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You're falling apart, Senator. Next you'll
be having an affair with two women.

- Ignoring it isn't gonna change anything.
- You make a joke out of it?

You stole confidential information
in a Senate investigation.

You could go to jail for that.

I made a mistake, right.

But I'm not gonna compound it
by crawling into bed with you.

Your new record company,
my $200,000-a-year job,

your big plans for Annie...
just shove 'em!

Estep doesn't care
about you or your career.

He's after me.
He wants to tie me into knots.

And he's using you to do it.

I know you two have a problem.

- Did he tell you what that problem was?
- He doesn't like you handling my career.

And I gotta say,
I'm starting to agree with him.

Get off!

Stay!

You're gonna die,
just like your daddy.

Wes, no! Wes, don't!

Wes! Oh, no!

- He's gonna kill you.
- Sit!

It's a sure bet
John Franklin will be a witness.

Yeah, but there's got to be more
to this than John Franklin.

If it were, it would be
his word against mine.

Estep wouldn't have pushed for these
hearings unless he was 99 % sure

he would get the verdict he wanted.

Diane?

Oh, my God!

- Why did she do it?
- I was gonna send her home.

Billy, what the hell am I gonna do?

Very well, then. By the power
vested in me by the state of Nevada,

I now pronounce you
man and wife.

- Maggie.
- Word's out you need a good mouthpiece.

But I warn you,
I don't work cheap.

- Let's go over the list of names.
- Forget that list.

Concentrate on Franklin - how to
break him down, how Estep got to him.

- Rob Barnes.
- I don't know him.

- Bellman at the Creighton Hotel.
- You're not listening...

Jaycee Haywon'th,
waitress at the hotel.

I've never been to the Creighton or heard
of them, so how can they implicate me?

They're testifying
before the committee.

Maggie, forget 'em. Go after Estep.

All right.
May I remind you, Senator,

and I use that title advisedly
since you may not have it much longer,

that I am preparing
the defence in this case.

You're right.

Now, they have Franklin and a list
of names you've never even heard of.

We've got nothing.

What about my testimony?
Doesrt it count?

I know you're innocent,
but telling McDonald's committee:

"My client is not guilty. Please believe
me", doesn't make it. We need a defence.

How am I gonna defend myself
against witnesses I've never heard of?

Get Paxton. He was at your meetings
with Franklin. He can corroborate.

What are you suggesting,
brass knuckles?

Yes. Brass knuckles, if we have to.

This is not a hearing. This is an
attempted political assassination.

Paxton won't help you
unless you make him.

How? The Senate's
ready to lynch me now

because I told the press
about Dillon being on Estep's payroll.

Paxton was right.

Members of this exclusive club
do not embarrass each other.

Yes, but they do censure each other...

Yes.

She is? No, I'll come out.

No, no, no. Tell her to come in.

On second thought,
ask her to come in.

Don't worry. I never commit assault
on mornings I'm due in court.

That's for luck.

Oh. I'm... I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to interrupt.

Oh, please. You're just in time.

I think Rudy was beginning to feel like
a victim of the battered-client syndrome.

You're not interrupting.
We're wrapping up.

No. I'll just wish you success
and get out of here.

I'm glad you're defending Rudy.

Thank you.

- I'll meet you in the hearing room.
- I'll get out right now.

Ken Catani got me a pass.
I'll be in the visitors' section.

Well, I tell you, if I had her talent
for disarming a hostile witness,

I'd be sitting on the Supreme Court.

I'm glad you're with me, Counsellor.

We just might win.

Well, we'd better win.
If you go to jail, I don't get paid.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen,
members of the judicial subcommittee,

we are here
for the most disagreeable duty -

to pass judgment on a fellow member
of the United States Senate.

As a result of the testimony
we are to hear,

we will recommend
whether Senator Rudy Jordache

shall be censured by that body.

But however distasteful this task is to us,
let us remember...

democracy can remain strong,

and the integrity of the United States
Senate can continue untarnished

only if we demand of ourselves
what we require of others -

conduct above reproach.

