- Your Honor, that is a ploy.
- 361
- 00:15:52,534 --> 00:15:54,352
- Really? A ploy to release your client?
- 362
- 00:15:54,355 --> 00:15:55,805
- Right. Straight into the arms
- 363
- 00:15:55,808 --> 00:15:58,078
- of the conveniently warned ICE agents.
- 364
- 00:15:58,081 --> 00:16:01,018
- Mr. Basehart, good
- to see you back again.
- 365
- 00:16:01,021 --> 00:16:02,324
- Good to be back, Your Honor.
- 366
- 00:16:02,326 --> 00:16:03,672
- We have also confirmed
- 367
- 00:16:03,675 --> 00:16:06,240
- that Mr. Epps, the passenger
- in Mr. Dipersia's car,
- 368
- 00:16:06,243 --> 00:16:08,591
- does in fact have a
- prescription for those pills.
- 369
- 00:16:08,593 --> 00:16:10,680
- So, he has been released.
- 370
- 00:16:10,682 --> 00:16:12,445
- So, you are...
- 371
- 00:16:12,448 --> 00:16:14,215
- Dropping the charges. And, of course,
- 372
- 00:16:14,218 --> 00:16:15,728
- we regret any mix-up.
- 373
- 00:16:15,731 --> 00:16:16,991
- Well, I can't pretend
- 374
- 00:16:16,993 --> 00:16:19,430
- that there's a case
- when there isn't one.
- 375
- 00:16:22,869 --> 00:16:24,651
- Mr. Dipersia,
- 376
- 00:16:24,653 --> 00:16:27,677
- you will conduct yourself appropriately
- 377
- 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,090
- in my courtroom.
- 378
- 00:16:29,092 --> 00:16:32,137
- If you do not conduct yourself
- with appropriate decorum,
- 379
- 00:16:32,139 --> 00:16:35,140
- I will be forced to
- hold you in contempt.
- 380
- 00:16:35,142 --> 00:16:37,185
- Act up.
- 381
- 00:16:37,187 --> 00:16:41,320
- Um... you-you can't tell
- me what to do, Judge.
- 382
- 00:16:41,322 --> 00:16:42,582
- What did you say?
- 383
- 00:16:42,584 --> 00:16:44,469
- - Louder.
- - I-I said
- 384
- 00:16:44,472 --> 00:16:47,570
- I-I don't recognize the
- authority of this court
- 385
- 00:16:47,573 --> 00:16:48,631
- to tell me shit!
- 386
- 00:16:48,633 --> 00:16:50,416
- I'm giving you one last warning.
- 387
- 00:16:50,418 --> 00:16:52,883
- - Fuck this court!
- - Oh...
- 388
- 00:16:52,886 --> 00:16:55,233
- You have been warned, sir.
- 389
- 00:16:55,236 --> 00:16:57,653
- I am holding you in contempt.
- 390
- 00:16:57,656 --> 00:17:00,556
- Take the defendant back
- to the holding cell.
- 391
- 00:17:00,558 --> 00:17:05,170
- Mr. Dipersia is hereby
- remanded to state custody.
- 392
- 00:17:05,172 --> 00:17:06,438
- Next.
- 393
- 00:17:06,441 --> 00:17:07,520
- We're here for you.
- 394
- 00:17:07,522 --> 00:17:09,827
- I love you both.
- 395
- 00:17:09,829 --> 00:17:12,539
- Here's the problem with a shell game.
- 396
- 00:17:12,542 --> 00:17:14,221
- Eventually, I find the pea.
- 397
- 00:17:14,224 --> 00:17:16,703
- How much taxpayer
- money are you burning up
- 398
- 00:17:16,706 --> 00:17:17,759
- to pursue one man?
- 399
- 00:17:17,762 --> 00:17:19,208
- - Let me ask you a question.
- - No.
- 400
- 00:17:19,211 --> 00:17:21,318
- Mine first, and it's not hypothetical.
- 401
- 00:17:21,321 --> 00:17:23,060
- How much are you burning up?
- 402
- 00:17:23,063 --> 00:17:25,190
- You two are idealists, right?
- 403
- 00:17:25,192 --> 00:17:28,889
- Justice is worth all sacrifice,
- all toil... well, I agree.
- 404
- 00:17:28,891 --> 00:17:31,109
- I should be at my son's
- birthday party, his sixth,
- 405
- 00:17:31,111 --> 00:17:32,980
- but instead, I'm here,
- trying to make sure
- 406
- 00:17:32,982 --> 00:17:36,377
- that federal powers
- trump state's rights.
- 407
- 00:17:38,667 --> 00:17:41,146
- God, he's getting a federal writ
- 408
- 00:17:41,149 --> 00:17:42,816
- to overcome state rights.
- 409
- 00:17:42,818 --> 00:17:44,818
- - We need to get court time.
- - Well, yeah.
- 410
- 00:17:44,820 --> 00:17:46,515
- We also need an end game.
- 411
- 00:17:46,517 --> 00:17:49,127
- Expedited lawful residency?
- 412
- 00:17:49,129 --> 00:17:50,737
- We could apply for an Einstein visa.
- 413
- 00:17:50,739 --> 00:17:52,750
- With what expertise?
- 414
- 00:17:52,753 --> 00:17:55,132
- Investigative. I mean, he has a license.
- 415
- 00:17:55,135 --> 00:17:56,367
- Doesn't sound like a winner.
- 416
- 00:17:56,370 --> 00:17:58,570
- - He draws. Jay draws.
- - Draws what?
- 417
- 00:17:58,573 --> 00:18:00,138
- Pictures. He's really good.
- 418
- 00:18:00,140 --> 00:18:02,096
- - He's an artist?
- - Yeah, of graphic novels.
- 419
- 00:18:02,098 --> 00:18:04,263
- - Has he ever been paid?
- - I don't know.
- 420
- 00:18:04,266 --> 00:18:06,039
- - What do you think?
- - We can try.
- 421
- 00:18:06,042 --> 00:18:07,805
- Okay, Marissa, get
- together with his sisters,
- 422
- 00:18:07,808 --> 00:18:10,071
- - and get his artwork.
- - And we'll hit court.
