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1 00:00:57 Lobbying is about foresight.
2 00:01:01 About anticipatingyour opponent's moves
3 00:01:05 and devising countermeasures.
4 00:01:10 The winner plots one stepahead of the opposition,
5 00:01:15 and plays her trump card
6 00:01:18 just after they play theirs.
7 00:01:22 You better not be saying that
8 00:01:24 when you're in there.
9 00:01:26 It's about making sureyou surprise them,
10 00:01:30 and they don't surprise you.
11 00:01:41 I'm gonna ask you again.
12 00:01:43 Miss Sloane, could you please
13 00:01:44 describe the natureof your work?
14 00:01:51 On the advice of counsel,
15 00:01:53 I respectfully declineto answer your question,
16 00:01:54 based on my rightsunder the Fifth Amendment
17 00:01:56 to the United StatesConstitution.
18 00:02:00 Those words,
19 00:02:02 when you're not taking theoath or confirming details,
20 00:02:04 those words, in that order,are all you're gonna say.
21 00:02:11 "On average, would you sayyou bribed public officials
22 00:02:14 "more or lessthan once a month?"
23 00:02:15 Upon the advice of counsel...Can I deviate slightly?
24 00:02:18 "On the advice of counsel"?On the advice
25 00:02:20 - "of my attorney"?- You do not...
26 00:02:21 Okay, okay, I understandthat last one's
27 00:02:24 too adventurous for you.
28 00:02:28 This would be a whole lot easier
29 00:02:30 if I could just shout "Fifth."
30 00:02:32 They want you behind bars.
31 00:02:34 You make one statement,
32 00:02:35 you correct onenefarious allegation,
33 00:02:37 that's it.
34 00:02:38 You waive your rightto the Fifth
35 00:02:40 and you're compelledto answer everything.
36 00:02:43 They're taking youto the woodshed
37 00:02:44 in front of the national press.
38 00:02:46 They're gonna rile you so bad
39 00:02:48 they'd make Gandhi wannacut their tongues out.
40 00:02:52 "Did you arrange forbenefits such as travel,
41 00:02:54 "luxury accommodations,
42 00:02:55 "and sports ticketsto be furnished
43 00:02:57 "to members of Congress
44 00:02:58 "at the behestof your clients?"
45 00:03:03 "Did you arrange for benefitssuch as travel,
46 00:03:05 "luxury accommodations,and sports tickets to..."
47 00:03:07 Daniel. When I take the stand,
48 00:03:08 you'll see nothingbut a granite wall.
49 00:03:12 Good.
50 00:03:33 Miss Sloane!
51 00:03:38 Nothing to say, guys, thank you.
52 00:03:54 Miss Sloane, Miss Sloane!
53 00:04:00 This is tight.
54 00:04:03 You'd think they would choosea more appropriate venue.
55 00:04:05 Well, turns out the Nationalshad a home game.
56 00:04:15 Good morning.
57 00:04:17 I am Senator Ronald Sperling,
58 00:04:19 Chair of this Hearing.Miss Sloane...
59 00:04:28 Please raise your right hand.
60 00:04:31 Do you solemnly swearthat you will tell the truth,
61 00:04:33 the whole truth,and nothing but the truth,
62 00:04:35 under pains and penaltiesof perjury?
63 00:04:37 - I do.- Please, sit.
64 00:04:40 Will the witness pleasestate her full name
65 00:04:43 for the record?
66 00:04:44 Madeline Elizabeth Sloane.
67 00:04:45 Louder, please.
68 00:04:48 Madeline Elizabeth Sloane.
69 00:04:50 And couldthe witness please confirm
70 00:04:52 that these detailsare accurate...
71 00:04:55 Uh...
72 00:04:56 Date of birth, July 26, 1976,address...
73 00:05:00 Suite 504, Watergate South,
74 00:05:02 700 New Hampshire AvenueNorth West, Washington D.C.?
75 00:05:05 Correct.
76 00:05:06 You were employed by Cole,Kravitz and Waterman LLP
77 00:05:11 for a 10-year periodbetween 2006 and 2016,
78 00:05:13 before moving on earlier...
79 00:05:14 Eleven year period.
80 00:05:17 Excuse me?
81 00:05:18 There are 11 yearsbetween 2006 and 2016.
82 00:05:26 What was the nature of your work
83 00:05:27 with Cole, Kravitzand Waterman LLP?
84 00:05:34 Upon the advice of counsel,
85 00:05:35 I must respectfully declineto answer your question,
86 00:05:38 based on my rightsunder the Fifth Amendment
87 00:05:40 to the United StatesConstitution.
88 00:05:42 Did you,October 12th of last year,
89 00:05:45 accept as a clientthe government
90 00:05:47 of the Asian Republicof Indonesia,
91 00:05:50 for the purpose ofcampaigning against
92 00:05:51 the levy of additionalFederal duties
93 00:05:54 on the importation of palm oilinto the United States?
94 00:05:59 Upon the advice of counsel,
95 00:06:00 I must respectfully declineto answer your question,
96 00:06:03 based on my rightsunder the Fifth Amendment
97 00:06:05 to the United StatesConstitution.
98 00:06:12 Today is a landmark day,you know why?
99 00:06:13 Because I'm free.
100 00:06:15 Name one thing you can do today
101 00:06:16 that you couldn't havedone yesterday.
102 00:06:17 Quit my job.
103 00:06:18 You could'vedone that yesterday,
104 00:06:19 but it would've been stupid.
105 00:06:21 - I can quit today and...- It'd still be stupid.
106 00:06:22 You clear your college debt
107 00:06:24 and celebrate byenrolling in post-grad?
108 00:06:27 Academia's more my scene.
109 00:06:28 You didn't follow meinto the crapper
110 00:06:30 to gloat about freedom, Jane.
111 00:06:32 Talk to me aboutthe Nutella Tax.
112 00:06:34 Uh, we're really calling itthe "Nutella Tax"?
113 00:06:36 Palm oil is a key ingredientin Nutella.
114 00:06:39 If the Federal Governmenttaxes it at 300%,
115 00:06:41 it'll cost more for usto gorge ourselves on it.
116 00:06:44 Isn't palm oil inpretty much everything?
117 00:06:46 We could have called itthe Soap Tax,
118 00:06:48 but the public caresmore about Nutella
119 00:06:49 than they do soap.
120 00:06:51 Anyway, we getfour more senators
121 00:06:52 to come out against the bill,
122 00:06:53 we can lean on Jacobsto withdraw it.
123 00:06:56 What are you gonna do?
124 00:06:58 Tell the Indonesians they'regoing to host Senator Jacobs
125 00:07:00 on a field trip toone of their plantations.
126 00:07:02 You never washed your hands.
127 00:07:06 He'll take the wife and kidson a tropical vacation.
128 00:07:09 Come back hailingtheir conservation efforts.
129 00:07:12 His bill dies a quiet death.
130 00:07:14 If the Indonesiangovernment pays for it,
131 00:07:16 it's illegal.
132 00:07:17 If they use a non-profit LLPto sponsor the travel,
133 00:07:19 it's perfectly legal.
134 00:07:21 As long as the tripis for educational purposes.
135 00:07:23 But, the Indonesian governmentis still paying for it.
136 00:07:25 See, this is why I'm thinkingabout post-grad.
137 00:07:28 Jane, we go to school toprepare us for the real world.
138 00:07:30 I'm not sureI like the real world.
139 00:07:32 So you want to buryyour head in Socrates?
140 00:07:34 You know that Socratesnever actually wrote anything.
141 00:07:37 That's beside the point.
142 00:07:39 If you don't like it,you change it.
143 00:07:40 - That's why you're here.- Miss Sloane!
144 00:07:42 They're ready for youin the conference room.
145 00:07:44 Hey, Spencer, did you knowthat Americans care more
146 00:07:46 about Nutella thanthey do about soap?
147 00:07:50 Uh, okay.
148 00:07:51 See that?
149 00:07:53 No reaction.
150 00:07:55 Okay, guys, wegotta be quick this morning,
151 00:07:56 I've got a meeting to get to.
152 00:07:58 How many are theyexpecting at the IMF rally?
153 00:08:00 Between 500 and 1,000.
154 00:08:01 There's a margin of 100%?
155 00:08:03 Does that technically meanthat nobody might show up?
156 00:08:05 Five hundred's the minimum,the rest depends on weather.
157 00:08:07 Seems more people hatebanks when the sun's out.
158 00:08:09 - What's the weather forecast?- Liz?
159 00:08:11 Time we sold Jacobson Indonesia.
160 00:08:12 I know.
161 00:08:13 - When Henry falls we've got...- Critical mass, I'm aware.
162 00:08:16 Get a non-profitto sponsor a vacation.
163 00:08:18 They give him faceand he'll pull it.
164 00:08:20 Did you just come fromthe ladies' room?
165 00:08:23 Uh, I have no ideawhat you're talking about.
166 00:08:25 We're talking aboutnumbers at the IMF rally.
167 00:08:27 All right, Alex,put Metro Talent on notice,
168 00:08:29 - we may need reinforcements.- I'm on it.
169 00:08:31 We're really gonnause movie extras?
170 00:08:32 The guy shouting aboutcorporate greed
171 00:08:33 becomes a lot lesscredible standing next
172 00:08:35 to a hobo from central casting,
173 00:08:37 with a banner that reads,"Abolish money."
174 00:08:39 "Shit is fucked up
175 00:08:40 "and bullshit."
176 00:08:42 Best banner at Occupy.Tell me that was one of ours.
177 00:08:45 Oh, no, that was creativeway beyond my capabilities.
178 00:08:47 - Franklin! Shmallow Cakes?- Uh, yeah!
179 00:08:50 Does sales tax applyto cakes and cookies,
180 00:08:52 or only to one of those?
181 00:08:54 I don't know.
182 00:09:00 You don't know?
183 00:09:03 All right, everybody, listen up!
184 00:09:04 I'm going to tell you a story.
185 00:09:05 Please, no.
186 00:09:06 A priest is giving a young nun
187 00:09:08 a lift home from church one day,
188 00:09:09 and as he's shifting gears,
189 00:09:11 he rests his handon the nun's knee.
190 00:09:14 This is offensiveand inappropriate.
191 00:09:15 The young nun looks upat the priest and says,
192 00:09:17 "Father, remember Luke 14:10."
193 00:09:20 The priest withdraws his hand,embarrassed.
194 00:09:23 Next time they stop at a light,
195 00:09:25 he places his hand a littlehigher up on her thigh,
196 00:09:27 again the nun says,"Remember Luke 14:10, Father."
197 00:09:31 The priest apologizes.
198 00:09:33 "The flesh is weak," he says.
