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In the criminal
justice system,
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sexually based offenses
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are considered
especially heinous.
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In New York City, the
dedicated detectives
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who investigate these
vicious felonies
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are members of an elite squad
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known as the Special
Victims Unit.
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These are their stories.
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- Single mothers in subsidized
housing are being trafficked
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in exchange for apartments.
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- Congressman Howard's
Chief of Staff was there.
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- My client has knowledge
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of complicit individuals
at nonprofits
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and government agencies.
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- You've heard of a
Dr. Catalina Machado?
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- Yeah, the founder
of Proud Life.
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- Catalina knew.
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- Every single man
that Ortiz named
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had a direct connection
to Proud Life.
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- What else does
she have to offer?
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- Well, a Deputy Mayor,
three congressmen...
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- The old guard
is coming for me.
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- What I see?
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Failure written all over you.
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- Crazy.
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- Pretty good-looking couple.
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- She's a cop.
His first partner.
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- You think anybody
at the wedding saw us?
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- Nobody saw us.
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- This is not a great idea.
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- It's the courthouse
at 10:00 p.m.
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It's not like the cleaning
crew is gonna bust us.
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- Look.
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- Is this even real?
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- It seems like it is.
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- And tomorrow?
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- All of them? I
live in a studio.
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Phoebe wants you and
Céline to enjoy them.
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- Tell Phoebe they're lovely.
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- That was kind of nice, right?
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- The best!
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- What's next?
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You guys going on a
we-didn't-get-married-moon?
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- Not yet.
Catalina's flippin'.
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Captain wants all hands
on deck, all weekend.
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- Copy that.
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- Counselor Carisi?
- Yeah, sorry I'm late.
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- Anya Avital,
Southern District.
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- Good to meet you.
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- The rest of the
team is waiting.
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Oh. Lipstick.
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- What?
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- You had fun at
the wedding, huh?
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- Got it, Chief.
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CompStat first thing
Tuesday morning.
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I'll be there.
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- CompStat?
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So Chief McGrath
can bully you again?
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- That's not what
this is, Lamai.
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Catalina Machado is with the
Southern District right now.
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We thought she was
the ring leader,
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but if she's just the middleman,
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who knows how high this goes?
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SVU takes the lead on this case.
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Politicians, congressmen
involved in sex trafficking?
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This is the break
I need at NYPD.
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- My colleagues, U.S.
Attorneys Carstairs and Atwood.
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And of course, you
know Catalina Machado.
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- We've met.
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- Where's Captain Benson?
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- She's en route, Counselor.
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- My boss already punched
out; now I've missed
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the last ferry to
the Jersey Shore.
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Can we get started here before
I miss the entire weekend?
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- Let me call her again.
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- It was a great night.
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Everything that's been
going on, it's just...
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It's nice to get a break.
- It really was.
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Hold on a second.
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I've got Carisi
on the other line.
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- Yeah, take it.
I'll be right here.
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- Liv, where are you?
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I got half the Southern
District waiting here.
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- On my way, on my way.
- Okay, see you soon.
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She may be a few more minutes.
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Why don't we get started?
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- I was supposed to be at
the DA's office an hour ago,
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so I gotta go.
- I know you do.
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- Except that I've
got some idiot
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with his brights on behind me.
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- Eh, pull over.
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Hey, Liv, let him pass.
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- I'm trying.
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- Liv? Liv? Liv!
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I got you.
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Stay with me.
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- Elliot.
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- Hey, I'm here.
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- Hang in there, ma'am.
You're going to be okay.
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We got you.
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.
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- You scared the
hell out of us, Liv.
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- Guys, I'm fine. Air bags.
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- How about that ankle?
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- Well, they want me
to get an MRI, but...
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Like I have time.
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- No, you got to
see an orthopedist.
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You don't mess
around with an ankle.
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- Thank you, Doctor Carisi.
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- Crash investigations
get anything?
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- Stabler and the OC
are looking into it.
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Going through my car,
looking at traffic cams.
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But so far the working theory
is drunk driver, hit and run.
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- By someone who knew
just how hard to hit you
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and just how fast to run.
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- Fin, if there's anything
there, they will find it.
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How did it go with
Catalina? Was she helpful?
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- And then some. She's a font.
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- Chief McGrath will be happy.
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- Even when he's
happy, he's not happy.
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Bring me up to speed?
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- Here it is.
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- Our investigation started
with a prostitution complaint
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from a neighbor.
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And we quickly ascertained
that homeless mothers
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were being given
subsidized housing
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and then threatened
with eviction
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if they didn't provide
sexual services.
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- And how did that get
us to Catalina Machado?
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- We picked up Ruben Ortiz,
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who was the aide to Congressman
George Justin Howard.
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- He gave up Catalina.
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She in turn named
co-conspirators,
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including a former HUD secretary
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and two former
assemblymen and...
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- I'm hearing a lot of formers.
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So who is your
highest-raking public servant
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who still has a job?
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- Congressman Howard.
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- Nothing sadder than
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white people
congratulating themselves.
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- That bulldog is
Howard's handler?
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- That's Myron Gold.
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That's Howard's lawyer
turned political consultant.
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Word is Gold is gonna make
Howard the next president.
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- That happens,
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Céline and I are
moving to France.
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- Justin Howard was
born in Westchester.
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He is the only son of a
prominent New York family.
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- Can we cut to the chase?
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You've got Catalina and
Ortiz wearing wires?
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- Yes.
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- And neither of them
knows the other is wired.
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- Even better.
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- Victims?
- Yeah.
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- Phone records?
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When do we pick him up?
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- There is a fundraiser
this weekend.
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- Well, to be fair, we're
still building the case.
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We're going over NDAs; we're
following online payments.
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- I don't want this
investigation to stall out,
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like the Feds with that...
That Ken doll, Gaetz.
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You reel this guy in,
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that's a win for us.
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And for you, Chief Garland...
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Everything will be forgiven.
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- I saw you on the news this
morning, ringing the bell.
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Good for you!
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- Big things are happening.
- Absolutely.
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And wherever I go, there's
a place for you, Catalina.
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- Aw, God bless
you, Congressman.
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Whatever I can do.
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- Oh, since you mentioned it,
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I went by Holt Tower
to visit my mother,
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and I couldn't find my friend
Paulie, the maintenance guy.
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- He had a family emergency.
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- But I miss my sweet Rosa.
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- Rosa's been a
little difficult.
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She's worried about
what her son might know.
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- So we need another NDA.
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- I'm already on it, boss.
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- The problem is
these young mothers,
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always worried about
their little kids.
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Aren't there deserving
homeless families
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with, uh, teenage daughters?
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- I'm sure we can find some.
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- Thank you, Catalina.
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- What a piece of crap.
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- I do love to, uh, mentor.
- Mm.
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- So maybe you can let
me know by Saturday?
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- Chief McGrath.
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- Don't get up. You
stay off of that leg.
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- It's not a big deal.
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- We're all lucky
that it wasn't worse.
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Especially Chief Garland.
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I am well aware that this
is more your case than his.
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- Oh, I wouldn't say that.
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I've been working
closely with him on this.
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- That's good to hear.
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So, between us, I have a
very good UC who I trust.
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- Howard is going
to a fundraiser,
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and I have two CIs
in the room with him.
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- Mm, even so,
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can't hurt to bolster
their testimony.
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So who can, uh...
Who can middle that?
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- Uh, maybe Dr. Machado.
I'll let Garland know.
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- Eh, eh, eh, don't.
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Department's a little worried
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about Garland's
prior relationship
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to Catalina Machado.
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- I can assure you
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that Garland's loyalty
is to the Department.
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- Mm-hmm.
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There's still the
matter of his judgement.
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I'm trusting you not to
mention this UC to him, okay?
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Or anyone else on your
squad, for that matter.