- 423
- 00:18:14,758 --> 00:18:16,719
- Your Honor, we have reason to believe
- 424
- 00:18:16,721 --> 00:18:20,245
- that our witness, Avi Epps,
- has returned to Israel.
- 425
- 00:18:20,247 --> 00:18:22,763
- - So what do you want from me?
- - We would ask for a continuance
- 426
- 00:18:22,766 --> 00:18:25,206
- until such time as we
- can affect his return.
- 427
- 00:18:25,208 --> 00:18:27,646
- - Who is he?
- - Given the speed of this trial,
- 428
- 00:18:27,649 --> 00:18:28,781
- you probably have time to
- 429
- 00:18:28,784 --> 00:18:30,764
- - fly him back by way of the South Pole.
- - I don't know.
- 430
- 00:18:30,766 --> 00:18:34,694
- That aside, there are no more
- continuances for any reason.
- 431
- 00:18:34,696 --> 00:18:37,099
- So, motions to dismiss,
- closing statements...
- 432
- 00:18:37,102 --> 00:18:38,002
- Where are we at?
- 433
- 00:18:38,004 --> 00:18:40,134
- We actually have an
- additional witness, Your Honor.
- 434
- 00:18:40,136 --> 00:18:41,309
- This witness have a name?
- 435
- 00:18:41,311 --> 00:18:43,007
- Uh, yes, Your Honor.
- 436
- 00:18:43,009 --> 00:18:44,225
- Jay Dipersia.
- 437
- 00:18:44,227 --> 00:18:46,488
- - Objection! Your Honor.
- - Objection.
- 438
- 00:18:46,490 --> 00:18:50,057
- Mr. Dipersia is an employee
- of our law firm, Your Honor.
- 439
- 00:18:50,059 --> 00:18:52,247
- Jay Dipersia is currently
- in state custody...
- 440
- 00:18:52,250 --> 00:18:56,324
- Mr. Gottlieb... and whomever
- whispered in his ear...
- 441
- 00:18:56,326 --> 00:18:59,364
- Wants Mr. Dipersia
- transferred to federal custody
- 442
- 00:18:59,367 --> 00:19:02,005
- so that ICE will have
- easier access to him.
- 443
- 00:19:02,008 --> 00:19:04,071
- That is an outrageous
- accusation, Your Honor.
- 444
- 00:19:04,073 --> 00:19:06,153
- The witness is necessary
- to rebut the testimony
- 445
- 00:19:06,156 --> 00:19:07,335
- of the defendant.
- 446
- 00:19:07,337 --> 00:19:09,614
- On the issue of Mr. Dipersia testifying,
- 447
- 00:19:09,617 --> 00:19:11,687
- I'll hear oral arguments
- from both sides.
- 448
- 00:19:11,689 --> 00:19:12,938
- You first, Gottlieb.
- 449
- 00:19:12,941 --> 00:19:14,515
- He's a Republican fixer I know.
- 450
- 00:19:14,518 --> 00:19:16,431
- I'm gonna go find out
- what I can about Jay.
- 451
- 00:19:20,872 --> 00:19:22,916
- They're empty.
- 452
- 00:19:22,918 --> 00:19:24,918
- What'd you find out?
- 453
- 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,052
- No one's targeting your firm,
- and the Republicans have nothing
- 454
- 00:19:28,054 --> 00:19:30,010
- to do with deporting your investigator.
- 455
- 00:19:30,012 --> 00:19:31,925
- - But...?
- - But what?
- 456
- 00:19:31,927 --> 00:19:33,961
- Well, it sounded like
- you had a "but" attached.
- 457
- 00:19:33,964 --> 00:19:35,973
- No. But there is a "however."
- 458
- 00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:39,193
- However, doesn't mean
- we can't do something.
- 459
- 00:19:39,195 --> 00:19:41,195
- Such as?
- 460
- 00:19:41,197 --> 00:19:44,607
- People like you, Julius, they
- just don't like your firm.
- 461
- 00:19:44,610 --> 00:19:46,940
- They think it suited
- up for the other team.
- 462
- 00:19:46,942 --> 00:19:48,333
- So do us a favor.
- 463
- 00:19:48,335 --> 00:19:50,857
- You have a client,
- Neil Gross of Chumhum.
- 464
- 00:19:50,859 --> 00:19:52,859
- We hear he ran a personality quiz
- 465
- 00:19:52,861 --> 00:19:55,557
- just like the one Cambridge
- Analytica did for Trump.
- 466
- 00:19:55,559 --> 00:19:57,278
- Get us the Chumhum contract.
- 467
- 00:19:57,281 --> 00:19:58,797
- I can't do that.
- 468
- 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,997
- You're asking me to put
- my thumb on the scale
- 469
- 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,044
- for your illegal investigator,
- and I'm willing to do that,
- 470
- 00:20:04,046 --> 00:20:06,046
- but I need something.
- 471
- 00:20:06,048 --> 00:20:08,179
- The Democrats and Chumhum are denying
- 472
- 00:20:08,181 --> 00:20:10,268
- there's any data mining equivalency.
- 473
- 00:20:10,270 --> 00:20:12,705
- Now, we know that's bullshit.
- 474
- 00:20:12,707 --> 00:20:14,491
- We just need proof.
- 475
- 00:20:16,711 --> 00:20:19,799
- Well, let me see what I can do.
- 476
- 00:20:19,801 --> 00:20:22,005
- We can't give him the Chumhum contract.
- 477
- 00:20:22,008 --> 00:20:23,020
- I know.
- 478
- 00:20:23,022 --> 00:20:24,412
- Then why is he asking?
- 479
- 00:20:24,414 --> 00:20:26,414
- My guess is to see how we react.
- 480
- 00:20:26,416 --> 00:20:28,557
- You think he can stop
- the deportation action?
- 481
- 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,560
- Yeah. He's a political fixer.
- 482
- 00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:33,286
- He makes a couple of
- calls, ICE will back off.
- 483
- 00:20:33,289 --> 00:20:34,480
- Well, let's stall him.
- 484
- 00:20:34,483 --> 00:20:35,700
- Keep him on a hook.