199 00:09:35 So he drops her off,and when he gets home,
200 00:09:37 he reaches for his bibleand he flips to Luke 14:10.
201 00:09:41 Anyone know what it says? Hmm?
202 00:09:44 What does it say, Pat?
203 00:09:45 "Friend, come up higher,then shalt thou have glory!"
204 00:09:49 Know your subject, people!
205 00:09:52 Failure to do so may result
206 00:09:53 in the loss ofa golden opportunity.
207 00:09:55 When I see you this afternoon,
208 00:09:57 you'd better be ready to recite
209 00:09:58 that tax code in Esperanto.
210 00:10:04 I'm... I'm told I shouldoffer her my hand, huh?
211 00:10:08 How do you mean?
212 00:10:10 Well, when we meet,I'm told that
213 00:10:14 she doesn't care forall that kissy-kissy stuff
214 00:10:17 that most women do these days.
215 00:10:19 You two have never met?
216 00:10:22 Well, we've been to severalof the same functions, yeah,
217 00:10:24 but we've never been introduced.
218 00:10:26 In a town this small,how does that happen?
219 00:10:30 So, should I offer my hand?
220 00:10:32 I wouldn't worry about it.
221 00:10:35 - Liz?- Good morning!
222 00:10:37 Bill Sandford.
223 00:10:39 I'm amazed it's taken this long.
224 00:10:40 Well, you know, I wantedto introduce myself
225 00:10:43 at the Free Enterprise Dinner,
226 00:10:44 but you were the first oneout the door.
227 00:10:47 Minor crisis on the Hill.
228 00:10:49 Well, a lesser commander
229 00:10:50 would've left that to a soldier,
230 00:10:52 which is the reason I'm here.
231 00:10:54 Why exactly are you here?
232 00:10:56 Killing billslike Heaton-Harris,
233 00:10:58 that's food and drinkto you guys.
234 00:10:59 - So you've read it?- No, but I know what it is.
235 00:11:02 It's a bipartisan gun bill
236 00:11:03 requiring universalbackground checks.
237 00:11:05 On all sales of firearms.
238 00:11:08 Now, come on.
239 00:11:10 A father and his son,lifelong friends.
240 00:11:13 It just means longer delays.
241 00:11:16 It's some kind ofBig Brother type criminal
242 00:11:18 and mental health database.
243 00:11:20 An unconstitutional fetteron the Second Amendment
244 00:11:23 which, as you said,
245 00:11:26 we will eat for breakfast.
246 00:11:30 Mr. Sandford, I dealprimarily in taxation
247 00:11:32 and Federal Governmentinterference
248 00:11:34 in free enterprise. This...
249 00:11:35 I'm aware, I am aware.
250 00:11:37 But I'll tell you,
251 00:11:38 the reputation you havegarnered for yourself,
252 00:11:40 we were just looking foran excuse to engage you.
253 00:11:43 Okay. Let's have it.
254 00:11:51 Women.
255 00:11:53 Our polling data is telling us
256 00:11:55 that we're not connectingwith the female voter.
257 00:11:58 So, we want to changethe narrative.
258 00:12:01 From mothers losingtheir kids to guns,
259 00:12:04 to mothers protectingtheir kids with guns.
260 00:12:08 From a battered wifethreatened by a bullet,
261 00:12:10 to fending off herviolent husband with a .38.
262 00:12:15 Guns as toolsof female empowerment.
263 00:12:18 What's the saying?God created humans...
264 00:12:20 Samuel Colt made them equal.
265 00:12:26 Now, Liz, imaginea new organization,
266 00:12:31 pitched at womenwho are deterred
267 00:12:34 by the strong rhetoric of theSecond Amendment groups,
268 00:12:37 and by our associationwith the political right.
269 00:12:41 But no links to us, no baggage.
270 00:12:45 No overt position on guns.
271 00:12:49 And you
272 00:12:51 will build it up,you will drive its agenda,
273 00:12:54 and slowly but surely,
274 00:12:58 you will turn those members
275 00:13:00 into paid-up guardiansof the Second Amendment.
276 00:13:23 So, what? Um...
277 00:13:25 Mothers For A Safer America...
278 00:13:27 Achieved by making sure
279 00:13:30 every last citizen isarmed to the teeth?
280 00:13:33 Liz?
281 00:13:34 Jesus, is this the reputationI've garnered?
282 00:13:36 Gold medalist in ethical limbo?
283 00:13:39 I see no ethical problemwith reframing an issue.
284 00:13:42 Trying to win the female voteby taking the gun lobby
285 00:13:44 and dressing it upin a frilly pink frock,
286 00:13:47 it is so crude,
287 00:13:48 it could only have originatedin a room full of old men.
288 00:13:50 Well, it didn't!
289 00:13:55 This is my own idea.
290 00:13:57 Well, my adviceis to kill it in Heaton.
291 00:14:01 You'll need morethan the trite wisdom
292 00:14:02 that we value security
293 00:14:04 to get us behind your viewson the Second Amendment.
294 00:14:14 Well, the fact remains
295 00:14:16 that when it comesto the female voter,
296 00:14:18 our numbers need to be better.
297 00:14:25 I see.
298 00:14:27 Well, why don't I takea look at the numbers
299 00:14:29 and then we'll proceedfrom there?
300 00:14:33 Who the helldoes she think she is?
301 00:14:34 It can be spun.
302 00:14:35 For the purpose ofgaining trust,
303 00:14:36 it Heaton beenthe right tactical move.
304 00:14:38 And do you believe,for one nanosecond,
305 00:14:40 that was at the forefrontof her mind
306 00:14:42 when she told himto take his business
307 00:14:44 and shove it up his gun barrel?
308 00:14:46 Candice!
309 00:14:47 I want Sloane in my office now!
310 00:14:50 She's good, isn't she?
311 00:14:52 You'll look at the numbers?
312 00:14:54 I'm sure the president
313 00:14:55 of one of the most powerfulgroups on the Hill
314 00:14:58 will be honored that Her Majesty
315 00:15:00 has agreed to lookat the fucking numbers!
316 00:15:04 What's going on with you?
317 00:15:06 The current systemis so porous, it floats.
318 00:15:07 I don't rememberyou caring, ever,
319 00:15:09 one way or another about guns!
320 00:15:11 My position solidified somewhere
321 00:15:13 between Columbineand Charleston.
322 00:15:15 Come on, George,any head-case,
323 00:15:17 felon or terrorist canbuy an assault rifle
324 00:15:19 from a gun show, the Internet,
325 00:15:21 or his buddyat the Bowl-O-Rama
326 00:15:24 without so much as an ID.
327 00:15:26 Heaton-Harrisputs a stop to that.
328 00:15:27 Christ, Liz,this is the gun lobby.
329 00:15:29 Do you have any idea
330 00:15:31 how long I've been tryingto reel them in?
331 00:15:33 No.
332 00:15:34 Something happened.
333 00:15:36 Someone you knowwas the victim of a gun crime.
334 00:15:38 Nonsense.I just formed an opinion.
335 00:15:41 You're the championof the free market.
336 00:15:44 You abhor frivolousgovernment intervention...
337 00:15:46 I would hardly categorize
338 00:15:47 responsible gun lawsas frivolous...
339 00:15:48 Indonesians!
340 00:15:50 For Christ's sake,you rep Indonesians!
341 00:15:54 To stop our governmentfrom looting
342 00:15:55 one of theirfew sources of income.
343 00:15:57 And what is wrongwith Indonesia?
344 00:15:58 We're about to secure Al Jacobs
345 00:15:59 with a field trip there.
346 00:16:01 Is that a promise or a threat?
347 00:16:03 I can just picturethe good Senator
348 00:16:04 being boiled in a cauldron
349 00:16:06 with all these nativesdancing around him.
350 00:16:08 Get back toyour Fortune 500 clients.
351 00:16:11 Your colorful interventionsare the cause of
352 00:16:14 a lot of industry backchatthis firm could do without.
353 00:16:16 I work on behalf ofcauses I believe in.
354 00:16:18 That's how I sleep at night.
355 00:16:20 You don't sleep at night.
356 00:16:23 You sit and obsessabout winning,
357 00:16:25 no matter the cause.
358 00:16:28 Those little pills in your purse
359 00:16:29 are not the kind thatlull you to sleep.
360 00:16:32 The only reason you
361 00:16:34 and your team of gum-chewingragamuffins are here
362 00:16:38 is that your arrogant pranksmight generate enough buzz
363 00:16:42 to attract clientslike Bill Sandford.
364 00:16:44 Meaning, if you don't dedicateyourself to his cause,
365 00:16:49 this firm won't haveany use for you.
366 00:16:55 Now go away,look into those numbers,
367 00:16:59 and start gettingwomen into guns.
368 00:17:06 - Any dizziness? Nausea?- No.
369 00:17:09 That's what you always say.
370 00:17:12 Doctor, I'm fine.
371 00:17:13 If my insurance companyweren't such sticklers,
372 00:17:15 we wouldn't even be havingthis conversation.
373 00:17:16 What time are yougetting to sleep?
374 00:17:18 I sleep a lot, it varies.
375 00:17:20 What time did you get tosleep last night?
376 00:17:23 Did you get any sleep at all?
377 00:17:24 These are busy times.
378 00:17:25 You don't needa doctor to tell you
379 00:17:27 that you're working yourselfinto an early grave.
380 00:17:30 The long hours...
381 00:17:31 Okay, when youcalled me just now,
382 00:17:32 what number did you dial?
383 00:17:34 Your home number.
384 00:17:35 Cell is off,cocoa is on the stove,
385 00:17:36 book is at my bedside.
386 00:17:38 I'll be asleepin under two hours.
387 00:17:40 Thanks for calling, Doctor.
388 00:17:41 In the Republican party,
389 00:17:42 he can help you outin California...
390 00:17:44 Okay!
391 00:17:46 Good, welcome.
392 00:17:49 Yes! Yeah.
393 00:17:51 I want you to meetSenator Davidson.
394 00:17:54 Yes. I appreciate you comingto every fundraiser.
395 00:17:57 Yeah, I'll be right back.
396 00:18:27 Hello! I expect tosee you next time.
397 00:18:29 Yes. That would be great.
398 00:18:31 Yes, nice to see you.
399 00:18:43 Early night?
400 00:18:46 If you're looking for a quote,you're wasting your time.
401 00:18:49 I've just watched youextricate yourself
402 00:18:50 from three conversations
403 00:18:51 to use the ladies' roomin the space of 30 minutes.
404 00:18:53 You busted me.I'm incontinent. Write it up.
405 00:18:58 I hope I'm wrong,
406 00:18:59 but one might thinkyou're sick of this town.
407 00:19:00 You from the Post?How did you get in?
408 00:19:03 I'd just like five minutesof your time.