He wants to run against Nixon in '72.
I think he's started campaigning already.

...our procedures are more relaxed.

Counsel for the committee, Mr Jacobson,
will present his case.

Counsel for Senator Jordache
will cross-examine.

At the end of the evidence,

Senator Jordache will be allowed
to call witnesses on his own behalf.

- Are you ready, Counsel?
- Yes.

Good. Would you care to make
an opening statement, Mr Jacobson?

Mr Chairman, I am sure I am unable
to improve on the eloquence of the chair.

We're prepared to start our case.

Counsellor.

I would only like to say that,
like the chair,

Senator Jordache is concerned with
honour and integrity. In this case, his own.

He welcomes an opportunity to clear what
has been a reputation above reproach.

Counsellor, I am confident
I speak for the entire committee

when I say I hope
that is exactly what the senator does.

- Mr Jacobson.
- Yes, sir.

Your first witness, please.

The committee calls John Franklin,
vice president of Tricorp International.

Because I had no choice.

Senator Jordache
said I would be sent to jail

if I did not forge the memos
with Charles Estep's name on them.

One last question.

Where did the meeting between
you and Senator Jordache take place?

At the Creighton Hotel in Philadelphia.

There's your answer
about the mysterious witnesses.

I liked them better as mysteries.

Cross-examination, Mrs Porter?

Mr Franklin, how did Charles Estep
force you to change your story?

Did he threaten to have you murdered,
like Sarah Hunt?

Or did he offer you money for
genuine memos with his name on them?

Money in a Swiss account like those
for lawyers in the justice department.

Objection. Badgering the witness.

I certainly am. I will continue to do so
until Mr Franklin starts telling the truth.

What he has spun out here
is total fabrication.

Mrs Porter,
those remarks are out of order.

Now, you confine yourself
to the issue at hand.

Then I have no further questions.
I reserve the right to recall him

at such time as I can prove
the extent of this mars perjury.

Witness is excused,
but will hold himself available

for further testimony, if necessary.

- Call your next witness.
- I call Robert Barnes.

We may not win,
but that was one hell of a show.

It's not admissible evidence,
but at least they'll know how we feel.

I do solemnly swear
that the information I'm about to give is,

to the best of my knowledge, the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth,

so help me, God.

- State your name for the record.
- Robert G Barnes.

- Proceed, Counsel.
- Yes, sir.

Mr Barnes, what is your occupation?

Bellman and part-time desk clerk
at the Creighton Hotel, Philadelphia.

And that could also mean
assistant manager.

Were you so employed
October 12 of last year?

Oh, sure.

Directing your attention to Senator
Jordache, have you seen him before?

- Sure, many times.
- Excuse me, Mr Barnes.

Have you ever
seen him in person before?

Oh. Only once.
As you said, October 12 last year.

Upon what occasion?

He checked into the Creighton.
He didn't sign his real name.

He signed the name of
William Chandler.

Do you recognise
that registration card?

Yes, this is the registration card.

Mr Barnes, if he didn't sign his right name,

when did you recognise
that it was Senator Jordache?

That very night. On the TV news.

He was giving an interview
about a hearing.

I got excited about it because
he'd been in my hotel that afternoon.

Thank you.
Mr Chairman, no further questions.

No questions.
Reserve the right to recall witness.

- Witness is excused, subject to recall.
- Call your next witness.

Why let him go?
You could have pulled him apart.

Not without research.
He's good and he's very well rehearsed.

So, I took the sandwiches on up.
Only they didn't hear me

when I was knocking on the door
cos they was yelling so loud.

Finally, this man opens the door.

- Can you describe him?
- He was wearing some kind of cheap suit.

Mm. What happened then?

Well, I figured this guy
was no kind of a tipper.

So I tried to get inside the door.

You know, like I was pretending
to see if everything was OK.

I'm a pretty good actress
when it comes to tips.