- 485
- 00:20:35,703 --> 00:20:37,164
- Imply you can get the contract.
- 486
- 00:20:37,166 --> 00:20:39,235
- Okay. Which court are you going to now?
- 487
- 00:20:39,245 --> 00:20:40,802
- - Federal District...
- - Civil court...
- 488
- 00:20:40,805 --> 00:20:42,919
- Uh, this should be interesting.
- 489
- 00:20:42,922 --> 00:20:45,745
- _
- 490
- 00:20:45,748 --> 00:20:48,536
- Your Honor, this is a federal
- court, and the State of Illinois
- 491
- 00:20:48,539 --> 00:20:49,742
- is trying to usurp your power.
- 492
- 00:20:49,744 --> 00:20:52,269
- And ICE is just forum shopping here.
- 493
- 00:20:52,272 --> 00:20:53,489
- This same case
- 494
- 00:20:53,492 --> 00:20:55,607
- is being argued in state court,
- 495
- 00:20:55,610 --> 00:20:58,490
- but they think they can get a
- decision more to their liking
- 496
- 00:20:58,492 --> 00:21:00,622
- - here in federal.
- - I don't understand this.
- 497
- 00:21:00,625 --> 00:21:02,146
- Well, it's quite simple, Your Honor.
- 498
- 00:21:02,148 --> 00:21:03,690
- No, no, no, the zippers.
- 499
- 00:21:03,693 --> 00:21:05,302
- Uh, they seem to go in both directions.
- 500
- 00:21:05,305 --> 00:21:07,020
- I...
- 501
- 00:21:07,022 --> 00:21:09,872
- Your Honor, Cook County is actively
- 502
- 00:21:09,875 --> 00:21:12,634
- interfering in an
- ongoing enforcement action
- 503
- 00:21:12,636 --> 00:21:13,969
- in violation of federal law...
- 504
- 00:21:13,972 --> 00:21:16,567
- No, the counselor is trying
- to trick you, Your Honor,
- 505
- 00:21:16,570 --> 00:21:18,930
- and I know that you cannot be tricked.
- 506
- 00:21:18,933 --> 00:21:20,425
- No, no, no, see, you're tearing it.
- 507
- 00:21:20,427 --> 00:21:22,555
- No, the-the zipper's off the track.
- 508
- 00:21:22,558 --> 00:21:24,037
- I... it's... All right, get out.
- 509
- 00:21:24,039 --> 00:21:25,691
- Your Honor, again,
- 510
- 00:21:25,693 --> 00:21:27,608
- this is a matter for
- the federal government.
- 511
- 00:21:28,704 --> 00:21:30,083
- _
- 512
- 00:21:30,086 --> 00:21:32,536
- This is a matter of
- state's rights, Your Honor.
- 513
- 00:21:32,539 --> 00:21:34,178
- We are a sanctuary city.
- 514
- 00:21:34,180 --> 00:21:37,529
- The sanctuary laws as practiced
- here are an unlawful restraint
- 515
- 00:21:37,531 --> 00:21:39,357
- on federal authority, Your Honor.
- 516
- 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:41,708
- We all know that state law
- does not preempt federal law.
- 517
- 00:21:41,711 --> 00:21:43,143
- We are not preempting.
- 518
- 00:21:43,145 --> 00:21:46,059
- We are only arguing that
- the state is not an extension
- 519
- 00:21:46,061 --> 00:21:47,367
- of the federal government.
- 520
- 00:21:48,237 --> 00:21:49,236
- We're not suggesting
- 521
- 00:21:49,238 --> 00:21:50,411
- the state is an extension
- 522
- 00:21:50,413 --> 00:21:52,122
- of the federal government, Your Honor.
- 523
- 00:21:52,125 --> 00:21:55,112
- We only believe federal
- powers trump state rights.
- 524
- 00:21:55,114 --> 00:21:56,810
- Just as in the Civil War...
- 525
- 00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,594
- Your Honor.
- 526
- 00:21:59,596 --> 00:22:01,325
- Can't you get me another robe?
- 527
- 00:22:01,328 --> 00:22:02,510
- Your Honor,
- 528
- 00:22:02,512 --> 00:22:07,036
- the defense would hate to
- make a motion in limine here.
- 529
- 00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:09,492
- What does a motion in
- limine have to do with this?
- 530
- 00:22:09,495 --> 00:22:12,774
- We will be asking His
- Honor to rule in limine
- 531
- 00:22:12,777 --> 00:22:14,342
- - if we lose this motion.
- - Your Honor,
- 532
- 00:22:14,345 --> 00:22:16,278
- a motion in limine has
- nothing to do with this.
- 533
- 00:22:16,281 --> 00:22:17,960
- Only if we use the Younger
- 534
- 00:22:17,962 --> 00:22:19,892
- - abstention doctrine.
- - What are you talking about?
- 535
- 00:22:19,894 --> 00:22:22,102
- Maybe we should just, uh, recess...
- 536
- 00:22:22,105 --> 00:22:24,053
- - I wholeheartedly agree, Your Honor.
- - No... Your Honor,
- 537
- 00:22:24,055 --> 00:22:25,620
- - this is an issue that needs...
- - This is a matter
- 538
- 00:22:25,622 --> 00:22:27,883
- - that requires serious...
- - ...to be decided now.
- 539
- 00:22:27,885 --> 00:22:29,146
- Judge Suzanne Morris
- 540
- 00:22:29,148 --> 00:22:30,669
- held the defendant in contempt of court.
- 541
- 00:22:30,671 --> 00:22:32,323
- - Yes, yes, but the sole reason...
- - That is her right.
- 542
- 00:22:32,325 --> 00:22:34,039
- ...for Judge Suzanne Morris's action
- 543
- 00:22:34,042 --> 00:22:36,219
- was to stifle enforcement
- of federal law.
- 544
- 00:22:37,067 --> 00:22:40,199
- Arizona v. U.S.clearly states
- 545
- 00:22:40,202 --> 00:22:41,810
- immigration enforcement
- 546
- 00:22:41,812 --> 00:22:43,922
- is the sole province
- 547
- 00:22:43,925 --> 00:22:46,319
- of the federal government.