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- Chief, this could be
dangerous for your guy.
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- So make sure it isn't.
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.
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- So the Holt Tower
trafficking case is now focused
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on Congressman
Howard's involvement.
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Rosa, Lulu, and Denise
have all disclosed
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that Howard paid
them multiple visits.
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So, are they all solid?
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Guys, is there a problem?
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- Lulu's not talking until
she gets her daughter back.
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And I don't blame her... she's
already been burned twice.
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- I'm working with protective
services on that, Fin.
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- And Denise is out.
- Not worth another run?
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- No, I mean out.
Out of the city.
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Can't find her.
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- Okay, that leaves Rosa.
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- We promised to
leave her alone,
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so she and her son could
have a fresh start.
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- We did, but you two
have a good rapport,
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so ask her about Howard
and see where it leads.
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- Rosa?
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- I told you that
you can't be here.
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I was on a school field trip.
- I know.
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- Pequeño, mijo. And
bring me back my change.
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- Look, things are moving
quickly, all right?
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We're looking to make a
case against Mr. Howard.
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- No.
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Your own captain told me
after I helped with Catalina
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that I could keep the apartment.
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She said it was over.
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- And it is over... for you.
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But he's hurting other women.
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Raping girls.
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- I believe it.
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The man's a pig, the
worst of them all.
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- We need your help
to put him away.
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- By testifying?
Against Howard?
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Are you crazy? You
know who he is.
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00:11:40,481 --> 00:11:42,788
- I do. But we
can protect you.
256
00:11:42,832 --> 00:11:45,356
- Ma! You want some?
257
00:11:45,399 --> 00:11:46,705
- I have to go.
258
00:11:46,749 --> 00:11:48,359
- Hey, at least think it over?
259
00:11:48,402 --> 00:11:51,536
- Let me be with my son.
260
00:11:55,235 --> 00:11:58,064
- Are you nuts?
261
00:11:58,108 --> 00:11:59,718
Bad enough I had to
rat out Catalina.
262
00:11:59,762 --> 00:12:01,241
But Howard?
263
00:12:01,285 --> 00:12:02,741
That guy's gonna be
president someday.
264
00:12:02,765 --> 00:12:04,810
Got a machine behind him.
Think they're gonna let
265
00:12:04,854 --> 00:12:06,134
a mamaluke like me blow that up?
266
00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:07,571
- We can drive you. Say
it's a medical issue.
267
00:12:07,595 --> 00:12:09,380
No one here has to know.
268
00:12:09,423 --> 00:12:11,382
- Grand jury.
269
00:12:11,425 --> 00:12:13,297
I told you already.
270
00:12:13,340 --> 00:12:16,561
I took Howard to Lulu's
apartment, Denise's apartment,
271
00:12:16,604 --> 00:12:18,606
and Rosa's apartment.
272
00:12:18,650 --> 00:12:21,827
- Well... well, now we need
you to testify to that.
273
00:12:24,351 --> 00:12:26,547
- How are we doing on the
afterparty for the fundraiser?
274
00:12:26,571 --> 00:12:28,138
I haven't heard
back from Catalina.
275
00:12:28,181 --> 00:12:30,314
- She's working on it.
- Not fast enough.
276
00:12:30,357 --> 00:12:33,099
It's been a busy week,
and we need to unwind.
277
00:12:33,143 --> 00:12:36,189
What about those girls
who interned last summer?
278
00:12:36,233 --> 00:12:37,732
- They were still in
high school, boss.
279
00:12:37,756 --> 00:12:39,845
- Just make sure they have IDs.
280
00:12:39,889 --> 00:12:42,805
Ooh, the petite blonde.
She was like a colt.
281
00:12:42,848 --> 00:12:44,763
- Colt's
the male horse.
282
00:12:44,807 --> 00:12:47,200
Filly's the female.
283
00:12:47,244 --> 00:12:48,593
- You getting confused, partner?
284
00:12:48,636 --> 00:12:51,117
- Well, she was flat and sleek.
285
00:12:51,161 --> 00:12:52,858
That's all I know.
None of that mama fat.
286
00:12:52,902 --> 00:12:54,251
- Oh, Jenna.
287
00:12:54,294 --> 00:12:55,774
- That's her. That's
my little pony.
288
00:12:57,167 --> 00:13:00,083
And her cute friend.
- Hayden.
289
00:13:00,126 --> 00:13:02,737
- So Ortiz needed a law
degree to become a pimp.
290
00:13:02,781 --> 00:13:04,478
- Jenna, how old is she?
291
00:13:04,522 --> 00:13:06,524
- Ortiz said she's a sophomore.
292
00:13:06,567 --> 00:13:08,439
- So high school. What, 16?
293
00:13:08,482 --> 00:13:10,615
- Yeah, or maybe even 15.
294
00:13:10,658 --> 00:13:13,270
I've got three girls
at Sacred Heart.
295
00:13:13,313 --> 00:13:15,576
God, this makes me sick.
296
00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:18,884
Make sure Ortiz gets this
Jenna to the fundraiser
297
00:13:18,928 --> 00:13:21,713
and catch Howard in the act
and arrest him on-site, okay?
298
00:13:21,756 --> 00:13:23,802
- Um, again, Chief,
the thinking here
299
00:13:23,846 --> 00:13:26,196
is that maybe we let
this play out a bit more.
300
00:13:26,239 --> 00:13:27,632
- Why?
301
00:13:27,675 --> 00:13:29,852
- Well, some of our witnesses
are a bit reluctant.
302
00:13:29,895 --> 00:13:31,897
And we're thinking if we
give them more time...
303
00:13:31,941 --> 00:13:33,768
- Tell your witnesses
to grow a pair.
304
00:13:33,812 --> 00:13:35,379
I want this guy to go down now.
305
00:13:35,422 --> 00:13:37,381
You understand me?
- With all due respect,
306
00:13:37,424 --> 00:13:39,141
we're only gonna get one
shot at Congressman Howard.
307
00:13:39,165 --> 00:13:40,601
- And the Eighth Floor agrees.
308
00:13:40,645 --> 00:13:43,648
- Yeah, well, they
got no balls, either.
309
00:13:44,605 --> 00:13:46,390
Correct me if I'm
wrong, Counselor,
310
00:13:46,433 --> 00:13:48,783
but as soon as Howard announces
his exploratory committee
311
00:13:48,827 --> 00:13:50,350
for presidency,
312
00:13:50,394 --> 00:13:52,372
then any arrest is gonna
be perceived as political.
313
00:13:52,396 --> 00:13:53,397
Am I right?
- Agreed.
314
00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:54,702
But that's still a ways off.
315
00:13:54,746 --> 00:13:58,184
- What's not is a new mayor.
316
00:13:58,228 --> 00:13:59,466
And after the year
that we've just had,
317
00:13:59,490 --> 00:14:01,144
Howard is the perfect target.
318
00:14:01,187 --> 00:14:02,493
- You mean white?
319
00:14:02,536 --> 00:14:03,973
- And privileged, yeah.
320
00:14:04,016 --> 00:14:07,411
And that is just the kind
of headline that makes us...
321
00:14:08,803 --> 00:14:12,372
Captain, are you with us?
322
00:14:12,416 --> 00:14:14,548
- I'm sorry.
323
00:14:14,592 --> 00:14:15,941
Something's come up.
324
00:14:15,985 --> 00:14:18,248
I have a situation
and I need to leave.
325
00:14:18,291 --> 00:14:20,206
Excuse me.
326
00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:23,862
- Where's the captain?
327
00:14:23,906 --> 00:14:26,386
- Don't know. Still
haven't heard from her.
328
00:14:26,430 --> 00:14:29,607
- That did not feel right,
pressuring Rosa today.
329
00:14:29,650 --> 00:14:31,478
I feel like we're
rushing this, you know?