409 00:19:04 Fine.
410 00:19:05 Walk to my car is three,get to the point.
411 00:19:09 The word on the Hillis that the gun lobby
412 00:19:10 approached youover Heaton-Harris
413 00:19:12 and you refused.
414 00:19:13 I don't comment on"word on the Hill."
415 00:19:16 I know the only wayyou'd do that
416 00:19:17 is if you support the bill.
417 00:19:19 That's quite a story.
418 00:19:21 Turning downa prized client because
419 00:19:22 you can't acceptwhat they stand for.
420 00:19:25 Elizabeth Sloane, theconviction lobbyist. Who knew?
421 00:19:27 I said, get to the point.
422 00:19:30 Will you admitthe present system is broken?
423 00:19:32 I remain committedto the Second Amendment.
424 00:19:34 Dildos are illegal in Texas,
425 00:19:36 but Joe Public canwalk into a sports store
426 00:19:38 and walk out with a shotgun.
427 00:19:40 That would explain the low rate
428 00:19:41 of dildo-relatedmurders in Texas.
429 00:19:45 Okay, it wasn't that funny.
430 00:19:47 What do you want?
431 00:19:49 Your quote.
432 00:19:52 Fine. A conviction lobbyist
433 00:19:54 need only believein their ability to win.
434 00:19:59 That's a keeper.
435 00:20:01 One more thing, off the record.
436 00:20:03 - Mmm-hmm.- What do you know about
437 00:20:04 - the gun lobby's opponents?- The Brady Campaign?
438 00:20:06 I know they're going to losebecause their total budget
439 00:20:08 is less than whatthe gun lobby pays
440 00:20:09 to get their shoes shined.
441 00:20:11 What about their lobbyists,Peterson Wyatt?
442 00:20:14 They're a boutique bipartisanGovernment Affairs agency.
443 00:20:16 "Boutique" is a euphemismfor "little fish."
444 00:20:20 "Bipartisan" denotesa bunch of hippies in suits.
445 00:20:22 Do you know anythingabout their CEO?
446 00:20:24 Guy named Schmidt?
447 00:20:25 No, never heard of him.
448 00:20:27 But if the firm is builtin his image,
449 00:20:29 I'm sure he's a simpering wuss
450 00:20:30 with a Ph.D instyle-over-substance.
451 00:20:32 Got it.
452 00:20:34 I never introduced myself,by the way.
453 00:20:37 My name's Rodolfo Schmidt,
454 00:20:39 CEO of Peterson Wyatt.
455 00:20:44 What's the matter?
456 00:20:45 Am I not simpering hard enough?
457 00:20:47 Your firm's 12 years old,
458 00:20:48 I'd think your namewould be Peterson or...
459 00:20:50 What...
460 00:20:51 What is this about?
461 00:20:54 You're pro-Heaton-Harris.
462 00:20:55 It's an open secret
463 00:20:56 you're at war withyour firm's leadership.
464 00:20:58 The Brady Campaign wants you
465 00:20:59 to lead the fightto pass the bill.
466 00:21:01 You'd run defenseout of our office.
467 00:21:02 When it's over,
468 00:21:04 you can choose fromany of the D.C. behemoths
469 00:21:06 lining up for your signature.
470 00:21:10 This is Peterson Wyatt's quotefor your services.
471 00:21:19 I don't knowif I should be flattered
472 00:21:21 or insulted, Mr. Schmidt,
473 00:21:23 but you clearly havethe wrong opinion of me.
474 00:21:25 I think my opinionof you is right on.
475 00:21:27 Don't tell me you don't wantto take a swing at this.
476 00:21:30 Goodbye, Mr. Schmidt.
477 00:21:32 Where's your car?
478 00:21:33 Should be at the valet by now.I don't drive.
479 00:22:11 Hi, Jane?
480 00:22:13 Yeah, I know what time it is.
481 00:22:14 Listen...
482 00:22:16 If, uh, Socrates neverwrote anything,
483 00:22:19 how is it anyone'sever heard of him?
484 00:22:23 Look, we need a meeting.
485 00:22:27 Where are they puttingSenator Jacobs?
486 00:22:28 The Lombok Lodge?
487 00:22:29 Yes.
488 00:22:31 - It's on the beach?- Yes.
489 00:22:32 Good.
490 00:22:34 This goes off tothe Senate Ethics Committee.
491 00:22:35 Once they authorize the travel,
492 00:22:36 Jacobs is on a plane.
493 00:22:38 - Is that okay?- It's fine.
494 00:22:40 - Technically, I mean?- Don't worry about it.
495 00:22:42 It's just... As lobbyists,we can't be involved
496 00:22:44 in arranging overseas travelfor members of Congress.
497 00:22:47 I read ethics regs whenI want to look busy.
498 00:22:49 If you weren't justpretending to be busy,
499 00:22:51 you'd know that the workaround
500 00:22:52 is to get thisto the non-profit,
501 00:22:53 have them sign and filewith the Ethics Committee.
502 00:22:55 Do I seem unduly concerned?
503 00:22:57 Okay.
504 00:22:59 George told mewhat happened with Sandford.
505 00:23:01 - Mmm.- Are you retarded?
506 00:23:03 Why are you eatinga chocolate cake for breakfast?
507 00:23:05 - Have you no shame?- It's a muffin.
508 00:23:07 You never hada muffin for breakfast?
509 00:23:09 A muffin, let's see.
510 00:23:10 Eggs, milk, flour, sugar,cocoa powder, chocolate.
511 00:23:13 That sounds exactly likea cake, but of course,
512 00:23:16 no civilized personwould ever eat
513 00:23:17 a chocolate cake for breakfast.
514 00:23:19 You've lost your mind.
515 00:23:21 Franklin, are you getting this?
516 00:23:22 'Cause I'm reallytalking to you.
517 00:23:23 Huh?
518 00:23:25 Shmallow Cakesaren't really cakes.
519 00:23:26 They're marshmallowpaste sandwiched
520 00:23:28 between two cookiescovered in chocolate.
521 00:23:29 And while our tax codedeems cakes
522 00:23:31 luxury itemsand hits them harder,
523 00:23:34 cookies are obviouslynecessities,
524 00:23:36 and therefore exempt.
525 00:23:38 - Are you getting this?- What?
526 00:23:39 Have Shmallow Cakesre-designated as cookies,
527 00:23:41 argue cake in the nameis merely marketing puff.
528 00:23:44 You'll need evidence in court,
529 00:23:45 but get a teamof scientists to opine
530 00:23:47 that they are in fact 80%cookie and zero percent cake.
531 00:23:53 That's how you win.
532 00:23:54 You knew that all along?
533 00:23:56 You would havegot there eventually.
534 00:23:57 Then why are youtelling me this?
535 00:23:59 In case you're notcoming with me.
536 00:24:04 What's going on?
537 00:24:06 All right, everyone.
538 00:24:07 I called you hereto announce that,
539 00:24:08 effective immediately,
540 00:24:09 I am leaving Cole Kravitz
541 00:24:11 and starting workas lead consultant
542 00:24:13 for the Brady Campaignat Peterson Wyatt.
543 00:24:15 I've secured positionsfor everyone in this room
544 00:24:18 without change toyour current compensation.
545 00:24:21 So, who's with me on this?
546 00:24:23 I just spent the last hourwiping your shit
547 00:24:27 off Bill Sandford's shoes,
548 00:24:29 assuring him thatyou're the right lady
549 00:24:31 to broaden his membership!
550 00:24:33 We're inches froma green fucking light!
551 00:24:35 So, you're saying I shouldput you down as a maybe?
552 00:24:40 You can't possibly win this!
553 00:24:43 Who's with me?
554 00:24:52 I'm with you.
555 00:24:53 Whoa, whoa, Ross,hey, come on, I need you.
556 00:24:55 She needs me more.
557 00:24:57 Alex?
558 00:24:59 Lauren?
559 00:25:03 The fuck is this?Jerry Maguire?
560 00:25:05 You've seen Jerry Maguire?
561 00:25:08 Guns frighten me.
562 00:25:13 So, Sloane and Co.Versus Connors and who else?
563 00:25:18 Mmm. O'Hara, Wickman,Moore, the God Squad.
564 00:25:22 Ramirez,
565 00:25:25 how many Tec-9sdo you own again?
566 00:25:27 Enough to defend my property.
567 00:25:28 Plus two moreto piss off the lefties.
568 00:25:31 All right, Jane,
569 00:25:32 contact Rodolfo Schmidtat Peterson Wyatt,
570 00:25:34 and tell him there'sa total of six coming over.
571 00:25:38 I count five.
572 00:25:40 Mathematician you are not.
573 00:25:43 Who said I was coming?
574 00:25:44 I did. Call Rodolfo.
575 00:25:46 What if I'm staying?
576 00:25:47 Jesus, now is notthe time to develop
577 00:25:50 a sense of humor, Jane.
578 00:25:51 That's good, 'cause I'm not.
579 00:25:57 Seriously, kid, go.
580 00:25:59 I could care less.
581 00:26:03 You were right before.
582 00:26:05 About post-grad.Maybe it is a cop-out.
583 00:26:06 I'm at one of the best firmsin the city.
584 00:26:09 Your reputationmight survive a move
585 00:26:11 to some third-tier outfitto fight a losing battle.
586 00:26:16 Mine won't.
587 00:26:18 No shit.
588 00:26:20 I take it back.
589 00:26:23 I've learned a lot from youthese last couple years, Liz.
590 00:26:26 I'll miss you.
591 00:26:29 The 3:00 a.m. wake-up calls?
592 00:26:31 Not so much.
593 00:26:34 You've obviously learnedmore than you let on.
594 00:26:36 You've shown more ambitionin the last 60 seconds
595 00:26:38 than I've seenin the prior two years,
596 00:26:41 but you are delusional
597 00:26:43 if you think you cansurvive without me.
598 00:26:46 If we butt heads on this,
599 00:26:47 don't think I'll show youany compassion.
600 00:26:51 And with that in mind,
601 00:26:52 I will give you a finalopportunity to reconsider.
602 00:27:08 All right. I'm off to say my goodbyeto the money-man.
603 00:27:11 When this town guts youlike a trout
604 00:27:13 and chokes youwith your own entrails,
605 00:27:16 don't come sniveling to me.
606 00:27:19 We'll come back
607 00:27:21 to the Asian Republicof Indonesia later,
608 00:27:25 but, you see, what troubles me
609 00:27:27 is the amountof influence you had.
610 00:27:31 We've seen communications
611 00:27:33 from senior figuresin Washington
612 00:27:36 who feared that you, a lobbyist,
613 00:27:40 could destroy their careerswith a snap of your fingers.