- 548
- 00:22:49,732 --> 00:22:51,732
- That's it?
- 549
- 00:22:51,735 --> 00:22:52,953
- I don't know.
- 550
- 00:22:52,956 --> 00:22:54,431
- He's been drawing a lot, I thought.
- 551
- 00:22:54,434 --> 00:22:56,333
- Well, has he ever been paid for drawing?
- 552
- 00:22:56,336 --> 00:22:57,304
- What does that matter?
- 553
- 00:22:57,306 --> 00:22:59,132
- There's something
- called an Einstein visa.
- 554
- 00:22:59,134 --> 00:23:01,830
- It allows non-citizens to stay
- in the country indefinitely
- 555
- 00:23:01,832 --> 00:23:03,989
- if they prove some cultural
- or intellectual worth...
- 556
- 00:23:03,992 --> 00:23:05,747
- "Einstein visa"?
- 557
- 00:23:05,749 --> 00:23:07,836
- Yeah, that doesn't sound like Jay.
- 558
- 00:23:07,838 --> 00:23:11,466
- Well, it can apply to any
- talent, not just science.
- 559
- 00:23:11,469 --> 00:23:14,191
- You just have to have made
- some significant contribution,
- 560
- 00:23:14,193 --> 00:23:15,496
- or been praised by critics.
- 561
- 00:23:15,498 --> 00:23:17,803
- - Graphic novel critics?
- - Yeah, I know.
- 562
- 00:23:17,805 --> 00:23:20,806
- But we need more samples
- of his art than that.
- 563
- 00:23:20,808 --> 00:23:22,418
- You might want to come in here.
- 564
- 00:23:31,210 --> 00:23:33,210
- Is this enough?
- 565
- 00:23:33,213 --> 00:23:35,867
- It's a start.
- 566
- 00:23:36,476 --> 00:23:37,989
- Federalism is a cornerstone
- 567
- 00:23:37,992 --> 00:23:39,346
- of our legal system.
- 568
- 00:23:39,348 --> 00:23:42,474
- And as such, I find that the
- lower court is within its rights
- 569
- 00:23:42,477 --> 00:23:45,004
- to hold Mr. Dipersia for contempt,
- 570
- 00:23:45,006 --> 00:23:47,489
- and that, until such
- time as he is released,
- 571
- 00:23:47,492 --> 00:23:51,055
- the federal government has
- no superseding claim to him.
- 572
- 00:23:51,664 --> 00:23:53,359
- Okay. Okay.
- 573
- 00:23:53,362 --> 00:23:56,233
- So Donald Trump appointed me,
- 574
- 00:23:56,235 --> 00:23:58,375
- and he is with the federal government,
- 575
- 00:23:58,378 --> 00:24:00,313
- - so federal rights...
- - "Powers."
- 576
- 00:24:00,316 --> 00:24:03,717
- Federal powers trump state powers...
- 577
- 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,203
- - Uh, "rights."
- - Exactly.
- 578
- 00:24:05,206 --> 00:24:08,364
- So I so order, uh, that the court,
- 579
- 00:24:08,367 --> 00:24:11,770
- the court lower than
- mine, release this guy...
- 580
- 00:24:11,772 --> 00:24:13,554
- - Jay Dipersia.
- - Uh, him...
- 581
- 00:24:13,556 --> 00:24:15,556
- uh, to the ICE people.
- 582
- 00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:19,349
- "Ice people."
- 583
- 00:24:19,352 --> 00:24:21,344
- _
- 584
- 00:24:25,003 --> 00:24:27,003
- Liz.
- 585
- 00:24:27,006 --> 00:24:28,989
- I struck out.
- 586
- 00:24:28,992 --> 00:24:31,920
- Federal court just issued an
- order that ICE can take Jay.
- 587
- 00:24:31,922 --> 00:24:33,357
- Well, this should be interesting,
- 588
- 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,054
- because state court just issued an order
- 589
- 00:24:35,056 --> 00:24:36,795
- that they couldn't take Jay.
- 590
- 00:24:38,015 --> 00:24:40,015
- You got to love this country.
- 591
- 00:24:40,017 --> 00:24:41,584
- Oh, there they go.
- 592
- 00:24:46,191 --> 00:24:48,583
- Sir, you were talking
- earlier about the law,
- 593
- 00:24:48,586 --> 00:24:50,005
- about following the law?
- 594
- 00:24:50,008 --> 00:24:51,636
- Yes. Why?
- 595
- 00:24:51,638 --> 00:24:53,159
- I think we'll need you in holding.
- 596
- 00:24:53,161 --> 00:24:55,553
- Stand down. Cook County,
- we need you to stand down.
- 597
- 00:24:55,555 --> 00:24:57,163
- We have a court order, right here.
- 598
- 00:24:57,165 --> 00:24:58,556
- You are to hand over the detainee to us.
- 599
- 00:24:58,558 --> 00:25:00,384
- And that order is contravened
- 600
- 00:25:00,386 --> 00:25:02,516
- by the order of Judge Suzanne Morris.
- 601
- 00:25:02,518 --> 00:25:04,563
- That is a state ruling,
- this is a federal ruling.
- 602
- 00:25:04,566 --> 00:25:07,118
- Yes, and these are state
- sheriffs, they don't take orders...
- 603
- 00:25:07,121 --> 00:25:08,600
- If they don't, they
- will have to show cause.
- 604
- 00:25:08,602 --> 00:25:10,568
- No, sir, youwill have to show cause.
- 605
- 00:25:10,570 --> 00:25:12,570
- Look at this order.
- 606
- 00:25:12,572 --> 00:25:14,835
- You must hand over the
- prisoner right now, Sheriff.
- 607
- 00:25:17,490 --> 00:25:19,185
- Nope.
- 608
- 00:25:19,187 --> 00:25:20,991
- I got two orders
- canceling each other out,
- 609
- 00:25:20,994 --> 00:25:23,263
- so this prisoner stays
- right where he is.
- 610
- 00:25:23,266 --> 00:25:24,552
- Where is he?
- 611
- 00:25:24,555 --> 00:25:26,235
- - What?
- - Where is he?