330
00:14:31,522 --> 00:14:33,219
Maybe she'll talk
to McGrath about it.
331
00:14:33,263 --> 00:14:35,439
- Good luck.
332
00:14:35,482 --> 00:14:38,355
- I know the job is not
supposed to be easy, but...
333
00:14:38,398 --> 00:14:41,749
today is the first day
where it just felt wrong.
334
00:14:41,793 --> 00:14:43,273
You know?
335
00:14:43,316 --> 00:14:45,797
- That's part of the job,
too. You gotta get past that.
336
00:14:50,323 --> 00:14:53,457
- Morales was a cop gone
bad. He was distressed.
337
00:14:54,806 --> 00:14:56,982
Couldn't handle it.
338
00:14:57,026 --> 00:15:00,551
- So what happened next?
339
00:15:00,594 --> 00:15:03,902
- He put a gun to his head.
340
00:15:03,946 --> 00:15:05,948
Sergeant Bell was
trying to talk him down.
341
00:15:08,428 --> 00:15:10,735
- No. You do not
go out this way.
342
00:15:10,778 --> 00:15:13,999
- Ayanna, I need you right now.
343
00:15:14,043 --> 00:15:15,653
- I'm here.
- I need you.
344
00:15:15,696 --> 00:15:17,307
- I'm here.
345
00:15:17,350 --> 00:15:20,310
- Morales finally
lowers his weapon
346
00:15:20,353 --> 00:15:23,269
and we all took a breath.
347
00:15:23,313 --> 00:15:25,924
- You have your... no!
348
00:15:25,968 --> 00:15:27,621
- Everything
happened so quickly.
349
00:15:27,665 --> 00:15:29,406
He aimed his gun at us,
350
00:15:29,449 --> 00:15:32,278
and Sergeant Bell used
force to fire first.
351
00:15:33,976 --> 00:15:37,588
It was a good
shooting. Textbook.
352
00:15:37,631 --> 00:15:39,633
Suicide by cop.
353
00:15:39,677 --> 00:15:42,941
- Anything else you want to add?
354
00:15:42,985 --> 00:15:46,292
- No.
355
00:15:46,336 --> 00:15:48,729
- Why were you at the
hospital, Captain Benson?
356
00:15:49,948 --> 00:15:52,603
- I received a text
from Detective Stabler.
357
00:15:52,646 --> 00:15:54,474
But I know now that
he didn't send it.
358
00:15:54,518 --> 00:15:56,955
- How?
- He told me.
359
00:15:56,999 --> 00:16:00,785
- And you have no
reason to doubt him?
360
00:16:00,828 --> 00:16:03,788
- He was my partner
for... For 12 years.
361
00:16:03,831 --> 00:16:07,792
- Then who was it from?
- Richard Wheatley.
362
00:16:07,835 --> 00:16:11,535
It's all part of his vendetta
against Detective Stabler.
363
00:16:11,578 --> 00:16:15,321
Any woman who's close
to him is a target.
364
00:16:16,366 --> 00:16:18,281
- Wheatley wanted to kill you?
365
00:16:18,324 --> 00:16:22,067
- I was run off the
road a week before.
366
00:16:22,111 --> 00:16:23,938
That may have been
a warning shot.
367
00:16:23,982 --> 00:16:25,853
- I'm aware. But
at the hospital,
368
00:16:25,897 --> 00:16:27,725
it was my understanding
he sent Morales
369
00:16:27,768 --> 00:16:29,640
to kill his ex-wife,
Angela Wheatley.
370
00:16:29,683 --> 00:16:32,338
- Or both of us.
371
00:16:35,124 --> 00:16:39,998
- Liv. Olivia Benson.
372
00:16:42,435 --> 00:16:44,698
Wow.
373
00:16:44,742 --> 00:16:47,005
Elliot, now I
completely understand.
374
00:16:47,049 --> 00:16:49,660
She's a knock out. Poor
Angela, though, huh?
375
00:16:49,703 --> 00:16:53,011
Such a pleasure
to meet you, Liv.
376
00:16:53,055 --> 00:16:55,492
- Get him out of here.
377
00:17:03,239 --> 00:17:03,456
.
378
00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:06,285
- How'd it go at IAB?
- It went.
379
00:17:06,329 --> 00:17:08,244
Are we all set up for
Howard's fundraiser?
380
00:17:08,287 --> 00:17:09,723
- Everything's in motion.
381
00:17:09,767 --> 00:17:14,119
- Fin, help me understand.
What is it with these men?
382
00:17:14,163 --> 00:17:15,947
Wheatley, Howard...
383
00:17:15,990 --> 00:17:18,123
- Too much money.
Too much power.
384
00:17:18,167 --> 00:17:20,082
They think they can
do whatever they want.
385
00:17:20,125 --> 00:17:22,475
- Ow!
386
00:17:24,608 --> 00:17:27,132
- You okay?
387
00:17:27,176 --> 00:17:29,308
- I just... I tweaked
my ankle again.
388
00:17:29,352 --> 00:17:31,571
I'm fine.
- No, you're not.
389
00:17:31,615 --> 00:17:33,138
I'm taking you to the doctor.
390
00:17:39,579 --> 00:17:41,538
- Looks like a full house.
391
00:17:41,581 --> 00:17:44,410
- Just make sure Howard gets
to the suite with the girls.
392
00:17:44,454 --> 00:17:45,585
We'll do the rest.
393
00:17:45,629 --> 00:17:47,152
- Will he know I set him up?
394
00:17:47,196 --> 00:17:49,459
- We'll burn that bridge
when we get to it.
395
00:17:49,502 --> 00:17:51,461
Meanwhile, just keep
rocking him to sleep.
396
00:17:51,504 --> 00:17:52,940
- You don't understand.
397
00:17:52,984 --> 00:17:55,073
Howard gave me my first
job out of law school.
398
00:17:55,117 --> 00:17:56,901
He's been my friend
since college.
399
00:17:56,944 --> 00:17:58,207
I-I can't do this.
400
00:17:58,250 --> 00:18:00,339
- You want to continue
that friendship in jail?
401
00:18:00,383 --> 00:18:01,490
- If the roles were reversed,
402
00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:02,994
he wouldn't think
twice about you.
403
00:18:03,037 --> 00:18:05,388
- Showtime. Let
me walk you out.
404
00:18:09,043 --> 00:18:10,306
- Ortiz gonna keep it together?
405
00:18:10,349 --> 00:18:12,525
- Don't worry, Counselor.
406
00:18:20,229 --> 00:18:22,361
- You ready? A lot
riding on this.
407
00:18:22,405 --> 00:18:23,623
- Yep. And if it
all goes well,
408
00:18:23,667 --> 00:18:25,277
my bosses will
take all the glory.
409
00:18:25,321 --> 00:18:26,496
- If it doesn't?
410
00:18:26,539 --> 00:18:28,846
- Maybe we
open up our own agency
411
00:18:29,977 --> 00:18:31,457
Actually, I like
the sound of that.
412
00:18:33,067 --> 00:18:35,113
- What a waste of
a good hotel room.
413
00:18:37,942 --> 00:18:40,336
Mm. Oh, hold that thought.
414
00:18:40,379 --> 00:18:42,076
It's on.
415
00:18:47,647 --> 00:18:49,475
- Good evening.
416
00:18:49,519 --> 00:18:52,304
Welcome, everybody.
I'm Catalina Machado.
417
00:18:52,348 --> 00:18:54,524
Whenever Proud Life
has needed help,
418
00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:58,005
Congressman Howard has
always answered the call.
419
00:18:58,049 --> 00:18:59,659
And so when he
called me to ask me
420
00:18:59,703 --> 00:19:03,141
to introduce him
tonight, I was honored.
421
00:19:03,185 --> 00:19:04,925
Congressman?