614 00:27:45 Is this reputation something
615 00:27:46 you've cultivated, Miss Sloane?
616 00:27:50 Upon the advice of counsel,
617 00:27:51 I must respectfully declineto answer your question,
618 00:27:53 based on my rightsunder the Fifth Amendment
619 00:27:55 to the United StatesConstitution.
620 00:27:57 You see, it's bad enoughone person
621 00:27:59 having that much influence,
622 00:28:01 but if they're out of control,if she has a problem,
623 00:28:06 an addiction, well,
624 00:28:10 it would be like the shipof American politics
625 00:28:12 is being steered by a drunk.
626 00:28:16 Do you, or have you ever had,
627 00:28:20 any problems withsubstance abuse?
628 00:28:22 Upon the advice of counsel,
629 00:28:24 I must respectfully declineto answer your question,
630 00:28:26 based on my rightsunder the Fifth Amendment
631 00:28:28 to the United StatesConstitution.
632 00:28:30 I understand you have difficulty sleeping?
633 00:28:36 We subpoenaed medical records.
634 00:28:39 You're a long-time suffererfrom chronic insomnia.
635 00:28:45 You regularly workover 16 hours a day.
636 00:28:48 But you can't get offto sleep. ls this accurate?
637 00:28:53 Upon the advice of counsel,I respectfully...
638 00:28:55 I must respectfully declineto answer your question,
639 00:28:57 based on my rights under
640 00:28:59 the Fifth Amendmentof the United States...
641 00:29:01 To the Constitution.
642 00:29:02 Whatever.
643 00:29:04 You were prescribed
644 00:29:06 multiple coursesof benzodiazepines,
645 00:29:10 but according to the deposition
646 00:29:12 of one of our witnesses,
647 00:29:13 you've been procuring,off-prescription,
648 00:29:16 a course of psycho-stimulants,
649 00:29:19 with the aim of keeping youawake a little longer.
650 00:29:24 Is this true?
651 00:29:26 Miss Sloane?
652 00:29:30 Upon the advice of counsel,
653 00:29:31 I must respectfully declineto answer your question,
654 00:29:33 based on my rightsunder the Fifth Amendment
655 00:29:35 to the United StatesConstitution.
656 00:29:38 Okay. Getting backto this business
657 00:29:40 of the Asian Republicof Indonesia...
658 00:29:42 I am not a drug addict,
659 00:29:44 and this line of questioninghas no revel...
660 00:29:46 Relevance in this case.
661 00:29:47 My medication doesn'taffect my judgment
662 00:29:49 any more than a double espresso.
663 00:29:51 And speaking of intoxication,
664 00:29:53 I can recite from memory
665 00:29:55 a list of upstanding,elected Senators
666 00:29:57 who voted on legislationwhile severely inebriated.
667 00:30:01 And just so you know,I think, by now,
668 00:30:03 we are fully aware,
669 00:30:05 and in no danger of forgetting,
670 00:30:07 that Indonesia is a republic,
671 00:30:09 which happens to be situatedon the continent of Asia.
672 00:30:15 Miss Sloane.
673 00:30:19 Welcome to the party.
674 00:30:26 Five years.
675 00:30:30 Was it really worth it?
676 00:30:32 - Five years minimum.- What's five years?
677 00:30:34 All for some puerile quipabout Indonesia being in Asia.
678 00:30:39 Can't you see that wholeconstruct was designed to...
679 00:30:42 And it worked.
680 00:30:44 Are you gonna tell mewhat five years is?
681 00:30:46 You fell for it.
682 00:30:48 The smartest operativeon the Hill
683 00:30:49 Just got playedby Grampa Simpson!
684 00:30:51 Is it how longthis conversation's
685 00:30:52 gonna feel like?
686 00:30:53 It's the going rate forperjury before Congress.
687 00:30:56 Now you've thrown out the Fifth,
688 00:30:57 anyone who wants youin the ground,
689 00:30:59 and that's a lot of people,they're hard at work
690 00:31:01 dedicating their creativeand intellectual efforts
691 00:31:04 to catching you in a lie.
692 00:31:05 Well, what if I juststay silent?
693 00:31:08 Well, that's a great idea.
694 00:31:10 Shit, why didn't your lawyerthink of that?
695 00:31:11 If I refuse to answer...
696 00:31:13 They'll throw you in jail
697 00:31:14 - for contempt of Congress!- Shh!
698 00:31:16 You've just blownthis thing wide open!
699 00:31:18 Calm down, Daniel.
700 00:31:19 You're startingto look like you care.
701 00:31:21 No.
702 00:31:22 I don't care about you
703 00:31:23 any further thanI can throw you.
704 00:31:25 I work for the one ethicallobbying practice on the Hill,
705 00:31:28 and I wind up defendingthe poster child
706 00:31:30 for the most morally bankrupt
707 00:31:32 profession since faith healing.
708 00:31:37 Your car's downstairs.
709 00:31:39 Go home, stare at the ceiling,get ready to be crucified.
710 00:31:44 I know I don't havethe most stellar record
711 00:31:46 in heeding your advice...
712 00:31:47 Don't perjure yourself!
713 00:31:56 Too bad things didn'tpan out with Elizabeth.
714 00:31:59 Oh, we have other options.
715 00:32:02 What the hell is"Amish chicken"?
716 00:32:03 A marketing exercise?
717 00:32:05 No, we'll just try and findourselves another lobbyist.
718 00:32:09 I was talking aboutthe Amish chicken.
719 00:32:12 Oh.
720 00:32:14 She's your enemy now.
721 00:32:16 I invited you herebecause nobody
722 00:32:18 is better placedto neutralize her than us.
723 00:32:21 We worked together for years.
724 00:32:22 We know exactlyhow she operates.
725 00:32:28 Oh, that is just a regular bird
726 00:32:29 raised in Amish country,by the way.
727 00:32:31 Ah.
728 00:32:33 It tastes better becauseit can't use Google, huh?
729 00:32:38 Look, there's overfive million of us.
730 00:32:40 And we're armed.
731 00:32:42 We've beatenthis kind of bill before,
732 00:32:44 we'll beat it again.
733 00:32:46 They'll make a lot of noise,
734 00:32:48 they'll wave their banners,but in the end
735 00:32:51 it's so predictable.
736 00:32:53 She's not predictable.
737 00:32:57 She aims to surprise.
738 00:33:00 She'll share thingswith her team,
739 00:33:02 but she won't share everything.
740 00:33:04 She'll have a planfor certain people,
741 00:33:05 but they won't knowuntil they're dropped
742 00:33:07 right into the middle of it.
743 00:33:09 There's always somethingelse going on with her.
744 00:33:10 It's just how she works.
745 00:33:12 We have a good ideawhich Senators she'll go for
746 00:33:15 and we can get in first.
747 00:33:17 And they're vulnerableon other members
748 00:33:18 they're already counting on.
749 00:33:19 Badgley, Michigan.
750 00:33:21 He can bring maybe six votes.
751 00:33:24 We get to him, it's a quick win.
752 00:33:31 All right.
753 00:33:33 Show me some Badgley.
754 00:33:35 - Filet mignon, rare.- Same, well done.
755 00:33:38 Well done too.
756 00:33:40 The Arctic char.
757 00:33:41 Amish chicken salad, please.
758 00:33:46 Excuse me.
759 00:33:51 That kind of insight isexactly why you're here.
760 00:33:55 I'm sorry, who closed him again?
761 00:34:16 Who the hell are you?
762 00:34:18 Evening, ma'am.
763 00:34:23 What happened tothe usual guy? Mark.
764 00:34:26 If that's his real name.
765 00:34:28 Mark's moved on.
766 00:34:30 Call me Forde.
767 00:34:32 Is that your real name?
768 00:34:34 Is to you.
769 00:34:37 - How about you, gorgeous?- Oh, God.
770 00:34:39 You a politico, or one ofthese corporate-types?
771 00:34:42 What brings a fine ladylike you to room 904?
772 00:34:45 Not the conversation.How much you had to drink?
773 00:34:48 Well, a free minibar,I'd say not nearly enough.
774 00:34:51 You're not allowedto smoke in here.
775 00:34:54 You're not allowedto buy company in here,
776 00:34:55 yet here you are.
777 00:34:57 Smoke is detectable.
778 00:34:59 It could draw attention.It is unprofessional.
779 00:35:00 Okay.
780 00:35:02 Corporate-type. Lawyer, maybe.
781 00:35:05 If we're going to proceed,
782 00:35:06 I requirea certain standard of...
783 00:35:08 Agency rules, lady.
784 00:35:09 Payment in cash,I'm the only one
785 00:35:11 to know this little partyhere ever happened.
786 00:35:13 And that's with half a minibardown my gullet.
787 00:35:18 I understand if you werelooking for something else.
788 00:35:24 You'll do fine.
789 00:35:27 Let's get to the point.
790 00:35:32 All right.
791 00:35:40 Hey, I hope you guys don'tfeel like you're slumming.
792 00:35:43 I thought it'd be weirder.
793 00:35:44 Bean bags, couple swings, maybe.
794 00:35:46 At least tell me you guyshave shower rooms.
795 00:35:48 Cole Kravitz had shower rooms?
796 00:35:50 Clients felt likethey needed one
797 00:35:51 after 30 minutes with him.
798 00:35:52 We had all the facilities,and no time to use them.
799 00:35:54 This'll do fine.
800 00:35:55 The vending machinedownstairs is weird.
801 00:35:57 Wouldn't give me my beverage
802 00:35:59 until I told it my genderand age range.
803 00:36:00 The vending machinecompany sells
804 00:36:02 our personal detailsto Big Advertising.
805 00:36:03 I already posted a complaint.
806 00:36:05 It's okay, I just lied.
807 00:36:06 You told it you werean adult male?
808 00:36:08 Why are you so horrible to him?
809 00:36:10 Jacobs just pulledthe Nutella Tax.
810 00:36:11 - When did that happen?- I just got it.
811 00:36:13 The tax on palm oil?You're the ones who killed it?
812 00:36:15 Dead with the dodo.
813 00:36:16 Along with how manyother unique species
814 00:36:18 in the Indonesian rainforest?
815 00:36:19 Not your greatest analogy there.
816 00:36:21 I guess it should be up to them,
817 00:36:22 I mean, it is, after all,their country.
818 00:36:24 Do you know how much pollutiontheir slashing and burning
819 00:36:26 pumps into the atmosphere?
820 00:36:27 Less than 0.2% of globalgreenhouse emissions.
821 00:36:30 - So, are the rumors true?- Yes.
822 00:36:32 Ross is really a woman.
823 00:36:34 Is Sloane the personificationof an ice cube?
824 00:36:37 She pees standing up.
825 00:36:38 And, like...I don't even do that.