- 612
- 00:25:26,237 --> 00:25:27,978
- He's not here.
- 613
- 00:25:30,633 --> 00:25:32,894
- So where am I going?
- 614
- 00:25:32,896 --> 00:25:34,113
- Federal court.
- 615
- 00:25:34,115 --> 00:25:35,961
- You're needed as a witness.
- 616
- 00:25:45,145 --> 00:25:47,439
- My order required that
- he be held in contempt.
- 617
- 00:25:47,442 --> 00:25:50,095
- Yes, and he was. But
- transport received an order
- 618
- 00:25:50,098 --> 00:25:51,814
- from Judge Kassovitz's federal court
- 619
- 00:25:51,817 --> 00:25:52,827
- that he was needed as a witness.
- 620
- 00:25:52,829 --> 00:25:54,872
- The only purpose of his testifying
- 621
- 00:25:54,875 --> 00:25:57,528
- is to spirit him out of
- this court's jurisdiction.
- 622
- 00:25:57,531 --> 00:25:59,216
- The prison transport is ours, right?
- 623
- 00:25:59,219 --> 00:26:00,351
- Cook County? Yes, Your Honor.
- 624
- 00:26:00,353 --> 00:26:02,314
- Okay, then get me the
- driver on the phone.
- 625
- 00:26:09,324 --> 00:26:10,760
- Oh.
- 626
- 00:26:12,458 --> 00:26:14,458
- Hello?
- 627
- 00:26:14,460 --> 00:26:16,590
- This is Deputy Stromer, Your Honor.
- 628
- 00:26:16,592 --> 00:26:19,536
- Did you pick up a
- prisoner named Jay Dipersia
- 629
- 00:26:19,539 --> 00:26:22,038
- from the Criminal Division
- of the Cook County Courthouse?
- 630
- 00:26:22,041 --> 00:26:23,150
- Yes, I did, Judge.
- 631
- 00:26:23,153 --> 00:26:24,729
- What is your present location?
- 632
- 00:26:24,731 --> 00:26:26,905
- We've just pulled up to the
- Dirksen Federal Courthouse.
- 633
- 00:26:26,907 --> 00:26:29,427
- Okay, I want you to listen
- to me very carefully, Deputy.
- 634
- 00:26:29,430 --> 00:26:31,736
- You must bring that
- individual back here,
- 635
- 00:26:31,739 --> 00:26:34,223
- - right now, do you understand?
- - Yes, Judge.
- 636
- 00:26:34,226 --> 00:26:36,093
- - There's just one problem.
- - What's that?
- 637
- 00:26:36,096 --> 00:26:38,270
- The prisoner's already
- been taken from the van.
- 638
- 00:26:38,273 --> 00:26:40,230
- Well, stop them!
- 639
- 00:26:40,233 --> 00:26:42,235
- Uh...
- 640
- 00:26:43,497 --> 00:26:45,010
- Ooh... they're bringing him in now.
- 641
- 00:26:45,012 --> 00:26:47,189
- Okay, we're working
- on his Einstein visa,
- 642
- 00:26:47,192 --> 00:26:50,041
- so keep him on the stand
- as long as possible.
- 643
- 00:26:50,044 --> 00:26:52,311
- Will do. The judge is
- losing his patience.
- 644
- 00:26:52,314 --> 00:26:54,088
- Ugh, God... He can join the club.
- 645
- 00:26:54,091 --> 00:26:56,630
- Please state your name and occupation.
- 646
- 00:26:56,632 --> 00:26:58,981
- Jay Dipersia, I'm a
- private investigator.
- 647
- 00:26:58,984 --> 00:27:01,231
- You picked up Avi Epps
- from the airport, correct?
- 648
- 00:27:01,234 --> 00:27:03,495
- I did. He never made it
- to court. Why is that?
- 649
- 00:27:03,498 --> 00:27:05,794
- - Objection. Relevance?
- - Your Honor,
- 650
- 00:27:05,797 --> 00:27:08,467
- counsel intended to bring Mr.
- Epps to testify for the defense.
- 651
- 00:27:08,470 --> 00:27:10,514
- We're entitled to know
- why it didn't happen.
- 652
- 00:27:10,516 --> 00:27:12,603
- Objection's overruled,
- the witness can answer.
- 653
- 00:27:12,605 --> 00:27:14,518
- He was arrested.
- 654
- 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,171
- No further questions, Your Honor.
- 655
- 00:27:16,173 --> 00:27:17,740
- That's it?
- 656
- 00:27:20,439 --> 00:27:23,137
- Goes to character and credibility, no?
- 657
- 00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:26,573
- Mr. Boseman?
- 658
- 00:27:26,575 --> 00:27:28,140
- Thank you, Your Honor.
- 659
- 00:27:28,142 --> 00:27:30,318
- Mr. Dipersia.
- 660
- 00:27:34,061 --> 00:27:35,887
- How long have you been
- a private investigator
- 661
- 00:27:35,889 --> 00:27:37,715
- at Reddick/Boseman?
- 662
- 00:27:37,717 --> 00:27:39,368
- Four years.
- 663
- 00:27:39,370 --> 00:27:42,243
- Do you enjoy it?
- 664
- 00:27:44,332 --> 00:27:46,411
- Yeah. Uh...
- 665
- 00:27:46,414 --> 00:27:48,812
- I recognize him, yeah,
- he does some cool stuff.
- 666
- 00:27:48,815 --> 00:27:50,728
- It's, uh, J... uh, Jay...
- 667
- 00:27:50,730 --> 00:27:52,153
- - Dipersia. Yeah.
- - Mm-hmm.
- 668
- 00:27:52,156 --> 00:27:54,010
- I was going through his
- stuff, and I found a receipt.
- 669
- 00:27:54,012 --> 00:27:55,776
- I guess he sold something to you?
- 670
- 00:27:55,778 --> 00:27:58,562
- Oh, yeah, that's right, uh, it
- was some cool stuff that he did.
- 671
- 00:27:58,564 --> 00:28:03,335
- Um, I like to encourage
- local artists, and, uh,
- 672
- 00:28:03,338 --> 00:28:04,744
- it was only $90.
- 673
- 00:28:04,747 --> 00:28:06,047
- You know, it's...