422
00:19:14,587 --> 00:19:18,461
- Thank you, my dear
friend. Amiga mío.
423
00:19:18,504 --> 00:19:21,464
Our partnership with Proud
Life proves that we have
424
00:19:21,507 --> 00:19:24,249
bipartisan support
to end homelessness.
425
00:19:24,293 --> 00:19:27,687
And who better to lead that
charge than Catalina Machado?
426
00:19:27,731 --> 00:19:29,994
Alliances like ours prove that
427
00:19:30,037 --> 00:19:34,259
results are more important
than petty politics.
428
00:19:34,303 --> 00:19:36,653
They're what real
Americans want.
429
00:19:37,741 --> 00:19:39,438
- Mm, he's got his rap down.
430
00:19:39,482 --> 00:19:42,093
- Give him that much.
431
00:19:42,136 --> 00:19:44,051
- The divisions in this
country break my heart.
432
00:19:44,095 --> 00:19:47,141
We need to stop the
blaming, finger-pointing,
433
00:19:47,185 --> 00:19:50,536
the demonization of corporate
America, the overregulation.
434
00:19:50,580 --> 00:19:53,713
- Congressman is aware of the
obstacles facing your company.
435
00:19:53,757 --> 00:19:55,019
- When he becomes president,
436
00:19:55,062 --> 00:19:57,108
pharma will have a friend
in the White House.
437
00:19:57,151 --> 00:19:58,414
- I don't know about all that,
438
00:19:58,457 --> 00:20:01,460
but, uh, I do hope you
consider me an ally.
439
00:20:02,461 --> 00:20:04,724
All this tax talk must
be boring for you two.
440
00:20:04,768 --> 00:20:06,987
- No, not at all, Congressman.
441
00:20:07,031 --> 00:20:09,294
You had me at lowering
capital gains rate.
442
00:20:09,338 --> 00:20:11,427
- Justin, take it easy tonight.
443
00:20:11,470 --> 00:20:13,603
Tomorrow's an early day.
444
00:20:13,646 --> 00:20:16,649
Gold.
445
00:20:16,693 --> 00:20:18,303
- Congressman Howard,
446
00:20:18,347 --> 00:20:21,088
meet Danny Quiñones, AKA "Q."
447
00:20:21,132 --> 00:20:22,176
I told you about him.
448
00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:23,526
- Oh, yes! Of course.
449
00:20:23,569 --> 00:20:25,092
I'm glad you decided to make it.
450
00:20:25,136 --> 00:20:27,269
Catalina tells me you're
a major influencer.
451
00:20:27,312 --> 00:20:29,314
- He is. He reps
a clothing line,
452
00:20:29,358 --> 00:20:32,143
a vape brand, um, a
photo-sharing app?
453
00:20:32,186 --> 00:20:33,318
- For what it's worth,
454
00:20:33,362 --> 00:20:35,102
I got about 40 million
Insta followers.
455
00:20:35,146 --> 00:20:36,166
- There's a lot of teenagers
456
00:20:36,190 --> 00:20:38,367
that'll be vote eligible in '24.
457
00:20:38,410 --> 00:20:40,325
- Know this guy?
458
00:20:40,369 --> 00:20:43,067
- Well, it looks like he's got
a net worth of $120 million,
459
00:20:43,110 --> 00:20:45,156
he guest DJs at Triller,
460
00:20:45,199 --> 00:20:48,507
and he's followed by Dua
Lipa, Lizzo, Billie Eilish...
461
00:20:48,551 --> 00:20:51,423
Oh, Olivia Rodrigo.
- Who?
462
00:20:51,467 --> 00:20:55,166
- Treat Q right, he'll lead
us to the Promised Land.
463
00:20:55,209 --> 00:20:57,516
- I'm all about the youth,
you know what I'm saying?
464
00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,171
And I don't see
a lot of it here.
465
00:21:00,214 --> 00:21:04,349
- I have some young activists
in our hospitality suite.
466
00:21:04,393 --> 00:21:06,351
- Care to "caucus"?
467
00:21:06,395 --> 00:21:10,486
- If that means party,
hell freaking yes.
468
00:21:14,272 --> 00:21:16,143
- Amazing how these
guys find each other.
469
00:21:16,187 --> 00:21:19,495
- Players always do.
470
00:21:22,541 --> 00:21:24,804
- It's on.
- It's about time.
471
00:21:33,770 --> 00:21:35,424
- Welcome to politics,
472
00:21:35,467 --> 00:21:38,209
where the men are fours
and the women are tens.
473
00:21:39,428 --> 00:21:42,518
- Wow, those girls look like...
474
00:21:42,561 --> 00:21:44,389
- Girls?
475
00:21:44,433 --> 00:21:46,130
Bother you?
476
00:21:46,173 --> 00:21:49,046
- No. I peaked in high school.
477
00:21:49,089 --> 00:21:51,701
- Well, they're
just peaking today.
478
00:21:51,744 --> 00:21:52,919
They'll do anything you want,
479
00:21:52,963 --> 00:21:55,226
and anything you
haven't even thought of.
480
00:21:57,271 --> 00:22:00,318
- May I present
Jenna and Hayden.
481
00:22:00,362 --> 00:22:01,624
- It's good to see you again.
482
00:22:01,667 --> 00:22:03,365
- Hi.
- And this is Q.
483
00:22:03,408 --> 00:22:05,758
You might recognize
him from the interwebs.
484
00:22:05,802 --> 00:22:08,413
- I want to be on that "Teens
Run the World" platform.
485
00:22:08,457 --> 00:22:10,284
- Those interviews are cool.
486
00:22:10,328 --> 00:22:13,853
- Maybe you two can
be next. Take my info.
487
00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:18,510
Where are you guys coming from?
488
00:22:18,554 --> 00:22:21,774
- Jersey. Not too far.
489
00:22:23,472 --> 00:22:25,517
- Transporting a minor
across state lines
490
00:22:25,561 --> 00:22:27,563
for immoral purposes.
That's a felony.
491
00:22:27,606 --> 00:22:29,260
Absolutely.
492
00:22:29,303 --> 00:22:30,759
- You know, you two
play your cards right,
493
00:22:30,783 --> 00:22:33,264
and you could be the
next Fiddle and Faddle.
494
00:22:33,307 --> 00:22:35,266
- Who's that?
495
00:22:35,309 --> 00:22:37,399
- Interns JFK used
to frolic with
496
00:22:37,442 --> 00:22:39,313
at the White House
pool during lunch.
497
00:22:39,357 --> 00:22:40,750
Those are code names.
498
00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:42,708
- The White House?
499
00:22:42,752 --> 00:22:43,796
I'll drink to that.
500
00:22:50,368 --> 00:22:52,718
You feeling okay?
501
00:22:52,762 --> 00:22:55,634
If you need to lay down...
502
00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:14,784
Ooh, got you.
503
00:23:14,827 --> 00:23:18,265
- I feel funny.
504
00:23:18,309 --> 00:23:19,571
What was in my drink?
505
00:23:19,615 --> 00:23:21,573
- That's just bubbles.
506
00:23:21,617 --> 00:23:24,489
Lots and lots of little bubbles.
507
00:23:24,533 --> 00:23:25,838
- He roofied her drink.
508
00:23:25,882 --> 00:23:28,624
Assault in the second
degree. Felony number two.
509
00:23:31,322 --> 00:23:33,150
- No, wait!
- It's all right, hey.
510
00:23:33,193 --> 00:23:34,475
- Now we're looking
at attempted rape.
511
00:23:34,499 --> 00:23:35,848
That's all I need.
- We gotta go.
512
00:23:35,892 --> 00:23:37,197
We gotta stop this.
- Go
513
00:23:37,241 --> 00:23:39,330
- I don't want to
do this. No, I...
514
00:23:43,552 --> 00:23:46,250
- Go.