- Did you see anything?
- Did I ever! The yelling was still going on.

- Oh. And what was the argument about?
- It was about some kind of memos.

Now, I don't know more,
cos just as this guy is getting the hint,

just as he is
reaching into his pocket,

one of the other two guys spots me
and he goes, "What's she doing here?"

- Did you recognise that man?
- Sure. I seen him.

Senator Jordache.

Mr Campbell, are you employed?

United States Government. Internal
Revenue Service, Special Investigations.

Are you acquainted with the senator?

I've worked with him in a professional
capacity on several occasions.

Who is he?

I think he testified on one of
my subcommittees. I can't be sure.

Tell the committee about that meeting.

We met in the hallway of the senate.
He came out of the chamber to see me.

He said he wanted evidence to prove
that Estep was breaking the law.

- Did you find any such evidence?
- I did not.

And what was the senator's reaction?

He was very insistent. He said the
evidence was there and to keep looking.

Did you subsequently find
any evidence of illegal activity?

I did.

One of Mr Estep's officers, John Franklin,
was embezzling corporate funds -

thousands of dollars - and putting money
into Swiss accounts under phoney names.

- I reported this.
- What was his reaction?

Here we go.

He was very disappointed.
He thanked me for my help

and told me he would
put in a good word for me.

Yes. Uh, and was this
the end of the matter?

It was not.

A week later, Senator Jordache
instructed me to meet again.

At that time, he ordered me to set up
a meeting between himself and Franklin.

Yes. Now, where
did this meeting take place?

Creighton Hotel,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

That's a damn lie!

I'll request a recess. We need help.

Help?

What we need is a miracle.

A miracle?
No, Rudy, you need 51 miracles.

That's how many votes
it'll take to defeat the motion.

I'm not talking votes, Senator,
I'm talking about political assassination.

Estep's sending an army of witnesses,
all lying through their teeth,

and there isn't a single thing
I can do to disprove them.

But you, of all people,
know what Estep's capable of.

I need your testimony.

We've been over that before.
Don't you see?

I see one of the most respected
men in the country hiding in a hospital.

I have no choice!

One call from Estep about those campaign
contributions and my career is over.

Then fight back! Expose him.

The way you have? Then we could
have two bodies on the funeral pyre?

- Not if we can prove...
- Rudy!

Forget it.

There's something in Washington
called the Enemies List.

I know about it.

Well, then, you know it goes all the way
to Nixon and the people closest to him.

You're on it.
They can do anything they want, Rudy.

And they want you.

Help me.

Tell the committee
Franklin came to me with those memos.

Tell them you heard him say
Estep was responsible for Scotty's death.

No, I can't.
I have to protect my legislation.

- That legislation is won'thless.
- That legislation is my career.

Then your career is won'thless.

Because if Estep
is running this country

what you do in Congress
doesn't mean a damn thing.

He can throw it out
any time he wants to.

Think about that
as you cower in your hospital bed,

Senator.

Don't go.

All right!

What is it?

Uh, if you'll forgive me
for waking you up, I'll buy you breakfast.

Or maybe just some coffee.

Who is it?

Who is it?

It's Ramona.

Uh, I'm sorry I came by so early,

but I thought maybe
you'd be going to work.

What I mean is,
I'll come back later. OK?

- No, wait, stay.
- Wes, have you told her about us?

I married her last night.

I'm sorry we're so unorganised.

You know,
the morning after the wedding.

Don't leave.

I can make some coffee.
It'll only take a minute. OK?

- Wes, where are you going?
- I'll be back.

Doesrt this place ever close?

Everything goes all night.

Including the wedding chapels.

Why couldn't you hide someplace
civilised, like Indiana or Kansas?

- You can't get married there till 9am.
- It wasrt exactly planned, Ramona.

If I'd only gotten here
12 hours earlier...

I never could get anywhere on time,
but this is ridiculous.

She tried to kill herself.
If I leave her, she would. I can't do that.