826 00:36:40 Do you think before you speak?
827 00:36:42 - Good morning.- Good morning.
828 00:36:43 - Morning.- Morning.
829 00:36:45 I was thinking, perhaps,we go around the table,
830 00:36:47 introduce ourselves.
831 00:36:49 Let's spare ourselvesthe tedium.
832 00:36:50 If you want to break the ice,do it with insight.
833 00:36:53 We're all here to ensuresafe passage
834 00:36:54 of the Heaton-Harris Billinto Federal law.
835 00:36:57 How do we do it?
836 00:37:00 Realistically, we don't.
837 00:37:02 We fight as hard as we can,
838 00:37:04 build a strong base of support,
839 00:37:06 so we have a better chance
840 00:37:07 when they introducenext year's Heaton-Harris,
841 00:37:09 or the one after that.
842 00:37:10 I didn't just move across town
843 00:37:11 with the aim of losingas slowly as possible.
844 00:37:13 Name and seniority?
845 00:37:15 Esme Manucharian, nine years.
846 00:37:17 Manucharian,I've heard that name.
847 00:37:19 Esme's our authorityon gun control.
848 00:37:22 When it comesto facts and figures,
849 00:37:23 she has no equal.
850 00:37:24 You led the fight to preserve
851 00:37:26 the concealed carry banin Illinois.
852 00:37:28 Ultimately unsuccessfully,but, yes.
853 00:37:31 Okay, Esme.Why are we going to lose?
854 00:37:33 For every dollar Brady spendson campaign contributions,
855 00:37:36 you know how muchthe gun lobby spends?
856 00:37:37 - Thirty-eight.- Thirty-eight.
857 00:37:39 So, politicians bowto money. But, why?
858 00:37:41 It's not going into theirpocket, that'd be bribery.
859 00:37:44 Like what the Indonesiansjust did to Senator Jacobs?
860 00:37:46 That was legal bribery
861 00:37:47 for educational purposes.But, yes.
862 00:37:49 A senator's priorityisn't representing the people,
863 00:37:51 it's keeping his ass in office.
864 00:37:53 That is so cynical.
865 00:37:54 "Cynical" is a wordused by Pollyannas
866 00:37:56 to denote an absenceof the naivety
867 00:37:58 they so keenly exhibit.
868 00:38:00 Wow. You settle in fast.
869 00:38:02 If senators only care aboutprotecting their position,
870 00:38:06 wouldn't that make themslaves to public opinion?
871 00:38:09 Polling data putsa majority of Americans
872 00:38:11 in favor of Heaton-Harris.
873 00:38:12 And that's exactly whyyou keep losing.
874 00:38:15 Well, this is actuallyour first crack at guns,
875 00:38:16 but I take your point.
876 00:38:18 What point?
877 00:38:19 Public opinion is overrated.
878 00:38:21 Midterm re-election ratesfor senators was 82%.
879 00:38:24 Voter turnout was 36.
880 00:38:25 And I'll bet most of them were
881 00:38:27 paid-up membersof the gun lobby.
882 00:38:28 Thank you.
883 00:38:29 Our opposition has createda base of voters,
884 00:38:31 vast and fanatical,
885 00:38:32 who go out and vote exclusively
886 00:38:34 on the issue of guns.
887 00:38:35 How do we compete with that?
888 00:38:36 We build our own baseof supporters,
889 00:38:38 who demonstrate a willingness
890 00:38:39 to get their asses into boothsand vote against guns.
891 00:38:42 What's the best indicatorof voter intention?
892 00:38:44 - Money!- Finance!
893 00:38:45 That's our first prong.
894 00:38:46 Grassroots action
895 00:38:48 aimed squarely atsoliciting donations.
896 00:38:50 Not names on a petition,not clicks in cyberspace.
897 00:38:52 Will they knowhow much we're raising?
898 00:38:54 Non-profits have toreport on their finances.
899 00:38:56 And every Congressional staffer
900 00:38:58 watches filing day like a hawk.
901 00:38:59 While you're out there hustling,
902 00:39:00 I'll be workinginfluential senators
903 00:39:02 who can delivertheir colleagues' votes.
904 00:39:04 That's our second prong.
905 00:39:05 Our third is to identify
906 00:39:07 who holds sway in target states.
907 00:39:09 Employers, workers' groups.
908 00:39:11 Don't just waltz intoa senator's office
909 00:39:13 and make your case.
910 00:39:15 Find out who they trust,
911 00:39:17 who they can't affordto piss off.
912 00:39:19 Convince that personto make your case.
913 00:39:23 That is how we win.
914 00:39:32 Not a driver?
915 00:39:34 I can, but I don't.
916 00:39:36 Well, you got further than me,I don't even have a license.
917 00:39:39 My bank accountand liberal conscience
918 00:39:41 won't justify my own car.
919 00:39:43 What's your excuse?
920 00:39:45 To be honest, I suck at it.
921 00:39:47 I took my test when I was 16.
922 00:39:49 Only exam I ever failed.
923 00:39:51 My instructor told meI was reckless,
924 00:39:53 I lacked due care and attention.
925 00:39:55 Knew then and thereI had a career in politics.
926 00:40:00 You weren'tmessing around in there.
927 00:40:03 Did you know someone?
928 00:40:06 Someone who wasa victim of gun violence.
929 00:40:07 No, why does everyoneassume that?
930 00:40:09 Strong opinions, maybe?
931 00:40:11 As if I can only seethe merits of an argument
932 00:40:13 when I feel the effectspersonally.
933 00:40:15 There was a Congressman,I don't remember his name,
934 00:40:18 his whole careerhe was against gay rights,
935 00:40:21 only to do a complete U-turnwhen his brother came out.
936 00:40:23 What a well-reasonedbasis for an opinion.
937 00:40:26 Give him a gavel,put him in a courthouse.
938 00:40:33 Are you hungry?
939 00:40:40 You eat here every night?
940 00:40:43 Pretty much.Place never closes.
941 00:40:46 How do you not get bored of it?
942 00:40:48 It's a necessity.
943 00:40:49 It's like asking if I getbored of going to the toilet.
944 00:40:53 Okay, this is going tosound alien to you,
945 00:40:55 but food takes up an inordinateamount of space in my head.
946 00:41:00 How about guns?
947 00:41:04 In doing my due diligence,your résumé stood out.
948 00:41:06 I noticed a lot of your workpertains to firearms.
949 00:41:08 I'm guessing that wasa conscious decision
950 00:41:10 to steer thingsin that direction.
951 00:41:13 It's an issue I feelstrongly about.
952 00:41:20 It's none of my business,
953 00:41:21 but there was a gapin your profile.
954 00:41:23 Before Berkeley,you attended high school
955 00:41:25 in Bloomington, Indiana,in the late '90s.
956 00:41:28 The name of the schoolisn't listed.
957 00:41:36 Who else knows about this?
958 00:41:40 Rodolfo. That's all.
959 00:41:45 You can imaginewhat I'm thinking.
960 00:41:46 I'm sorry, Elizabeth,but I earned my reputation.
961 00:41:52 It didn't come from something
962 00:41:53 that happened whenI was in high school.
963 00:41:54 Even if my views did.
964 00:41:56 Going public could evenweaken my standing.
965 00:41:58 They'll say I'm too emotional.
966 00:42:01 Anyway, the shootersdidn't even buy their guns.
967 00:42:04 Heaton-Harriswouldn't have made
968 00:42:06 a shred of difference that day.
969 00:42:08 You fear a weakened standingwill damage your ability to effect change.
970 00:42:12 But if acknowledging itwas the difference
971 00:42:14 between winning and losing?
972 00:42:19 I'd appreciate itif you just treated me
973 00:42:21 as one of the team.
974 00:42:26 A highly competent one,I can tell.
975 00:42:29 We're lucky to have you.
976 00:42:34 Sixty is the magic number.
977 00:42:36 Sixty votes breaks a filibuster.
978 00:42:38 So, the gun lobby wins with 41?
979 00:42:39 They could win with fewer.
980 00:42:41 We need to hit 60.Anything less doesn't cut it.
981 00:42:44 Fifty-nine doesn't cut it.
982 00:42:46 We need 60 senatorsto show up and vote.
983 00:42:48 We don't get that,they win, period.
984 00:42:51 As I was saying...
985 00:42:54 That by my reckoning,the gun lobby
986 00:42:56 has 34 votes pretty much locked.
987 00:42:59 And that's this side.
988 00:43:01 I'd say we have 44 lockedover here on this side.
989 00:43:04 That leaves 22that are still in play.
990 00:43:07 These fine ladies andgentlemen in the middle.
991 00:43:09 Heaton-Harris, provisionally,
992 00:43:11 makes it to the floorin 84 days.
993 00:43:13 The good news is,
994 00:43:15 if we can lock 16,we're over the line.
995 00:43:17 I'm sorry, that's the good news?
996 00:43:19 We need 16 out of 22 votes?
997 00:43:21 That's like sitting an examwhere the passing grade is...
998 00:43:23 72% .
999 00:43:24 And the bad newsis that the gun lobby
1000 00:43:25 is rich beyondour wildest dreams?
1001 00:43:27 There is that.
1002 00:43:28 Or that it's nota whole lot of time
1003 00:43:30 to steal 16 votes from themost powerful group in D.C.?
1004 00:43:32 That, too.
1005 00:43:33 What Ross is fumbling for is,we need 16.
1006 00:43:36 They only need seven.
1007 00:43:38 Shit.
1008 00:43:41 (ON TV and the man who did this
1009 00:43:43 robbed us of their smiles,of their laughter.
1010 00:43:50 And I just can't acceptthat we allowed it to happen.
1011 00:43:55 Our beautiful girls,and we could have stopped it.
1012 00:44:00 We could have taken the gun
1013 00:44:01 out of his hand and my babies...
1014 00:44:03 Jesus Christ.
1015 00:44:04 We get the idea.
1016 00:44:07 Brenda and Joel Patterson.
1017 00:44:09 The shooting sparked a new wave
1018 00:44:10 of anti-gun sentimentin Wisconsin.
1019 00:44:12 And that wasmore than a month ago.
1020 00:44:14 It's not dying down.
1021 00:44:15 Brenda's becomea prominent figure
1022 00:44:17 in the Mothers DemandAction movement.
1023 00:44:19 Public outrageafter a gun attack
1024 00:44:20 lasts maybe a week per casualty.
1025 00:44:23 This whole Pattinson storyshould be in the ground by now.
1026 00:44:26 - Patterson.- Huh?
1027 00:44:28 Their name.The Patterson family.
1028 00:44:30 I don't give a shit if they'rethe fucking Partridge Family.
1029 00:44:34 This is her.
1030 00:44:35 Sandford needs to know.