- 674
- 00:28:06,049 --> 00:28:08,228
- - Why, do you want to buy it?
- - Oh, uh, no.
- 675
- 00:28:08,231 --> 00:28:11,531
- N-No, I-I just thought...
- 676
- 00:28:11,533 --> 00:28:12,924
- You have good taste,
- 677
- 00:28:12,926 --> 00:28:15,230
- Mr. Costas.
- 678
- 00:28:15,232 --> 00:28:17,885
- Yeah, I mean, I-I guess,
- uh... it was cool, so...
- 679
- 00:28:17,887 --> 00:28:20,540
- You sound like an expert.
- 680
- 00:28:20,542 --> 00:28:25,153
- Uh, a qualified appraiser
- with an acute eye.
- 681
- 00:28:25,155 --> 00:28:27,197
- Sure.
- 682
- 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,338
- Mm-hmm.
- 683
- 00:28:28,341 --> 00:28:30,202
- Are you free right now?
- 684
- 00:28:30,204 --> 00:28:31,205
- Why?
- 685
- 00:28:31,208 --> 00:28:33,111
- _
- 686
- 00:28:33,114 --> 00:28:34,598
- As I'm sure you're aware, Your Honor,
- 687
- 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,411
- in family reunification cases,
- 688
- 00:28:36,414 --> 00:28:38,551
- the government frowns on
- horizontal sponsorship.
- 689
- 00:28:38,554 --> 00:28:41,647
- ICE only uses the word
- "horizontal," Your Honor,
- 690
- 00:28:41,650 --> 00:28:45,434
- hoping you will forget it
- refers to sibling relationships.
- 691
- 00:28:45,436 --> 00:28:47,436
- As close as two people can get.
- 692
- 00:28:47,438 --> 00:28:49,504
- Your Honor, Mr. Dipersia's sisters
- 693
- 00:28:49,507 --> 00:28:52,179
- were both born right
- here in the United States.
- 694
- 00:28:52,182 --> 00:28:55,184
- - And we would like to...
- - Actually, I'm Judge Vincent Park.
- 695
- 00:28:55,187 --> 00:28:57,100
- Judge Windsor is not available.
- 696
- 00:28:57,103 --> 00:29:02,628
- I'm told it's trout season
- up his way, and he left early.
- 697
- 00:29:02,631 --> 00:29:05,653
- Now, applying for a visa, yes?
- 698
- 00:29:05,656 --> 00:29:09,248
- - Um, filing under?
- - Uh, family reunification.
- 699
- 00:29:09,251 --> 00:29:11,164
- Mr. Dipersia's sisters were both born...
- 700
- 00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:13,004
- The fact is, parents are preferred.
- 701
- 00:29:13,007 --> 00:29:15,059
- Um, is there any other basis
- 702
- 00:29:15,062 --> 00:29:16,895
- on which you would like
- him to be considered
- 703
- 00:29:16,898 --> 00:29:18,158
- for legal residency?
- 704
- 00:29:18,161 --> 00:29:20,696
- Yes, his artwork.
- 705
- 00:29:20,699 --> 00:29:22,074
- Your Honor, that's ridiculous.
- 706
- 00:29:22,077 --> 00:29:25,403
- Mr. Dipersia is an artist
- of impressive skill.
- 707
- 00:29:25,406 --> 00:29:27,140
- He's an investigator at a law firm.
- 708
- 00:29:27,143 --> 00:29:31,176
- And he's also an artist of
- note, and we intend to prove it.
- 709
- 00:29:31,179 --> 00:29:32,246
- With what?
- 710
- 00:29:32,249 --> 00:29:35,832
- Actually, the artwork is
- on its way, Your Honor.
- 711
- 00:29:35,835 --> 00:29:40,185
- And it is well worth the wait. Oh, boy.
- 712
- 00:29:40,187 --> 00:29:42,160
- Illinois law requires that Mr. Dipersia
- 713
- 00:29:42,163 --> 00:29:44,357
- - be remanded back into state custody.
- - Counselor.
- 714
- 00:29:44,359 --> 00:29:47,186
- He's here in the custody
- of federal marshals.
- 715
- 00:29:47,189 --> 00:29:49,276
- ICE has a valid arrest warrant.
- 716
- 00:29:49,279 --> 00:29:51,323
- - My hands are tied.
- - Your Honor.
- 717
- 00:29:51,326 --> 00:29:55,197
- Paper or no paper, you remand
- him back into federal custody,
- 718
- 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:56,457
- they will deport him.
- 719
- 00:29:56,460 --> 00:29:58,068
- I have no control of that.
- 720
- 00:29:58,071 --> 00:30:01,231
- My responsibility and
- my authority are here,
- 721
- 00:30:01,234 --> 00:30:02,660
- from that wall to that wall.
- 722
- 00:30:02,663 --> 00:30:05,035
- They're rounding people up, Your Honor,
- 723
- 00:30:05,038 --> 00:30:07,392
- all over this country.
- 724
- 00:30:07,395 --> 00:30:08,762
- Rounding people up
- 725
- 00:30:08,765 --> 00:30:10,722
- and putting them into camps,
- 726
- 00:30:10,725 --> 00:30:12,824
- in 2018.
- 727
- 00:30:12,827 --> 00:30:15,567
- I can't be the only one
- who sees the irony here.
- 728
- 00:30:15,570 --> 00:30:16,787
- Mr. Boseman,
- 729
- 00:30:16,789 --> 00:30:19,616
- I don't administer
- justice based on irony.
- 730
- 00:30:19,618 --> 00:30:21,507
- I follow the law.
- 731
- 00:30:21,510 --> 00:30:23,454
- The witness is dismissed.
- 732
- 00:30:41,328 --> 00:30:43,804
- Your Honor, in support
- of our application
- 733
- 00:30:43,807 --> 00:30:46,242
- for an EB-1 visa, we present evidence
- 734
- 00:30:46,245 --> 00:30:48,171
- of Mr. Dipersia's artistic talent.