515
00:23:47,338 --> 00:23:51,473
- NYPD, hands up. Hands up.
516
00:23:55,825 --> 00:23:57,455
Party's over, Congressman.
- She's of age.
517
00:23:57,479 --> 00:24:00,177
I did nothing wrong.
- Up against the wall.
518
00:24:00,220 --> 00:24:01,831
Face the wall!
519
00:24:01,874 --> 00:24:03,180
- Easy, easy.
520
00:24:03,223 --> 00:24:04,723
Don't do something
you'll regret later.
521
00:24:04,747 --> 00:24:06,357
- Jenna.
522
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:07,532
Jenna.
- What's going on?
523
00:24:07,576 --> 00:24:09,621
- You're okay.
He's in trouble.
524
00:24:09,665 --> 00:24:10,840
You'll be fine.
525
00:24:10,883 --> 00:24:13,712
- Ah, ah.
- You good?
526
00:24:19,413 --> 00:24:20,893
- The hell is this?
You set me up?
527
00:24:20,937 --> 00:24:22,678
- Not a word, Q. Lawyer up.
528
00:24:22,721 --> 00:24:23,983
They can't prove a thing.
529
00:24:24,027 --> 00:24:25,221
- It was just a
dance, I swear to God.
530
00:24:25,245 --> 00:24:27,813
You can ask her.
- Yeah, just keep talking.
531
00:24:27,857 --> 00:24:29,467
- I was invited! He set me up.
532
00:24:29,511 --> 00:24:30,555
- Get him out of here.
533
00:24:30,599 --> 00:24:33,689
- He set me up!
- Hey.
534
00:24:33,732 --> 00:24:35,473
- All right, guys. Take
off these bracelets.
535
00:24:35,517 --> 00:24:36,668
And make sure you
bag those flutes.
536
00:24:36,692 --> 00:24:38,563
The champagne was
probably laced.
537
00:24:41,261 --> 00:24:44,656
Oh, sorry, Joe Velasco.
538
00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:47,006
I'm on the job.
- Nice try.
539
00:24:47,050 --> 00:24:48,704
- We didn't know
anything about a UC.
540
00:24:48,747 --> 00:24:50,662
- Hey, hey, hey, it
was a "need to know."
541
00:24:50,706 --> 00:24:53,491
Call Tommy.
542
00:24:53,535 --> 00:24:56,276
Chief McGrath?
543
00:25:05,068 --> 00:25:05,242
.
544
00:25:05,285 --> 00:25:07,984
- Yes, Chief, we're
maintaining your UC's cover.
545
00:25:08,027 --> 00:25:10,943
He's in holding with
Congressman Howard.
546
00:25:12,118 --> 00:25:14,512
I will let them
know. You're welcome.
547
00:25:16,122 --> 00:25:18,864
Chief McGrath sends his
thanks to the entire team.
548
00:25:18,908 --> 00:25:21,780
- Would have been nice to
know who the entire team was.
549
00:25:21,824 --> 00:25:23,303
There's a UC on the job,
550
00:25:23,347 --> 00:25:25,131
McGrath, Garland,
don't let us know?
551
00:25:25,175 --> 00:25:28,874
- Close the door.
552
00:25:29,919 --> 00:25:32,138
Garland didn't know.
553
00:25:32,182 --> 00:25:35,185
McGrath told me not
to tip anyone off.
554
00:25:35,228 --> 00:25:37,883
The UC's name is Joe Velasco.
555
00:25:37,927 --> 00:25:39,842
McGrath's apparently his rabbi.
556
00:25:39,885 --> 00:25:42,366
- McGrath doesn't
even trust Garland?
557
00:25:42,409 --> 00:25:45,238
That's not good.
558
00:25:45,282 --> 00:25:47,763
- How long are we
keeping "Q" in holding?
559
00:25:47,806 --> 00:25:50,026
- Until Congressman
Howard's lawyer gets here.
560
00:25:50,069 --> 00:25:51,549
I mean, maybe he'll
get him talking.
561
00:25:51,593 --> 00:25:53,203
- Would that be admissible?
562
00:25:53,246 --> 00:25:55,248
- Let's let the
lawyers sort it out.
563
00:25:58,164 --> 00:26:01,559
Kat. Okay.
564
00:26:01,603 --> 00:26:04,083
Rollins is on her
way to meet you.
565
00:26:04,127 --> 00:26:05,911
They gave Jenna
fluids and a sedative.
566
00:26:05,955 --> 00:26:07,521
She's lucid.
567
00:26:07,565 --> 00:26:09,064
- All right, we need to make
sure that they run her urine.
568
00:26:09,088 --> 00:26:10,176
Is her family there?
569
00:26:10,220 --> 00:26:11,787
- The mother's on
her way from Jersey.
570
00:26:11,830 --> 00:26:13,155
Talk to Jenna before
she gets there.
571
00:26:13,179 --> 00:26:14,964
I'll have Carisi get a
warrant for her phone.
572
00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:19,882
- Captain?
573
00:26:19,925 --> 00:26:21,753
- Yes.
- Howard's lawyer is here.
574
00:26:21,797 --> 00:26:22,948
He says he'll only talk to you.
575
00:26:22,972 --> 00:26:25,975
- Put him in Interrogation.
576
00:26:29,326 --> 00:26:32,111
- So, what'd the doctor
say about your ankle?
577
00:26:34,940 --> 00:26:36,942
- It's fractured.
578
00:26:36,986 --> 00:26:40,424
He had to reset it, and
that was... crunchy.
579
00:26:41,599 --> 00:26:43,557
It's too swollen for
them to do surgery on it.
580
00:26:43,601 --> 00:26:44,796
- And that's why
you should go home.
581
00:26:44,820 --> 00:26:45,995
I can handle this.
582
00:26:46,038 --> 00:26:47,474
- I know you can, Fin.
583
00:26:47,518 --> 00:26:48,954
But I can't tell McGrath
584
00:26:48,998 --> 00:26:51,000
that I have a sitting
Congressman in holding
585
00:26:51,043 --> 00:26:53,393
and I need a sick day.
586
00:26:53,437 --> 00:26:56,005
- Ahh.
587
00:26:57,528 --> 00:26:59,486
Hey! What's the big deal?
588
00:26:59,530 --> 00:27:01,401
We were just partying.
- I'll ask again.
589
00:27:01,445 --> 00:27:02,881
You need me to get you a lawyer?
590
00:27:02,925 --> 00:27:06,145
- I got one. And
this won't stick.
591
00:27:06,189 --> 00:27:07,930
If the girls brought the drugs.
592
00:27:07,973 --> 00:27:10,410
Two phone calls from
you, we're out of here!
593
00:27:10,454 --> 00:27:11,977
- Compadre, listen.
594
00:27:12,021 --> 00:27:13,501
These guys are looking
to take me out.
595
00:27:13,544 --> 00:27:15,328
Don't say anything.
596
00:27:15,372 --> 00:27:17,896
- There's nothing to say.
597
00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:20,551
- Congressman,
your lawyer's here.
598
00:27:25,469 --> 00:27:26,949
- Hey. Hey!
599
00:27:26,992 --> 00:27:28,994
I still need to make a call.
- I'll be back.
600
00:27:30,213 --> 00:27:31,867
- Ahh, Sarge, Sarge, Sarge.
601
00:27:31,910 --> 00:27:33,018
Can't you put me somewhere else?
602
00:27:33,042 --> 00:27:35,000
- Sorry.
603
00:27:40,397 --> 00:27:42,834
- You called my parents
without asking me?
604
00:27:42,878 --> 00:27:44,183
- You're 16, Jenna.
605
00:27:44,227 --> 00:27:45,794
- I wasn't doing anything.
606
00:27:45,837 --> 00:27:49,536
- You had Rohypnol, alcohol,
pot, and MDMA in your system.