1031 00:44:36 Our delivery must be tailoredfor maximum impact.
1032 00:44:39 Support for gun control is up8% in the last two weeks.
1033 00:44:42 Both Wisconsin senatorsare vulnerable.
1034 00:44:44 If they don't declarefor Heaton-Harris,
1035 00:44:45 Kirkpatrick won't make itthrough the fall,
1036 00:44:47 and Wallace is toastin two years...
1037 00:44:48 Who's going to thatmedical thing?
1038 00:44:52 Senator Wallace.
1039 00:44:53 He can delivertwo other moderates.
1040 00:44:55 And sure as she wasborn screaming,
1041 00:44:58 she'll see that as her chanceto box them in.
1042 00:45:00 No, Carlos, that's unacceptable.
1043 00:45:02 The media has to be there,that's the whole point.
1044 00:45:05 It has to be digitally storedand ready to be trotted out
1045 00:45:08 should he even thinkabout backing down.
1046 00:45:10 I'm gonna send you a photoof Clara Thomson.
1047 00:45:12 She'll be front-left,wearing a...
1048 00:45:14 Clara, what are you wearing?
1049 00:45:15 One-shoulderblack crepe dress.
1050 00:45:16 A one-shoulderblack crepe dress.
1051 00:45:18 If we're lucky, it'll bethe only one in the room.
1052 00:45:20 Thanks, Carlos.
1053 00:45:21 Hey, Alex, tell meit's feasible that a doctor
1054 00:45:23 wouldn't have time for allthis social media bullshit.
1055 00:45:26 Yeah, if you're pulling15-hour shifts, I guess.
1056 00:45:28 Great.
1057 00:45:29 But he'd be onDoximity probably.
1058 00:45:31 The Medical version of Linkedln.
1059 00:45:33 Could you not have juststopped when I said "great"?
1060 00:45:34 Good morning.
1061 00:45:36 Light reading?
1062 00:45:38 Do you even knowwhat Doximity is?
1063 00:45:40 Yes, I do.
1064 00:45:42 It's the study of Doximity.
1065 00:45:44 Lungs are asymmetrical.Right has three lobes, left two.
1066 00:45:46 You know why?
1067 00:45:47 Your heart needsthe real estate?
1068 00:45:49 Bravo.
1069 00:45:50 All right, everybody, listen up!
1070 00:45:51 Not a problem for you,I should imagine.
1071 00:45:53 What have they got? Come on!Arguments and rebuttals.
1072 00:45:56 Let's have it, wake up!
1073 00:45:59 It's the first step toward anational register of firearms.
1074 00:46:02 Scare mongering.
1075 00:46:03 No one's even come closeto proposing that.
1076 00:46:05 And if they did,
1077 00:46:06 it would have its own dayin Congress. Next.
1078 00:46:09 And it's two steps awayfrom confiscation.
1079 00:46:11 The gun lobby's rhetoricis based on the falsehood
1080 00:46:13 that we want to take somethingaway from people. We don't.
1081 00:46:16 We want to make itmore difficult
1082 00:46:18 for dangerous peopleto buy firearms.
1083 00:46:21 If we can't burst this fallacy,
1084 00:46:22 we may as well go home.
1085 00:46:24 Esme, get me a bioon Wendy Furniss, please?
1086 00:46:25 - Sure.- Harwood Norton's CEO?
1087 00:46:28 Mmm-hmm. Second largestemployer in Virginia.
1088 00:46:30 Both senators are teetering,
1089 00:46:31 but if I can get herto reach out to them...
1090 00:46:33 You don't see the irony
1091 00:46:34 in asking the CEOof a defense contractor
1092 00:46:36 to advocate for a ban on guns?
1093 00:46:37 We're not banning anything!
1094 00:46:38 Jesus, you sound likeone of them.
1095 00:46:40 I'm in character.
1096 00:46:41 Next!
1097 00:46:42 Uh, the new rules will increase
1098 00:46:43 wait times by two weeks.
1099 00:46:45 Welcome to America,
1100 00:46:46 where you'll waitsix months for an X-ray,
1101 00:46:48 but, hey, you can buy an AR-15
1102 00:46:50 in five minutes flat.
1103 00:46:52 You going to bethat flippant in public?
1104 00:46:54 Pussyfooting isn't memorable.Sound bites are.
1105 00:46:55 And the appropriate onegoes like this,
1106 00:46:58 anyone that desperateto get their hands on a gun
1107 00:47:01 shouldn't be allowedanywhere near one.
1108 00:47:03 The total number ofMRI machines in Wisconsin...
1109 00:47:06 If the good Senatorever finishes this speech,
1110 00:47:08 he will open it to the floor.
1111 00:47:10 You'll be question number three.
1112 00:47:11 You think he'll go for it?
1113 00:47:13 He knows the media is here,
1114 00:47:14 won't risk being heckledat his own fundraiser.
1115 00:47:16 Back him into a corner,and he'll have no choice.
1116 00:47:19 Of an additional $2 million
1117 00:47:21 for the purchase offour brand-new machines
1118 00:47:23 within the first yearof my next term.
1119 00:47:26 Thank you.
1120 00:47:28 Thank you very much.Thank you.
1121 00:47:31 AH right, a few more questions
1122 00:47:33 for the Senator,then we'll wrap up.
1123 00:47:35 Uh, yes, the lady in white.
1124 00:47:36 Mr. Senator, I'm Chair ofthe Westfield Center...
1125 00:47:40 He was supposed to go to me third,what's he doing?
1126 00:47:43 Following orders.
1127 00:47:45 Three tables behind you,two to the right.
1128 00:47:47 They've been tracking usthrough Wisconsin.
1129 00:47:49 They would have had everyoneon that list vetted.
1130 00:47:51 You're blown.
1131 00:47:53 What do you mean?
1132 00:47:54 I mean that it's timefor plan B.
1133 00:47:58 And our final questiongoes to Dr. Raj Amarasekara.
1134 00:48:03 I hopeI'm pronouncing that right.
1135 00:48:05 Of the PulmonaryAssociates of America.
1136 00:48:07 Thank you.
1137 00:48:10 Raj Amarasekarais a working actor
1138 00:48:11 named Matthew Kantaria.
1139 00:48:12 They think he's about toask a benign question
1140 00:48:14 about the clean air initiative.
1141 00:48:16 It's a safe bet we'll seethree or four gunshot victims.
1142 00:48:19 Some are kids, teenagers.
1143 00:48:23 How do you intend to voteon the Heaton-Harris Bill
1144 00:48:26 when it's put before Congress?
1145 00:48:31 Well...
1146 00:48:33 As you have experienced, uh,
1147 00:48:37 gun violenceis a real problem...
1148 00:48:39 You decoyed me?
1149 00:48:41 Raj Amarasekara haspersonally plagiarized
1150 00:48:43 seven research papers,all available online.
1151 00:48:46 He even has a Doximity account.
1152 00:48:48 Financial burdenis the fact that
1153 00:48:50 some of the victimsare the, um...
1154 00:48:53 Kids.
1155 00:48:55 The young.
1156 00:48:57 So, I think it's,uh, first and foremost,
1157 00:49:00 to put our sympathies withthe families of these victims.
1158 00:49:07 But it's true, gun violenceputs an enormous strain
1159 00:49:10 on our healthcare systemand its work force.
1160 00:49:14 Absolutely, yes.
1161 00:49:16 That's why I intend to givemy whole-hearted support
1162 00:49:21 to the Heaton-Harris Bill.
1163 00:49:24 And that's a wrap.
1164 00:49:26 Thank you.Absolutely, thank you.
1165 00:49:39 Who else does he bring?
1166 00:49:40 Fascitelli and Garcia.
1167 00:49:43 Hey, Esme, I have a surprisefor you on Wednesday.
1168 00:49:46 We're going to a new restaurant?
1169 00:49:48 How about a Second Amendmentdebate at NYU Law School?
1170 00:49:52 Don't shout thisfrom the rooftops,
1171 00:49:53 but I trust youto do a better job
1172 00:49:55 than anyone else on the team.
1173 00:49:56 You can't make it?
1174 00:49:58 I'm including myselfas part of the team.
1175 00:50:00 I wasn't cool enough to relate
1176 00:50:01 to college kidswhen I was a college kid.
1177 00:50:04 I'll forward you the details.
1178 00:50:10 You again.
1179 00:50:13 I called them and Ispecifically asked for Mark.
1180 00:50:16 And I specifically told youhe skipped town.
1181 00:50:18 Well, what agencydid he move to?
1182 00:50:20 How should I know?
1183 00:50:22 - I ain't his parole officer.- (TURNS OFF TV
1184 00:50:24 He's in trouble?
1185 00:50:26 I was kidding.
1186 00:50:30 Aww, we had so much funthe other night.
1187 00:50:36 Well, you knowwhere the door is, lady.
1188 00:50:37 Go run to your Mark.
1189 00:51:20 I've got work to do tonight.
1190 00:51:24 Big case?
1191 00:51:26 Forde, human interactionis an exchange.
1192 00:51:28 My money for your...
1193 00:51:30 Dick?
1194 00:51:31 I was gonna say "skill set."
1195 00:51:33 But that's the only exchangeI'm willing to make.
1196 00:51:36 Now you sound like a banker.
1197 00:51:39 I got to do prep anyways-
1198 00:51:40 For what?
1199 00:51:42 Another client, tomorrow night.
1200 00:51:46 You do prep?
1201 00:51:48 For functions.
1202 00:51:49 Believe it or not,
1203 00:51:51 not everyone hires mefor my skill set.
1204 00:51:56 Half my clients justwant me on their arm.
1205 00:51:58 Some just wantsomeone to talk to
1206 00:51:59 from a different neckof the woods,
1207 00:52:00 - who ain't gonna judge them.- That is so pathetic.
1208 00:52:02 Functions are different.
1209 00:52:04 The agency gave mea list of covers.
1210 00:52:08 Insurance exec, marketing guy.
1211 00:52:11 Tomorrow is oil and gas.
1212 00:52:12 I'll be seeing you.
1213 00:52:16 I think you owe mesomething more.
1214 00:52:18 No, it's all there. Count it.
1215 00:52:20 This covers my services.
1216 00:52:23 But I just gave youa whole lot of information
1217 00:52:24 about my line of work.
1218 00:52:26 On your principlesof exchange...
1219 00:52:27 Oh, my God!
1220 00:52:28 Okay, that was a voluntarydonation on your part.
1221 00:52:31 I pay you so I canimagine a life I chose
1222 00:52:34 to forego in the pursuitof my career.
1223 00:52:37 So, why don't yougo out and get it?
1224 00:52:39 It's not for me.
1225 00:52:40 Not when I was in my early 20s,
1226 00:52:41 and sure as hell not now.