- 735
- 00:30:48,174 --> 00:30:48,976
- Your Honor,
- 736
- 00:30:48,979 --> 00:30:53,624
- the EB-1 visa, colloquially
- known as the Einstein visa,
- 737
- 00:30:53,627 --> 00:30:58,368
- is reserved for great talent
- and significant contributions.
- 738
- 00:30:58,371 --> 00:31:00,398
- A nuclear scientist,
- 739
- 00:31:00,401 --> 00:31:03,796
- a clarinetist playing with Yo-Yo Ma,
- 740
- 00:31:03,799 --> 00:31:05,398
- a cancer researcher.
- 741
- 00:31:05,401 --> 00:31:07,866
- These are the people
- deserving of an Einstein visa,
- 742
- 00:31:07,869 --> 00:31:08,796
- not a cartoonist.
- 743
- 00:31:08,799 --> 00:31:11,210
- Goya drew cartoons, Your Honor.
- 744
- 00:31:11,213 --> 00:31:13,226
- In recent times, Keith Haring
- 745
- 00:31:13,229 --> 00:31:15,490
- drew cartoons on subway walls.
- 746
- 00:31:15,493 --> 00:31:18,390
- His work now commands
- six and seven figures.
- 747
- 00:31:18,393 --> 00:31:21,699
- But rather than have us
- pretend to be an expert,
- 748
- 00:31:21,702 --> 00:31:23,960
- we have a highly credentialed art dealer
- 749
- 00:31:23,963 --> 00:31:26,812
- who is very familiar
- with Mr. Dipersia's work
- 750
- 00:31:26,815 --> 00:31:29,076
- and is prepared to give his assessment.
- 751
- 00:31:29,079 --> 00:31:31,427
- Okay. Where is he?
- 752
- 00:32:05,575 --> 00:32:07,531
- - Where's the art expert?
- - Maia's bringing him.
- 753
- 00:32:07,534 --> 00:32:08,918
- Okay. What are you doing?
- 754
- 00:32:08,921 --> 00:32:10,470
- Microtargeting Judge Park.
- 755
- 00:32:10,473 --> 00:32:12,676
- Guess what the good judge likes? Lions.
- 756
- 00:32:12,679 --> 00:32:14,754
- I... think this is
- something that I probably
- 757
- 00:32:14,757 --> 00:32:17,932
- shouldn't know anything
- about. Probably for the best.
- 758
- 00:32:17,935 --> 00:32:21,315
- Oh, but what sounds better,
- "first exhibit" or "first show"?
- 759
- 00:32:21,318 --> 00:32:22,621
- Show.
- 760
- 00:32:28,412 --> 00:32:29,847
- You seem calm.
- 761
- 00:32:29,849 --> 00:32:31,326
- Why is that?
- 762
- 00:32:31,328 --> 00:32:33,415
- Mm, I have no choice.
- 763
- 00:32:33,417 --> 00:32:35,418
- That's not true.
- 764
- 00:32:35,421 --> 00:32:39,189
- You can, uh, panic. You can scream.
- 765
- 00:32:39,192 --> 00:32:41,554
- You can throw something.
- 766
- 00:32:41,556 --> 00:32:44,557
- Yeah. To what end?
- 767
- 00:32:44,559 --> 00:32:46,348
- Breaking something.
- 768
- 00:32:48,955 --> 00:32:52,086
- The world has gone insane, Liz.
- 769
- 00:32:52,088 --> 00:32:56,612
- The news is satire. It's not real.
- 770
- 00:32:56,614 --> 00:32:59,535
- The people blowing up grizzly bears
- 771
- 00:32:59,538 --> 00:33:02,966
- have been put in
- charge of grizzly bears.
- 772
- 00:33:02,969 --> 00:33:05,621
- So I've decided the
- only way to stay sane
- 773
- 00:33:05,624 --> 00:33:09,051
- is to focus on my little corner of it.
- 774
- 00:33:09,054 --> 00:33:12,035
- My firm, the people in it.
- 775
- 00:33:14,261 --> 00:33:16,910
- If I make my little
- corner of the world sane,
- 776
- 00:33:16,913 --> 00:33:20,699
- then I won't let the insanity win.
- 777
- 00:33:22,734 --> 00:33:24,299
- That's what I've learned.
- 778
- 00:33:24,302 --> 00:33:27,434
- It's one thing to know it.
- 779
- 00:33:27,437 --> 00:33:29,194
- It's another thing to do it.
- 780
- 00:33:29,196 --> 00:33:30,282
- True.
- 781
- 00:33:30,284 --> 00:33:32,637
- But I have to start somewhere.
- 782
- 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,801
- Why not today? Why not with Jay?
- 783
- 00:33:35,804 --> 00:33:36,879
- Yeah.
- 784
- 00:33:36,882 --> 00:33:40,121
- Uh, Diane, Liz. This is Kevin.
- 785
- 00:33:40,124 --> 00:33:43,995
- Oh, uh... bonjour.
- 786
- 00:33:46,219 --> 00:33:49,133
- Uh, here, um, try these.
- 787
- 00:33:49,136 --> 00:33:50,779
- Neat!
- 788
- 00:33:50,782 --> 00:33:52,567
- Okay.
- 789
- 00:33:53,749 --> 00:33:57,012
- Now, you collect comic
- book art, Mr. Costas?
- 790
- 00:33:57,015 --> 00:34:00,949
- Yes, and graphic novels.
- 791
- 00:34:03,516 --> 00:34:07,535
- Uh, yes, now having
- reviewed Mr. Dipersia's work,
- 792
- 00:34:07,538 --> 00:34:10,340
- what is your professional
- opinion of his art?
- 793
- 00:34:10,343 --> 00:34:11,845
- Mm...
- 794
- 00:34:11,847 --> 00:34:14,674
- Too often, this genre leans
- 795
- 00:34:14,676 --> 00:34:17,981
- on derivative tropes, but these,
- 796
- 00:34:17,983 --> 00:34:20,621
- these are exceptional.
- 797
- 00:34:20,624 --> 00:34:23,638
- With his puppet-like minimalism,
- 798
- 00:34:23,641 --> 00:34:27,077
- Mr. Dipersia's studied melancholy
- 799
- 00:34:27,079 --> 00:34:32,735
- is nothing short of
- "genius in the rough."