607
00:27:49,580 --> 00:27:52,061
- I don't do Ecstasy.
608
00:27:52,104 --> 00:27:54,367
All I take is Addy.
I bought it online.
609
00:27:54,411 --> 00:27:55,934
I have ADHD.
610
00:27:55,978 --> 00:27:58,850
- So how do you know
Congressman Howard?
611
00:27:58,894 --> 00:28:01,200
- I met him on a
class trip to D.C.
612
00:28:01,244 --> 00:28:03,376
He took photos with all of us.
613
00:28:03,420 --> 00:28:07,337
He asked for my number
to text me the pictures.
614
00:28:07,380 --> 00:28:08,642
He follows me on Insta.
615
00:28:08,686 --> 00:28:10,644
- Did you live in his district?
616
00:28:10,688 --> 00:28:12,472
- No, I'm from Bayonne.
617
00:28:12,516 --> 00:28:15,214
I told him I was
interested in politics,
618
00:28:15,258 --> 00:28:16,868
solving climate change.
619
00:28:16,912 --> 00:28:19,044
He said he could get
me an internship.
620
00:28:19,088 --> 00:28:22,569
- How often did you see him?
621
00:28:22,613 --> 00:28:25,485
- Mostly in the summer.
622
00:28:25,529 --> 00:28:28,967
He'd send a car service.
Parties at his house.
623
00:28:29,011 --> 00:28:31,404
He had a Fourth of
July party on a yacht.
624
00:28:31,448 --> 00:28:33,537
- Did he ever get
physical with you?
625
00:28:33,580 --> 00:28:36,670
- What do you mean?
- You know what we mean.
626
00:28:36,714 --> 00:28:39,978
- Jenna, you are not
in any trouble, okay?
627
00:28:40,022 --> 00:28:41,719
Whatever happened,
that's on him.
628
00:28:41,763 --> 00:28:45,157
- Nothing happened.
629
00:28:45,201 --> 00:28:46,376
- He drugged you.
630
00:28:46,419 --> 00:28:49,118
He took you back to his bedroom.
631
00:28:49,161 --> 00:28:50,597
Have you two ever had sex?
632
00:28:50,641 --> 00:28:53,905
- Not "sex" sex.
633
00:28:53,949 --> 00:28:55,907
I give him massages.
634
00:28:55,951 --> 00:28:58,997
That's not illegal.
He told me so.
635
00:28:59,041 --> 00:29:01,565
He went to law school.
636
00:29:01,608 --> 00:29:03,306
- You guys had your fun.
637
00:29:03,349 --> 00:29:05,656
Keeping my client, a
United States congressman,
638
00:29:05,699 --> 00:29:07,179
in a holding cell overnight?
639
00:29:07,223 --> 00:29:10,226
- He's under arrest, Mr. Gold.
- On what probable cause?
640
00:29:10,269 --> 00:29:12,489
- Well, the girl that he
drugged and put in his bed,
641
00:29:12,532 --> 00:29:13,969
she was 16 years old.
642
00:29:14,012 --> 00:29:16,449
- First of all, anything she
took must have been hers.
643
00:29:16,493 --> 00:29:18,538
And her vaccination
card said she was 18.
644
00:29:18,582 --> 00:29:20,212
- Come on, as a lawyer,
you gotta know that
645
00:29:20,236 --> 00:29:22,629
that's no excuse.
- Nothing happened.
646
00:29:22,673 --> 00:29:25,458
She must have taken
something. She seemed dizzy.
647
00:29:25,502 --> 00:29:27,417
I helped her lie down,
administered CPR...
648
00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:29,656
- With your pants unzipped.
- Let's just stop right here.
649
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,030
- Do you always party
with teenage girls
650
00:29:32,074 --> 00:29:33,379
after a fundraiser?
651
00:29:33,423 --> 00:29:36,208
- My client is single.
He has a spotless record.
652
00:29:36,252 --> 00:29:38,036
We all know this is a
political witch hunt.
653
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,170
- All right, let's move
on from the girl, then.
654
00:29:41,213 --> 00:29:43,607
You're a regular visitor at
the Holt Tower apartments
655
00:29:43,650 --> 00:29:45,217
in Manhattan.
656
00:29:45,261 --> 00:29:46,716
- Yes, I am. My mother
has a pied-à terre
657
00:29:46,740 --> 00:29:47,741
overlooking the park.
658
00:29:47,785 --> 00:29:51,528
- Okay. So which one of these
659
00:29:51,571 --> 00:29:53,486
is your mother?
660
00:29:53,530 --> 00:29:54,550
- I don't know any
of these women.
661
00:29:54,574 --> 00:29:57,490
- Really? Because
they know you.
662
00:29:57,534 --> 00:29:59,579
And we have security footage
of you on their floor.
663
00:29:59,623 --> 00:30:01,277
So can you explain
that to me, please?
664
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,323
- Due diligence. Inspecting
their apartments.
665
00:30:04,367 --> 00:30:06,475
Part of my duty as a member
of the housing sub-committee.
666
00:30:06,499 --> 00:30:10,025
- Enough, Justin, this is a
goddamn fishing expedition.
667
00:30:10,068 --> 00:30:13,028
I understand it's
every ADA's wet dream
668
00:30:13,071 --> 00:30:15,247
to take down a
presidential contender,
669
00:30:15,291 --> 00:30:16,509
but we're done.
670
00:30:16,553 --> 00:30:18,250
- Hey, actually,
one more question.
671
00:30:18,294 --> 00:30:21,123
Who put you up to this?
My party or theirs?
672
00:30:21,166 --> 00:30:24,604
- Oh, nobody us up to
this. You see, we're SVU.
673
00:30:24,648 --> 00:30:28,391
You're a sexual predator.
So guess what happens next?
674
00:30:32,308 --> 00:30:33,570
- Congressman Howard.
675
00:30:33,613 --> 00:30:36,399
On the charges of sex
trafficking, rape 3,
676
00:30:36,442 --> 00:30:39,315
facilitating a sex offense
with a controlled substance,
677
00:30:39,358 --> 00:30:41,708
and attempted rape,
how do you plead?
678
00:30:41,752 --> 00:30:44,494
- Not guilty, Your Honor.
As I've said repeatedly,
679
00:30:44,537 --> 00:30:47,671
this is a political move by
the NYPD and the DA's office.
680
00:30:47,714 --> 00:30:50,108
- Not the time nor
the place, Counselor.
681
00:30:50,152 --> 00:30:52,502
People on bail?
- We ask for remand.
682
00:30:52,545 --> 00:30:54,678
- Remand? For a
sitting congressman?
683
00:30:54,721 --> 00:30:56,854
He has an obligation
to his constituents.
684
00:30:56,898 --> 00:30:58,508
- He's looking at
20 years in prison.
685
00:30:58,551 --> 00:31:01,250
- If it will help you sleep
better, Counselor Carisi,
686
00:31:01,293 --> 00:31:04,862
I'll ask the congressman
to surrender his passport.
687
00:31:10,172 --> 00:31:13,088
- Uh, ten seconds, folks.
688
00:31:13,131 --> 00:31:15,568
- Chief. Garland's
not here yet.
689
00:31:15,612 --> 00:31:17,396
- Well, maybe
that's for the best.
690
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:18,765
We don't need any questions
about his relationship
691
00:31:18,789 --> 00:31:20,095
with Catalina Machado.
692
00:31:20,138 --> 00:31:21,574
- Okay, Chief.
693
00:31:24,534 --> 00:31:25,883
Good afternoon.
694
00:31:25,927 --> 00:31:29,234
I'm joined by Captain
Benson of SVU, ADA Carisi,
695
00:31:29,278 --> 00:31:31,758
and attorneys from the SDNY.