You don't marry someone
because you feel sorry for her.

You take her to a doctor, you buy her
a cup of coffee, you don't marry her.

I did. Anyway, it's too late.

No, it's not. Please.

Wes, I care about you. I won't let it
end this way. Neither will you if you care...

It's not Diane,
it's not the marriage.

Then what is it?
Me? Billy and me?

- I thought you could forgive me for that...
- I'm over that.

I went crazy for a while, but I...
It's OK now.

- Then how can you...?
- I got something to do here.

What? What could be that important?

Maybe I'll tell you when it's all over.

Do you love her?

All right.
Forget about her for a minute.

If I'd come yesterday or last week,

tell me what you'd have said
when you opened the door.

I don't know.

Look, I flew clear across the country
not knowing how you felt,

whether you'd ever speak to me again.

I... I wanted to find out
where we stood because...

I would have opened the door...

and been so glad to see you.

Because all the times
I tried to call you and didn't.

I would have said "I love you",

and that I wanted us to be together.

Are you sure we're just kids?

Feels like we've made enough mistakes
to be at least a hundred years old.

- Oh, Wes.
- What?

You were gone so long.
I was worried about you.

I took Ramona to the airport.

Oh.

I love you so much.
I'm gonna make you so happy.

Come on. We've got a lot to do.

- Shopping?
- No. Moving.

Here. Take this. Find us another place.
But under another name.

- That man, you think he'll come back?
- I know it.

Why, Wes? What does he want?

Same thing I want with him.

We go back a long way.

- To my father's death.
- Why don't you go to the police?

I tried the police. Know what
they've done to stop him? Nothing.

He had my father murdered,
he got five years.

Five years for my father's life.
And nothing for Roy Dwyer's.

If you go after him,
he's gonna kill you.

He'll try.

Look...

I'm sorry.

I should have told you this
before we were married.

You're my wife.

My responsibility.

I want you safe.

Nothing could make me feel safer
than to be with you.

You told me it was over.
It isn't. I saw the headlines.

- Did you think that I would never find out?
- What are you talking about?

- Claire, that's old news.
- It is not old news.

"Jordache censure seems certain."

Well, I certainly hope so.

So should you,
after what he put you through.

He's telling the truth,

and I know it.

I know you had
that man in the union killed.

- That's ridiculous.
- I overheard you talking.

I didn't understand it then
but I do now.

What do you understand?

You've been lying to me
ever since I came into this country.

And you've never stopped lying.

I see you clearly now
for the first time,

and you're nothing like
the man I thought you were.

Not true.

I am exactly the man that you thought
I was. Claire, you're getting yourself...

I am not this Dallas socialite
serving coffee at a charity luncheon.

She died in Washington
during the hearings.

- Planning to bring up Sarah Hunt's name?
- No.

She was a symptom
of what was wrong between us.

It's all the incredible lies.

Some of those lies you...

you accepted...

you even encouraged.

If I hadrt lied for your father, he would
be in prison right now... or worse.

Was it out of love for me?

Or was it the six million dollars
he paid you to protect him?

I'm beginning to think
the only reason you married me

was to keep me
from telling the truth.

If you truly believe that...

there's no place left for us to go.

No, Charles, there isn't.

Because I won't live the lie any more.

# You made me so very happy

♪ I'm so glad you came into my life

♪ The others were untrue

♪ But when it came to loving you

♪ I'd spend my whole life with you...

It's unlocked!

♪ ...came to loving you

♪ I'd spend my...

Put it anyplace!

♪ ...Ioving you

Put it anyplace?
What did you have in mind?

You were supposed
to be room service.

I ran out of supplies. You wouldn't
want a singer with a Las Vegas throat.

Oh, absolutely not.
That's one of the reasons that I came by,

to see if there was
anything you needed.

Just a little problem.

And it happens every time
I think about singing in your showroom.

Things in my stomach...
I'd say they were butterflies,

but they weigh about 5Ibs apiece.