- 800
- 00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:35,473
- Uh... And, uh,
- 801
- 00:34:35,476 --> 00:34:39,611
- in fact, uh, haven't you purchased
- 802
- 00:34:39,614 --> 00:34:42,223
- a few of Mr. Dipersia's pieces?
- 803
- 00:34:42,225 --> 00:34:44,637
- Yes...
- 804
- 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,926
- Yes. Yes.
- 805
- 00:34:46,929 --> 00:34:49,625
- Uh, the earlier works mostly.
- 806
- 00:34:49,628 --> 00:34:50,627
- Hmm. Thank you.
- 807
- 00:34:50,630 --> 00:34:52,108
- - You're welcome.
- - Thank you.
- 808
- 00:34:52,111 --> 00:34:53,719
- Mr. Costas, is it your position
- 809
- 00:34:53,722 --> 00:34:57,067
- that these works rise to the
- level of a Picasso or a Monet?
- 810
- 00:34:57,070 --> 00:34:58,766
- Have you ever...
- 811
- 00:34:58,768 --> 00:35:02,287
- Have you, have you ever
- heard of Bill Finger
- 812
- 00:35:02,289 --> 00:35:04,098
- - or Bob Kane?
- - No.
- 813
- 00:35:04,101 --> 00:35:06,392
- They created Batman.
- 814
- 00:35:06,395 --> 00:35:09,121
- Those books sold for a dime a piece.
- 815
- 00:35:09,124 --> 00:35:10,668
- Now some of them are worth
- 816
- 00:35:10,671 --> 00:35:13,723
- upwards of $1 million.
- 817
- 00:35:14,742 --> 00:35:16,934
- This looks like a cartoon lion you'd see
- 818
- 00:35:16,937 --> 00:35:18,074
- on a morning kids' show.
- 819
- 00:35:18,077 --> 00:35:20,004
- That is actually one of my favorites.
- 820
- 00:35:20,007 --> 00:35:22,832
- - Could you hand that to me, please?
- - Yes, I can.
- 821
- 00:35:27,268 --> 00:35:28,653
- It's hard to explain,
- 822
- 00:35:28,656 --> 00:35:30,973
- - but I'm drawn to this one.
- - Yes.
- 823
- 00:35:30,976 --> 00:35:33,324
- It's-it's hypnotic, isn't it?
- 824
- 00:35:33,327 --> 00:35:34,903
- Especially the hair.
- 825
- 00:35:34,906 --> 00:35:37,879
- You know? You can almost hear
- 826
- 00:35:37,882 --> 00:35:40,317
- the-the roar of the lion.
- 827
- 00:35:42,066 --> 00:35:44,184
- Your Honor, may I remind
- 828
- 00:35:44,187 --> 00:35:46,590
- the court that the respondent
- is currently under arrest
- 829
- 00:35:46,593 --> 00:35:47,667
- for contempt of court...
- 830
- 00:35:47,670 --> 00:35:49,997
- That criminal contempt charge
- has been vacated, Your Honor.
- 831
- 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,401
- Well, in my professional career,
- 832
- 00:35:51,404 --> 00:35:54,555
- my office has only been involved
- in one EB-1 Einstein visa.
- 833
- 00:35:54,558 --> 00:35:55,761
- They're very rare.
- 834
- 00:35:55,764 --> 00:35:58,487
- - And one lion cartoon doesn't really rate.
- - Your Honor,
- 835
- 00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:00,099
- Mr. Basehart has mentioned
- 836
- 00:36:00,102 --> 00:36:03,191
- many nuclear scientists and researchers
- 837
- 00:36:03,194 --> 00:36:05,394
- who have been offered the Einstein visa,
- 838
- 00:36:05,397 --> 00:36:09,664
- but he has not mentioned
- a more recent recipient,
- 839
- 00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:11,714
- Melania Trump.
- 840
- 00:36:11,717 --> 00:36:13,456
- Objection, Your Honor.
- 841
- 00:36:13,459 --> 00:36:16,586
- Oh, it's odd that Mr.
- Basehart should object,
- 842
- 00:36:16,589 --> 00:36:19,995
- since he supported the
- issuance of an Einstein visa
- 843
- 00:36:19,998 --> 00:36:21,558
- to the First Lady based
- 844
- 00:36:21,561 --> 00:36:25,456
- on this photo and her,
- uh, modeling career.
- 845
- 00:36:25,459 --> 00:36:29,237
- Now, why does she deserve
- 846
- 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:33,982
- an Einstein visa and not...
- 847
- 00:36:33,985 --> 00:36:36,768
- this...
- 848
- 00:36:36,771 --> 00:36:38,464
- accomplished artist?
- 849
- 00:36:55,315 --> 00:36:56,705
- Nice work.
- 850
- 00:36:56,707 --> 00:36:58,316
- Thank you. For what?
- 851
- 00:36:58,319 --> 00:37:00,752
- Your stall gets your
- investigator his visa,
- 852
- 00:37:00,755 --> 00:37:03,870
- but this firm just
- made itself a new enemy.
- 853
- 00:37:03,873 --> 00:37:06,570
- - Who? You?
- - Not just.
- 854
- 00:37:06,573 --> 00:37:08,886
- You may have a win today.
- 855
- 00:37:08,889 --> 00:37:12,279
- Enjoy it, but it's not going to last.
- 856
- 00:37:12,282 --> 00:37:16,415
- Tomorrow's a new day,
- and we're coming for you.
- 857
- 00:37:16,418 --> 00:37:18,069
- Or anybody out there.
- 858
- 00:37:18,072 --> 00:37:19,811
- Or all of them.
- 859
- 00:37:19,814 --> 00:37:24,339
- Maybe you haven't heard,
- one of our partners was shot.
- 860
- 00:37:24,342 --> 00:37:26,255
- You're gonna have a
- hard time beating that.
- 861
- 00:37:26,258 --> 00:37:29,520
- Not really. He recovered, didn't he?
- 862
- 00:37:29,523 --> 00:37:32,517
- Keep your eyes open.
- 863
- 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:34,435
- It's coming.
- 864
- 00:38:15,587 --> 00:38:20,590
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