696
00:31:31,802 --> 00:31:33,456
After an exhaustive
investigation,
697
00:31:33,499 --> 00:31:34,848
today we announce the arrests
698
00:31:34,892 --> 00:31:37,764
of Proud Life director
Dr. Catalina Machado,
699
00:31:37,808 --> 00:31:40,071
congressional aide Ruben Ortiz,
700
00:31:40,115 --> 00:31:43,901
and New York state congressman
George Justin Howard,
701
00:31:43,945 --> 00:31:46,730
who, along with other
unnamed co-defendants,
702
00:31:46,773 --> 00:31:48,775
will be charged
with sexual assault
703
00:31:48,819 --> 00:31:50,299
and sex trafficking.
704
00:31:50,342 --> 00:31:51,691
- Celia?
- We know that there are
705
00:31:51,735 --> 00:31:53,563
more victims out there
706
00:31:53,606 --> 00:31:55,608
who were given
subsidized housing...
707
00:31:55,652 --> 00:31:57,915
- Why isn't this on my schedule?
708
00:31:57,959 --> 00:32:01,223
- We are asking you
to come forward.
709
00:32:01,266 --> 00:32:03,355
- I'm sorry, I didn't know.
710
00:32:03,399 --> 00:32:06,184
- No one notified you?
- No.
711
00:32:06,228 --> 00:32:08,578
- Are you... are you sure
you didn't miss an email?
712
00:32:08,621 --> 00:32:10,928
- We are convening...
- I'll check.
713
00:32:10,972 --> 00:32:13,148
Maybe it went to spam.
714
00:32:13,191 --> 00:32:14,453
Should I call McGrath's office?
715
00:32:14,497 --> 00:32:17,804
- No. Thank you, Celia.
716
00:32:17,848 --> 00:32:21,199
- To uphold the public
trust. Thank you.
717
00:32:21,243 --> 00:32:25,595
- Okay, um, we can take
some questions, if you like.
718
00:32:40,175 --> 00:32:40,349
.
719
00:32:40,392 --> 00:32:43,700
- Mm. Chief.
720
00:32:43,743 --> 00:32:45,745
- Good morning. How
are you feeling?
721
00:32:45,789 --> 00:32:47,660
- I'll live.
722
00:32:47,704 --> 00:32:49,140
Listen...
723
00:32:49,184 --> 00:32:51,012
about the press conference.
724
00:32:51,055 --> 00:32:52,274
I never would have gone
725
00:32:52,317 --> 00:32:53,753
if I knew that you
weren't coming.
726
00:32:53,797 --> 00:32:55,799
- All good. I
spoke to McGrath.
727
00:32:55,842 --> 00:32:57,061
- You did?
728
00:32:57,105 --> 00:32:59,368
- He was surprised
I wasn't there, too.
729
00:32:59,411 --> 00:33:01,109
He apologized.
730
00:33:01,152 --> 00:33:04,155
Must have been a communication
error from his office.
731
00:33:04,199 --> 00:33:05,896
Things are moving pretty fast.
732
00:33:05,939 --> 00:33:08,029
He said that's probably
why he didn't tell me
733
00:33:08,072 --> 00:33:10,944
we had a UC at the fundraiser.
734
00:33:10,988 --> 00:33:13,817
- He said that?
735
00:33:15,036 --> 00:33:19,301
That's, uh, not
exactly what happened.
736
00:33:19,344 --> 00:33:21,216
- Water under the bridge.
737
00:33:21,259 --> 00:33:22,956
We play this right,
738
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,220
plenty of attaboys
for everybody.
739
00:33:25,263 --> 00:33:27,309
How close are we
to an indictment?
740
00:33:27,352 --> 00:33:30,094
- Well, we're prepping
Catalina and Ortiz today
741
00:33:30,138 --> 00:33:31,748
for the grand jury tomorrow.
742
00:33:31,791 --> 00:33:33,880
- We trust Catalina?
743
00:33:33,924 --> 00:33:38,276
- She's looking at 20 to life
if she doesn't cooperate.
744
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:39,819
- I'm still trying to
wrap my head around
745
00:33:39,843 --> 00:33:41,714
somebody who's
done so much good,
746
00:33:41,758 --> 00:33:43,934
yet she got caught up in this.
747
00:33:43,977 --> 00:33:48,112
- Chief... she didn't
get "caught up."
748
00:33:48,156 --> 00:33:50,810
She orchestrated it.
749
00:33:50,854 --> 00:33:52,334
- I know, I know.
750
00:33:52,377 --> 00:33:54,727
I was having a conversation
with my wife last night,
751
00:33:54,771 --> 00:33:58,122
talking about my
own blind spots.
752
00:33:58,166 --> 00:34:00,951
- Well, we all have them.
753
00:34:07,175 --> 00:34:09,960
- If I haven't made it clear,
754
00:34:10,003 --> 00:34:13,485
I appreciate you
pointing them out for me.
755
00:34:13,529 --> 00:34:15,705
And for having my back?
756
00:34:15,748 --> 00:34:17,359
- Always.
757
00:34:29,110 --> 00:34:32,069
- Congressman Howard invited
me to his suite to party.
758
00:34:32,113 --> 00:34:35,464
He said, some men like
melons, some men like mangoes.
759
00:34:35,507 --> 00:34:38,249
He told me he likes cherries.
760
00:34:39,946 --> 00:34:42,384
Hey, I'm sorry. That's
the way he talks.
761
00:34:42,427 --> 00:34:45,126
- So you get to his
suite, and who's there?
762
00:34:46,475 --> 00:34:49,521
- He asked me to make sure
that two former interns,
763
00:34:49,565 --> 00:34:53,743
Jenna Evans and Hayden
Smith, were in the suite.
764
00:34:53,786 --> 00:34:55,266
- Do you remember
what you told him?
765
00:34:55,310 --> 00:34:58,269
- I reminded him that they
were still in high school.
766
00:34:59,836 --> 00:35:03,013
He told me, just make
sure they have IDs.
767
00:35:03,056 --> 00:35:05,189
- Did Congressman Howard
ever express any interest
768
00:35:05,233 --> 00:35:07,974
in high school girls before?
769
00:35:08,018 --> 00:35:10,412
- That's when Congressman
Howard told me he was tired
770
00:35:10,455 --> 00:35:11,978
of the young mothers.
771
00:35:12,022 --> 00:35:14,242
He asked me to find apartments
772
00:35:14,285 --> 00:35:15,765
for mothers with
teenage daughters.
773
00:35:15,808 --> 00:35:17,549
- And you took that to mean...
774
00:35:17,593 --> 00:35:19,812
- That I was to
find homeless women
775
00:35:19,856 --> 00:35:21,945
whose daughters would
have sex with him
776
00:35:21,988 --> 00:35:23,947
in exchange for
subsidized apartments.
777
00:35:23,990 --> 00:35:27,298
- And that was a
clear quid pro quo?
778
00:35:27,342 --> 00:35:29,344
- Ortiz said he was
bringing his boss,
779
00:35:29,387 --> 00:35:31,998
Congressman Howard,
to Holt Tower.
780
00:35:32,042 --> 00:35:33,957
He expected the VIP treatment.
781
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,959
- What did he mean by that?
782
00:35:36,002 --> 00:35:38,004
- Look, I'm not gonna
say he did anything.
783
00:35:38,048 --> 00:35:40,268
- That's okay, Jenna.
784
00:35:40,311 --> 00:35:43,140
We'll just ask you to tell
the grand jury your age.
785
00:35:43,184 --> 00:35:44,881
- I'm almost 17.
786
00:35:44,924 --> 00:35:47,318
- And you went to the
hotel bedroom with Howard
787
00:35:47,362 --> 00:35:48,841
after he gave you a drink.
788
00:35:49,929 --> 00:35:53,324
- I had to let him do
whatever he wanted to me.