1227 00:52:43 So, "no house you call home,
1228 00:52:44 "no folks you call family,"
1229 00:52:45 - sort of thing, huh?- Uh-uh.
1230 00:52:47 - You ever regret that?- Not for a second.
1231 00:52:50 At least nowwe're peeling a layer.
1232 00:52:52 And that is all my principlesof exchange will allow.
1233 00:52:56 Goodbye, Forde.
1234 00:53:16 If you're a terrorist,
1235 00:53:17 or someone who shouldn'tbe allowed on that plane,
1236 00:53:19 which lane are yougoing to walk through?
1237 00:53:21 Yeah, well, obviously...
1238 00:53:22 Thursday morning.
1239 00:53:24 Okay, I'll hold.
1240 00:53:25 - Lauren! Boston, Thursday!- Got it!
1241 00:53:29 I deleted every vestigeof my online existence.
1242 00:53:31 You didn't replace it,
1243 00:53:33 leaving a Clara-sizedhole in Google,
1244 00:53:34 which they flaggedin due diligence.
1245 00:53:36 I did replace it.
1246 00:53:37 Esme!
1247 00:53:40 Clara Thomson just returnedfrom a 2-year stint
1248 00:53:43 with Médecins Sans Frontiéres.It was solid.
1249 00:53:46 Why didn't you tell meabout Raj...
1250 00:53:49 Just call him Matthew.
1251 00:53:50 I checked with Finance.
1252 00:53:53 Your actor wasn'tpaid from our account.
1253 00:53:54 You ran him outof your own pocket.
1254 00:53:57 It's good practiceto keep your circle small.
1255 00:53:59 In this town,no matter where you are,
1256 00:54:01 you're never more thantwo feet away from a rat.
1257 00:54:04 Hey! I want you on the podiumat the ARS dinner.
1258 00:54:09 Wait, that's a huge deal.
1259 00:54:10 You don't think we should share
1260 00:54:11 the public speaking a little?
1261 00:54:12 And blow all the goodwillyou've racked up?
1262 00:54:14 I'm not sure I'm comfortablein the spotlight.
1263 00:54:17 Doing all the press.
1264 00:54:18 Get comfortable,that ship has sailed.
1265 00:54:21 Hey, yes. Thursday morning,I'll be there.
1266 00:54:24 Every day,48 children or teens are shot.
1267 00:54:26 That's not acrossthe world, folks,
1268 00:54:27 that's right here in America.
1269 00:54:29 We are joined right nowby a representative
1270 00:54:30 from the Brady Campaign,
1271 00:54:31 - Esme Manchurian.- It's Manucharian.
1272 00:54:35 Knocking on doors,making house calls?
1273 00:54:40 How long did it take youto even get to this place?
1274 00:54:41 Consider it a signof how important
1275 00:54:43 it is that we get you on board.
1276 00:54:45 Why?
1277 00:54:46 In your long anddistinguished career,
1278 00:54:47 you've done preciselyjack-shit for feminism.
1279 00:54:50 Because genderdoesn't interest me.
1280 00:54:52 The only thingyou're missing is a dick.
1281 00:54:54 I thinkyour presence in the room
1282 00:54:56 would be a great help
1283 00:54:58 as I make our caseto Senator Hofland.
1284 00:55:00 God willing, we can help protect
1285 00:55:01 our neighbors from the kind of tragedyAmerica has endured...
1286 00:55:04 Esme... Manchurian.
1287 00:55:08 Manucharian.
1288 00:55:11 In this country,nine women are shot
1289 00:55:13 and killed by their intimatepartners every week.
1290 00:55:15 The risk of homicidegoes up 500%...
1291 00:55:18 Don't hurl stats at me,I'm not a fucking journalist.
1292 00:55:22 You think I don't know all this?
1293 00:55:23 Does your membership?
1294 00:55:24 Because now would bea great time to tell them.
1295 00:55:27 Larsson and Parr have donated
1296 00:55:29 millions oftheir personal fortunes.
1297 00:55:30 - Yeah.- I can't go hat-in-hand for more.
1298 00:55:33 Hey, Manchurian!
1299 00:55:34 Mandel's on the brink,I need conversational topics.
1300 00:55:36 - What do you mean?- Small talk.
1301 00:55:38 Idle nonsense of no importto anything.
1302 00:55:41 You outsourceyour social interactions?
1303 00:55:43 Yeah. Interests,hobbies... Kids!
1304 00:55:46 There's no better wayto butter up a parent
1305 00:55:47 than to tell himhow hot his kids are.
1306 00:55:49 On it.
1307 00:55:50 The last time we met,your youngest was
1308 00:55:52 knocking on the doorof the Ivy League.
1309 00:55:54 - Yes.- Logan, was it?
1310 00:55:55 Christ! I can't even rememberthat conversation.
1311 00:55:57 Mandy Hamlyn from the AmericanNurses Association
1312 00:55:59 - on line three!- Ah!
1313 00:56:00 I think there area great many on the Hill
1314 00:56:01 who have become so accustomedto your generous support,
1315 00:56:03 it wouldn't hurt to give thema short, sharp shock.
1316 00:56:06 Your donors, don't askfor more. Ask for less.
1317 00:56:09 If you feel stronglyabout Heaton-Harris,
1318 00:56:10 you could do worse
1319 00:56:11 than to pledge to cut tiesto any senator
1320 00:56:13 who doesn't come out in favor.
1321 00:56:14 So, what, we'returning the screw,
1322 00:56:16 and saving moneyat the same time?
1323 00:56:19 I don't want tolive in a society where there
1324 00:56:20 is a new school shootingevery week!
1325 00:56:24 That is why when put to vote,
1326 00:56:27 I will be supportingthe Heaton-Harris Bill!
1327 00:56:33 It came in anonymously,
1328 00:56:34 but everyone'sthinking Bloomberg.
1329 00:56:35 Five hundred grand?That's over 12% of our budget!
1330 00:56:38 If you were donating that much,
1331 00:56:39 why would you do it anonymously?
1332 00:56:40 Obvious reason.
1333 00:56:42 - What? Privacy?- No.
1334 00:56:44 It makes you look noblewhen you leak your identity.
1335 00:56:46 Oh, my God.Were you born that cynical?
1336 00:56:49 That is just a word todenote the absence...
1337 00:56:51 Of the naivety I so keenlyexhibit? Yeah, right.
1338 00:56:57 Back on in three, people.
1339 00:56:59 Since whenwere you camera-shy?
1340 00:57:02 What happened?You find a wrinkle?
1341 00:57:04 If it isn'tBill Sandford's poodle.
1342 00:57:06 Let me guess, on a tight leash,
1343 00:57:08 sniffing at his assfor business?
1344 00:57:10 If you weren't such a joke,
1345 00:57:12 we'd already have his business.
1346 00:57:13 So how about this?
1347 00:57:15 Give Mini-Me a day off,
1348 00:57:17 and I'll give youa shot at the title.
1349 00:57:19 Live TV debate, you and me.
1350 00:57:23 You must be desperate
1351 00:57:24 if you're willingto give me airtime.
1352 00:57:25 I kick your bony asshard enough,
1353 00:57:26 Bill Sandford will realize
1354 00:57:28 why he came to usin the first place.
1355 00:57:29 Uh-uh. You need me strongto make him worried.
1356 00:57:33 You're not looking so strongafter a head-on with me.
1357 00:57:37 All right. I'll grant youa job interview
1358 00:57:39 on national television.
1359 00:57:40 You can show your masterwhat a big, tough dog you are.
1360 00:57:53 What we're about to discuss
1361 00:57:54 should only bereferred to in code
1362 00:57:56 in the office and over e-mail.
1363 00:57:58 My ex-employers aren'tbeyond bugging and hacking.
1364 00:58:01 You think our conference roomis wearing a wire?
1365 00:58:03 We're gonna targeta senator from a state
1366 00:58:05 we have zero right to swing.
1367 00:58:07 Oh, please, God, don't say...
1368 00:58:08 Alberto Gomez,Republican, Florida.
1369 00:58:10 What'?
1370 00:58:12 I thought you weregonna say Missouri.
1371 00:58:13 Florida's preposterous.
1372 00:58:14 I'm being optimistic.
1373 00:58:16 Public opinion runs againstHeaton-Harris in Florida.
1374 00:58:18 - Let's talk later.- In the office?
1375 00:58:21 How do I register my dissent?By semaphore?
1376 00:58:24 Alex, you're in chargeof ad banners,
1377 00:58:25 you have a 2:00 at JWT.
1378 00:58:27 I want two phone pitches.
1379 00:58:28 Clara, Brian, Lauren,you're one.
1380 00:58:30 Cynthia, Esme, Franklin,you're two.
1381 00:58:32 Ross, get stats to both.Come on, get to it.
1382 00:58:40 What the hell are you thinking?
1383 00:58:41 That you shouldlet me do my job.
1384 00:58:43 This ain't Cole Kravitz,damn it.
1385 00:58:45 Our client's a non-profit,
1386 00:58:47 not some cashed-upconglomerate.
1387 00:58:49 I'm hiding in the busheswith my begging bowl,
1388 00:58:51 waiting to leap out at anyonewho looks like money,
1389 00:58:53 and you're getting readyto set fire
1390 00:58:55 to half a million dollarson some hare-brained...
1391 00:58:59 I mean this James Bondshit's endearingly wacky,
1392 00:59:02 but if you think you'reseriously going to get
1393 00:59:04 any traction out of Florida,you're way out.
1394 00:59:06 Rodolfo, it was explicitin your pitch to lure me here
1395 00:59:09 that you helda certain degree of trust
1396 00:59:10 in my abilityto run this campaign.
1397 00:59:12 George, it's me.
1398 00:59:13 I know what I'm doing.
1399 00:59:15 We need to talk about Florida.
1400 00:59:17 And I don't do hare-brained.
1401 00:59:35 Fucking A right.
1402 00:59:37 From the way you beenkicking my ass all morning,
1403 00:59:39 I'm starting to think
1404 00:59:41 you invited yourself herejust to kick my ass.
1405 00:59:45 I'm personally in favorof Heaton-Harris.
1406 00:59:48 I've publicly declared,my voters are behind me.
1407 00:59:51 Did you want to meetjust to kick my ass?
1408 00:59:55 Look,you're sitting on six votes.
1409 00:59:58 Sandford's not a punk,
1410 00:59:59 he knows the opposition'scounting on them.
1411 01:00:02 He also knowsif they don't get them,
1412 01:00:04 their campaign will be over.
1413 01:00:07 So, what are you gonna do?
1414 01:00:09 Walk into my club,
1415 01:00:10 bend me overa green baize table,
1416 01:00:11 and give me the spielabout freedom?