Well, you're lucky
that they're... that they're only butterflies.

With me, it's more like
a boa constrictor.

That's the other reason
that I, uh... that I came by.

Oh?

I feel like somebody's
been beating on me.

And what I need
is a drink with a friendly face.

You have a hotel
full of friendly faces.

No, I have a hotel full of employees.

- People who are afraid of me.
- I'm afraid of you.

A little.

When you were speaking about
having a drink with a friendly face,

did you ever consider your wife?

I knew there was something I left out.
I forgot to mention a...

16-year marriage
that's falling apart.

Well, I don't have anything to drink. Uh...

But if you help me out of this tub,

maybe we can
think of something else.

We will present
a series of character witnesses

who will testify not only to Senator
Jordache's reputation for honesty,

but who will dispel doubts...

- With Counsel's permission...
- Yes.

Uh, the committee would like
to present a witness of its own,

someone who just
requested permission to testify.

Ladies and gentlemen. Please, please.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Mr Chairman, members of the committee,
forgive this interruption,

but those of us who are approaching the
condition these gentlemen of the press

like to call "senior statesmen",
sometimes forget to stand on ceremony.

The senator knows
he is always welcome before this panel.

Please, be seated.

And then Franklin told us

that Charles Estep had arranged to have
the president of the local union murdered.

I've seen bought-and-paid-for witnesses.

Franklin wasrt one of them.
I believed him.

- And about those memos?
- Oh, yes, yes.

He volunteered them. He said
they were his, uh, "insurance policy".

- They looked authentic to me.
- Are you familiar with Estep's signature?

No. The only time I've seen it - or what
purported to be it - was on those memos.

So you have no way of telling whether
those memos are genuine or not?

I do not. I do know, however,
when a man is frightened, gentlemen,

and John Franklin
was frightened for his life.

Thank you, Senator.
Mr Chairman, no further questions.

Counsel, do you have
any questions for this witness?

Yes, Mr Chairman, I do. Thank you.

Senator Paxton, I'd like to review events
leading up to your appearance today.

Directing your attention to
the vote taken in your subcommittee

that resulted in this investigation
of Senator Jordache,

were you not involved in the strategy
of planning the senator's defence?

Yes, I was.
It was my subcommittee.

Senator Jordache was new to the Senate.
I felt obliged to help.

And yet, when the vote was taken,
you refused to vote for Senator Jordache.

I abstained.

Even though your vote
would have defeated the motion?

A plurality of the subcommittee
wanted the investigation.

I saw it as an opportunity
for the senator to clear his name.

But when the investigation began, you had
yourself admitted to Walter Reed hospital.

Doctor's instructions.

Even a United States senator
doesn't have a point of privilege...

Why were you admitted, Senator?

You certainly appear
to be in the picture of health.

- Tests.
- What kind of tests, Senator?

Routine tests. Nothing serious.

On the contrary.
It was not so routine, was it, Senator?

It was an act of courage
for you to come here today.

I felt an obligation.

Senator, would you please tell this
committee why you checked yourself in?

- Would you like me to repeat that?
- May I confer with my counsel?

Certainly.

- What are you doing?
- He'll deny it. We don't have witnesses.

I don't need evidence. I'll link his name
to Estep. The committee will do the rest.

- You'll ruin him.
- I told you, brass knuckles, if necessary.

- Withdraw the question.
- Rudy.

I mean it. Withdraw the question.

Mr Chairman, I withdraw the question.
I have nothing further for this witness.

Then the witness is excused
with the profound thanks of the chair.

Mr Chairman, I would also like to
express my appreciation to the senator.

His is a long and distinguished career,
one that can serve as a model to us all.

Thank you... Senator.

No, Senator.
It is I who must thank you.

We had a deal. I'm supposed
to defend you. Why did you stop me?

The key word there is "defend".

I did not say
you could mutilate Paxton in the process.

He is our one chance. You could have
exposed Estep. That's what you're after.