789
00:35:53,368 --> 00:35:56,545
On my knees.
790
00:35:56,588 --> 00:35:59,896
Forcing me.
791
00:35:59,939 --> 00:36:02,290
And then he turned me over.
792
00:36:05,031 --> 00:36:08,818
It hurt. But I
couldn't scream,
793
00:36:08,861 --> 00:36:12,561
because my son was
in the next room.
794
00:36:12,604 --> 00:36:14,258
- How often did he come
795
00:36:14,302 --> 00:36:17,000
to your apartment in
Holt Towers, Rosa?
796
00:36:17,043 --> 00:36:20,873
- Two or three times a week.
797
00:36:20,917 --> 00:36:23,572
He told me his mother
lived in the building
798
00:36:23,615 --> 00:36:27,140
and he could come over
whenever he wanted to.
799
00:36:27,184 --> 00:36:29,491
And if I didn't submit to him,
800
00:36:29,534 --> 00:36:31,580
that he would tell Catalina
801
00:36:31,623 --> 00:36:34,539
to send me back to the shelter.
802
00:36:36,324 --> 00:36:38,195
- Thank you, Rosa.
803
00:36:40,415 --> 00:36:43,200
- I'm days away from launching
my political action committee.
804
00:36:43,244 --> 00:36:45,202
No one's gonna believe
these "victims."
805
00:36:45,246 --> 00:36:46,334
- A grand jury will.
806
00:36:46,377 --> 00:36:48,249
- They'll believe
these homeless women
807
00:36:48,292 --> 00:36:49,617
who get to keep
their free apartments
808
00:36:49,641 --> 00:36:51,295
if they testify?
- Or Catalina?
809
00:36:51,339 --> 00:36:53,079
She's lying to save her own ass.
810
00:36:53,123 --> 00:36:55,212
She's been robbing Proud
Life blind for years.
811
00:36:55,256 --> 00:36:56,518
- So you knew that,
812
00:36:56,561 --> 00:36:58,060
and yet you still asked
her to introduce you
813
00:36:58,084 --> 00:36:59,260
at your fundraiser.
814
00:36:59,303 --> 00:37:01,653
- Let's not litigate
who knew what when.
815
00:37:01,697 --> 00:37:04,352
My client is willing to
testify that Catalina offered
816
00:37:04,395 --> 00:37:06,049
to bribe him with sexual favors
817
00:37:06,092 --> 00:37:07,659
in exchange for
supporting Proud Life.
818
00:37:07,703 --> 00:37:10,096
- Not sexual favors.
They're called rapes.
819
00:37:10,140 --> 00:37:12,316
- Or these women are grifters.
820
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,362
The only reason the
congressman went to Holt Tower
821
00:37:14,405 --> 00:37:15,972
was to visit his mother.
822
00:37:16,015 --> 00:37:17,210
And she'll make a better witness
823
00:37:17,234 --> 00:37:19,497
than your rapist
handyman or Dr. Machado.
824
00:37:19,541 --> 00:37:21,934
- Look, you asked
for this meeting.
825
00:37:21,978 --> 00:37:24,546
So, you know, any deal offered
means he goes on the registry,
826
00:37:24,589 --> 00:37:26,330
and he does prison time.
827
00:37:26,374 --> 00:37:28,289
I'm not going to prison.
828
00:37:28,332 --> 00:37:29,551
I'm gonna be president.
829
00:37:29,594 --> 00:37:32,423
- You know, I've seen
a lot of powerful men
830
00:37:32,467 --> 00:37:35,252
in this position,
and they all thought
831
00:37:35,296 --> 00:37:37,341
that they could commit
crimes with impunity.
832
00:37:37,385 --> 00:37:39,082
- I'm going to be president,
833
00:37:39,125 --> 00:37:42,128
and I will not let a
politically-motivated ADA
834
00:37:42,172 --> 00:37:44,261
and a bitter woman cop
who's spent her life
835
00:37:44,305 --> 00:37:45,958
getting back at
men take me down.
836
00:37:46,002 --> 00:37:48,047
- Justin...
- No, don't Justin me, Myron.
837
00:37:48,091 --> 00:37:49,614
Tell them. Tell them.
838
00:37:49,658 --> 00:37:51,094
Tell them who
they're dealing with.
839
00:37:51,137 --> 00:37:52,637
- We're well aware who
you are, Mr. Howard.
840
00:37:52,661 --> 00:37:54,184
- Are you?
841
00:37:54,227 --> 00:37:56,118
Then you know this man
right here makes two calls,
842
00:37:56,142 --> 00:38:00,016
and you're gone, like that,
from the ADA's office.
843
00:38:00,059 --> 00:38:01,365
And you,
844
00:38:01,409 --> 00:38:03,106
you're on traffic
duty in Staten Island
845
00:38:03,149 --> 00:38:04,673
with your old boss.
- Excuse me?
846
00:38:04,716 --> 00:38:07,632
- I need a moment
with my client.
847
00:38:07,676 --> 00:38:11,070
- Good luck.
848
00:38:11,114 --> 00:38:12,570
- You should have kept
your pants zipped.
849
00:38:12,594 --> 00:38:14,034
Now you need to keep
your mouth shut.
850
00:38:14,073 --> 00:38:15,312
- I'm not going down
for this, Myron.
851
00:38:15,336 --> 00:38:16,380
- Not another word.
852
00:38:16,424 --> 00:38:18,121
- You need to make this go away.
853
00:38:18,164 --> 00:38:20,993
- Shut up, you idiot.
854
00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:23,300
- Should we break this up?
855
00:38:23,344 --> 00:38:24,408
- It's a private conversation.
856
00:38:24,432 --> 00:38:26,521
We didn't see or
hear any of this.
857
00:38:29,219 --> 00:38:30,327
- I know you're gonna say no,
858
00:38:30,351 --> 00:38:32,309
but we're in good shape.
859
00:38:32,353 --> 00:38:34,267
Can you take a break?
860
00:38:41,013 --> 00:38:42,363
- You know what?
861
00:38:42,406 --> 00:38:45,061
You're right.
862
00:38:45,104 --> 00:38:47,411
Let me, uh...
863
00:38:47,455 --> 00:38:50,458
let me take you to dinner.
864
00:38:50,501 --> 00:38:51,676
- Seriously? You?
865
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:53,112
The night before
your grand jury?
866
00:38:53,156 --> 00:38:56,420
- Well, I got a UC,
I got two informants,
867
00:38:56,464 --> 00:38:58,117
wires, cameras...
868
00:38:58,161 --> 00:38:59,356
Congressman Howard
doesn't know it yet,
869
00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:01,251
but he's a dead man walking.
870
00:39:01,294 --> 00:39:03,645
- Let's go. Yeah.
871
00:39:13,481 --> 00:39:15,787
- Rollins.
- Carisi.
872
00:39:49,778 --> 00:39:51,693
- Guys. Please, come on!
873
00:39:51,736 --> 00:39:53,540
You don't have to do this.
Please, I'm begging you.
874
00:39:53,564 --> 00:39:55,566
Please, no! No, no, no...
875
00:40:12,844 --> 00:40:17,719
- Hello? Hello!
876
00:40:17,762 --> 00:40:21,505
Stop calling me.
Stop calling me.
877
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,269
Mijo. Mijo, wake up!
878
00:40:46,312 --> 00:40:47,313
Wake up, come on.
- Ma...
879
00:40:47,357 --> 00:40:50,403
- We gotta go. Get out of bed.
880
00:40:52,362 --> 00:40:53,818
- We're checking
security cam footage,
881
00:40:53,842 --> 00:40:58,542
but passersby claim that
they saw Catalina jump.
882
00:40:58,586 --> 00:41:01,545
- Find Rosa and find Jenna now.
883
00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:45,937
.
884
00:42:22,539 --> 00:42:22,713
.
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