- You got enough out of him.
- I got nothing.

Nothing.

All he did was confirm that you two met
with Franklin. Franklin has admitted that.

- Then what do you suggest?
- Paxtors testified. Let me recall him.

- No.
- Rudy, you are going to lose.

If I turn into another Estep in the process
of beating him, I'd rather lose!

Then why bother
even putting up a defence?

I'm your lawyer. I'm not convinced you
werert at the hotel buying a witness.

And now, Senator Jordache,
we'd like to examine... Excuse me.

We'd like to examine
your early dealings with Estep.

Specifically,
the strike at your electronics plant.

When did you
first meet Charles Estep?

I object. This is beyond the scope
of this investigation.

On the contrary. Our position is that
the suborning of John Franklirs perjury

was one last step in the vendetta

staged by Senator Jordache
against Charles Estep.

Counsel, your objection will be noted.

We will allow Mr Jacobson to proceed,

but only on the ground you
connect up this testimony.

- Yes, sir.
- And, Counsel, don't be so emotional.

"Vendetta" is quite a word.

Uh, yes, Mr Chairman. Senator,
do you want me to repeat the question?

No, that won't be necessary.

My first encounter with Charles Estep
was on a fact-finding mission in Vietnam.

While I was there,
I learned that certain shipments

from my electronics plant
were being sabotaged.

- By Charles Estep?
- Someone who worked for his company.

Was this sabotage committed
under the direction of Estep?

Yes, although I was unable to prove it.

Why would you believe that Estep would
sabotage your shipments to Vietnam?

It was part of a grand scheme.
He wanted my electronics plant.

- And did he get it?
- No, he did not.

- And I have since divested myself of it.
- Was that the end of your investigation?

No, it was not.

After the incident in Vietnam,
I instigated an SEC investigation

into his company,
Tricorp International.

- And what did that investigation reveal?
- The fact that Charles Estep was terrified.

Terrified of what?

His past. The manner
in which Tricorp was founded.

The investigation had just begun
when he arranged a meeting with me.

He asked me
to stop my investigation.

When I refused,
he tried to bribe me.

Mr Estep informed me that he,
and the people like him,

are the true power structure
of this country.

They make the decisions.

And then he made me
an incredible offer.

He offered me
the presidency of the United States.

Would you repeat that, Senator?

You heard me correctly,
Mr Chairman.

He said that
if I would drop my investigation,

he would make me
the President of the United States.

You declined?
You continued your investigation?

Yes, I did. And that's why he started
the strike against my electronics plant.

Because you refused the presidency?

No, Mr Jacobson. Because
I refused to drop the investigation.

When he couldn't
buy me with the presidency,

he tried to break me
with the strike at my plant.

And what did this
particular investigation reveal?

Nothing concrete. But it did...

He was terrified of an investigation
that revealed "nothing concrete"?

If I may continue, Mr Jacobson.

It led me to his former confidential
secretary, Miss Sarah Hunt.

The Sarah Hunt who spent
her last months in a mental institution?

Because Estep had her committed.

She threatened to expose his bribery
of justice department prosecutors,

and when she promised to testify
before my committee, he had her killed.

The death certificate
states heart attack.

I don't care what the death certificate
states. Charles Estep had her murdered.

Senator, I shudder to ask you
this question, but do you have any proof?

Dammit, I know!

And Sarah Hunt knew.
About the bribery and the payoffs,

about the internal structure of Tricorp,

about a man named Albert Dietrich
who funded Tricorp.

And because she knew,
that's why she was killed.

Control yourself.

I am trying to explain
why a woman was killed.

You're telling us a lot of things.
You don't have one piece of evidence.

The pieces are all there. They are
all there and Albert Dietrich is the key.

I can't make head nor tail
of the insane ramblings...

The only insane thing
are these hearings!

Charles Estep is murdering people!

He is buying his way
through this government!

- You're making it look like...
- So ordered.

This hearing will reconvene
Monday at ten o'clock.

Counsel, do not bring your client
back into this chamber

until he is able to control himself.

Let us through, please.
Let us through.

The senator will issue a statement
later this afternoon.

- Let us through, please.
- No comment.

The senator will issue a statement
later this afternoon.

- It's not all that bad.
- It isn't?

You know my weakness
for men on white horses?

I thought you were wonderful.

I really did it this time.

I am in awe.

I'm a lunatic and Jacobsors
the new Clarence Darrow.

I can't get over Maggie.
The way she fought for you.

I mean it.

I know you do.

- Legal question.
- Mm?

Is kissing a senator
in downtown traffic a moving violation?

Misdemeanour.
Six months to a year in jail.

It's won'th it.

You know, it really is all right.

What?

For you to have
two women in your life at once.

Hey, Billy.

I'm glad you came down.

I wanted to be here.
Looks pretty bad, doesn't it?

Oh...

Well, it's not over yet.

Uh, let me get rid of this.
Then let's go out, grab some lunch.

Please, Rudy. Tell them to wait.

Hold the calls, please.

I, uh, know how Estep did it.

Did what?

Got John Franklirs name.

How?

I gave it to him.

You did what?

That night you were
working in Whitby...

I opened your safe.

I phoned Estep
with Franklirs name.

I... I didn't want to. He forced me.

Don't just stare at me.
Say something.

You've always been
so damn good to me.

Oh, God!

How did he force you?

It was Annie.
Through the record company.

After I bought it,
I found out he controlled it.

At first they told me if I made a profit,
they'd leave me alone.

Then the trouble started.

I thought I could fight back.

But Annie's career was gone.
They stopped distributing her records.

- And you wouldn't come to me?
- I tried.

But I couldn't. Besides,
it wouldn't have changed anything.

You just sold me out?

He promised me
that nothing would happen,

the Senate committee wouldn't matter,
that you'd be president.

- You believed him?
- I...

You trusted him?

No, I didn't.

But I wasrt going to see
Annie go down the drain.

I love her.

I didn't want to see her hurt...

even if it meant hurting you.

I... I want to testify.

Tell them Estep threatened me,
that I gave in.

L-I sold you out.

Rudy, please.

Give me the chance.

They'll cut you apart.

It might not work, anyway.

I could still lose.

And then you'd lose Greenway...

and maybe Annie.

That's not important now.

I guess this is called
returning to the scene of the crime.

I thought you were gonna
slug it out with the whole panel.

If you were a few years younger,
I'd get you a shot at the middleweight title.

Oh.

You know, when I was in college,
I used to dream about a case like this.

Great issues, drama.

Now I've got it, and I'm being defeated
by lies and phoney witnesses.

I guess truth and justice
just isn't enough.

Maybe it is.

I've brought you a witness.

Billy?

Estep coerced him into giving him
John Franklirs name as my witness.

The "why" isn't important now.
What is, is Billy's testimony.

All right.

All right, Billy.

Was there anyone there with you
when Estep asked you for your help?

Just the two of us.

Who was there
when you gave Franklirs name?

Nobody. I phoned him.

From your apartment,
from your office?

A payphone in Whitby.

What? Don't you believe me?

Did you tell anybody
before you gave Estep the information?

Of course not.
What do you think I am, crazy?

Billy, you care very deeply
for your stepfather, don't you?

Yes.

How did you buy Greenway Records?
Where did you get the money?

- You know...
- Tell me.

- Rudy lent me the money.
- How much?

And you'd like to repay your stepfather's
generosity by telling these lies?

- No.
- You want to save your stepfather?

- Of course.
- Maggie, that's enough.

I'm sorry.

But that is just a sample
of what Jacobson will do.

And after today,
McDonald will help him.

- I am telling the truth.
- The truth would be a disaster.

You can't put him on, Rudy.

Well... truth and justice
aren't working in this case.

How are you in
the miracle department, Senator?

Because without one, there isn't
a damn thing anyone can do to help you.