1417 01:00:14 About how,if the liberals get their way,
1418 01:00:16 in a couple of hundred years,
1419 01:00:17 the Second Amendmentwill enshrine
1420 01:00:18 our rights to bearbaseball bats?
1421 01:00:20 No, that's the argumentyou're gonna make
1422 01:00:22 to your friendsin the Blue Dog Coalition
1423 01:00:24 when you tell themyou're changing your position.
1424 01:00:30 Bill Sandford's thinking aboutbacking a new candidate.
1425 01:00:33 One of their own.A real up-and-comer. Hispanic.
1426 01:00:36 Got offers fromeight Ivy League schools.
1427 01:00:39 Ivy League schools?
1428 01:00:41 Have you seenmy approval ratings, Pat?
1429 01:00:43 No, he's not runningagainst you.
1430 01:00:46 He's running against your son.
1431 01:00:55 The gun lobby wantsyour support, Hank.
1432 01:00:59 They know your boy'srunning for Michigan.
1433 01:01:01 They'll handpick an opponent.
1434 01:01:03 Back him to the hilt.
1435 01:01:05 I tried to talk Sandfordout of it, but...
1436 01:01:07 Bullshit, Connors, you probably
1437 01:01:09 put him up to it,you motherfucker.
1438 01:01:10 About those approval ratings.
1439 01:01:13 You can go either way.
1440 01:01:16 Quietly recant,protect your son.
1441 01:01:21 Sandford won't forget it.
1442 01:01:23 You disappoint him...
1443 01:01:28 He won't forget that, either.
1444 01:01:36 So, how was Pittsburgh?
1445 01:01:38 What are you, a Fed?
1446 01:01:40 The President of the Mid-AtlanticAssociation of Women
1447 01:01:43 in Law Enforcement calledto say thanks for lunch.
1448 01:01:47 I wasn't aware they werepart of our plan.
1449 01:01:49 It wasn't JWT.
1450 01:01:51 It was a 30-minute lunch.
1451 01:01:52 They're not a part of our plan,
1452 01:01:53 which is why it wasn't JWT.
1453 01:01:56 Am I not allowed a social life?
1454 01:01:57 I didn't know you had one.
1455 01:01:59 As someone who hasher underlings
1456 01:02:00 root for conversational topics.
1457 01:02:02 I maintaina small circle of allies.
1458 01:02:04 Uh-huh. Cops and nurses?
1459 01:02:06 Well, I can provide a list ifyou require full disclosure.
1460 01:02:10 So, grand unveiling.
1461 01:02:14 - You coming?- We got a bigger problem.
1462 01:02:16 While you've been jettingaround the country for lunch,
1463 01:02:18 our opponents have beendoing their job.
1464 01:02:20 Hank Badgley,Chairman of the Blue Dog,
1465 01:02:22 who controls the votes of...
1466 01:02:24 Six Senators, I know whohe is. He's in our pocket.
1467 01:02:26 Really? That what you think?
1468 01:02:29 He was on board,but he just did a 180.
1469 01:02:32 Says he wants to wait and see.
1470 01:02:36 "Wait and see"is more like a 90.
1471 01:02:38 We're chasing Senatorswho are in play.
1472 01:02:40 We can't afford to loseseven votes we had locked.
1473 01:02:42 We won't recover.
1474 01:02:43 We have him on camerapledging support?
1475 01:02:45 Absolutely.
1476 01:02:47 Then we'll have tomake him feel it.
1477 01:02:56 Thank you.
1478 01:03:04 Alex, these banners are good.
1479 01:03:08 Could you say that again
1480 01:03:09 and sound a littleless surprised?
1481 01:03:11 Hold on, this can't be right.
1482 01:03:13 - Senator Gomez...- We're not going to Florida.
1483 01:03:17 What?
1484 01:03:19 Florida's out.
1485 01:03:22 But you said thatwe were going to Florida
1486 01:03:23 to swing Gomez...
1487 01:03:24 Everyone turn to Tab 9, please.
1488 01:03:31 I don't have anything at Tab 9.
1489 01:03:47 Security, lock downCynthia Green's desk.
1490 01:03:49 Secure her filesand her hard drives,
1491 01:03:51 and escort her off the premises.
1492 01:03:53 Your Blackberry, now.
1493 01:03:57 Now!
1494 01:04:00 Let's go.
1495 01:04:02 He offered me partnership track.
1496 01:04:04 Good luck with that.
1497 01:04:05 Clear the office.
1498 01:04:08 Come on, come on, come on!Everybody out.
1499 01:04:15 I'll have the placeswept for taps.
1500 01:04:17 Sounds like James Bondshit to me.
1501 01:04:19 We will talk about this later.
1502 01:04:24 Come on, everybody,clear the building!
1503 01:04:26 Let's go! Out! Come on!
1504 01:04:40 I can't believe the whole
1505 01:04:41 Gomez-Florida thingwas a ruse.
1506 01:04:43 We're coming out ofleft field to take Colorado
1507 01:04:45 before they figure out whichhole they got screwed in.
1508 01:04:48 How could she do that?
1509 01:04:50 How does someoneeven think like that?
1510 01:04:52 Maybe in her naivety,
1511 01:04:53 she figured it'd be goodfor her career.
1512 01:04:57 I wasn't talking about Cynthia.
1513 01:05:13 Morning.
1514 01:05:18 Please take a seat.
1515 01:05:19 We're not sayingit can't be done.
1516 01:05:21 But it's risky.
1517 01:05:23 - We only get one shot.- Hey!
1518 01:05:27 Were you followed?
1519 01:05:28 Evidently.
1520 01:05:31 Let him in.
1521 01:05:33 Do you solemnly swear
1522 01:05:34 that you will tell the truth,
1523 01:05:35 the whole truth,and nothing but the truth,
1524 01:05:37 upon pains and penaltiesof perjury?
1525 01:05:41 I do.
1526 01:05:46 State your full name, please.
1527 01:05:48 Well, look at this.
1528 01:05:50 Rodolfo Vittorio Schmidt.
1529 01:05:54 I'm guessing this gearain't for tuning my '69 Chevy?
1530 01:05:58 Rodolfo,my unofficial support team.
1531 01:06:01 Big Sam.
1532 01:06:03 Little Sam.
1533 01:06:04 During the time that youworked alongside Miss Sloane,
1534 01:06:08 did you hold any discussions
1535 01:06:10 pertaining to the use
1536 01:06:11 of illegalsurveillance techniques?
1537 01:06:16 So, how bigis your organization?
1538 01:06:17 Well, there are six of us,four are out on assignment.
1539 01:06:21 - And you're ex...- NSA.
1540 01:06:24 Badgley is flip-flopping.
1541 01:06:25 But, quickest wayto get him in line
1542 01:06:27 is to mine for sordid details,
1543 01:06:28 and then let him knowwe're in possession of them.
1544 01:06:30 Mr. Schmidt,did you?
1545 01:06:34 Yes, Senator, we did.
1546 01:06:35 And what means did they haveat their disposal
1547 01:06:37 to carry out thesesurveillance practices?
1548 01:06:40 Standard 24-hourvideo and audio surveillance,
1549 01:06:43 cell phone and onlineaccount hacking,
1550 01:06:45 location tracking,and, with our latest tech,
1551 01:06:49 close-quarters audio,anytime, anyplace.
1552 01:06:55 You ever hear the expression"Fly on the wall"?
1553 01:06:57 Well, meet the cutting edgein eavesdropping.
1554 01:07:00 It's a cockroach.
1555 01:07:02 Which can be retro-fitted
1556 01:07:03 as a cyberneticrobo-roach with this.
1557 01:07:09 We glue electrodesto its antennae,
1558 01:07:11 perforate the thorax,
1559 01:07:12 and we can controlits movement remotely.
1560 01:07:14 Don't call PETA, Schmidt.
1561 01:07:16 These guys cancrawl under doors,
1562 01:07:18 into crevices, bags,completely undetected.
1563 01:07:21 They can go weeks without foodand still be mobile.
1564 01:07:24 And how did you react tothe possibility of all this?
1565 01:07:27 I told her it wasmind-boggling, ingenious,
1566 01:07:30 morally repugnantand completely unacceptable.
1567 01:07:33 Boo!
1568 01:07:35 You're talkingabout blackmailing
1569 01:07:36 a United States Senator.
1570 01:07:39 Have you any idea of thedamage if this ever came out?
1571 01:07:42 No more than the damage doneif we don't get Badgley back.
1572 01:07:45 Without prejudiceto the undoubtedly
1573 01:07:47 stellar job that you guys do.
1574 01:07:49 Our firm has certain standards
1575 01:07:51 below which I'm notprepared to stoop.
1576 01:07:55 Let me out of here.
1577 01:07:57 Schmidt.
1578 01:07:59 Find another way.
1579 01:08:07 It was a rude awakening
1580 01:08:08 for Michigan Senator,Hank Badgley, today
1581 01:08:11 as he was tailed from his hometo his workplace by this...
1582 01:08:15 What the fuck is that?
1583 01:08:16 Organized by gun safetycampaigners
1584 01:08:18 in responseto what they perceive
1585 01:08:19 as a U-turn on his support...
1586 01:08:21 Can you believe...I do not fucking believe!
1587 01:08:25 In the shadow of a giant rat.
1588 01:08:30 It's on all ofthe national news outlets.
1589 01:08:33 How the helldid she manage that?
1590 01:08:35 She didn't. They swingleft all on their own.
1591 01:08:38 It has its own Twitter feed.
1592 01:08:40 Huh?
1593 01:08:43 The rat.
1594 01:08:45 Really, I think thatthis whole rat business
1595 01:08:47 is little more than anunfortunate misunderstanding.
1596 01:08:51 I was one of the firstmembers of the senate
1597 01:08:53 to lend my supportto Heaton-Harris.
1598 01:08:55 I've always maintained that
1599 01:08:56 the Bill is integralto public safety,
1600 01:08:58 and my support for itis unwavering.
1601 01:09:01 Now, I sincerely hope that
1602 01:09:03 we can get pastall this silliness...
1603 01:09:04 Three more Blue Dog Senators
1604 01:09:06 have press conferencesscheduled for next week.
1605 01:09:08 Keep hammering the point
1606 01:09:09 that we're not arguingfor confiscation.
1607 01:09:12 Heaton-Harrisis about stopping...
1608 01:09:13 Criminals and psychopaths.
1609 01:09:14 Yeah, I'm a proat this now, Liz.
1610 01:09:16 I'll see you in there.
1611 01:09:19 So you knew there wasa leak from when?
1612 01:09:21 - Sorry?- Cynthia.
1613 01:09:22 When did you start tosuspect there was a leak?
1614 01:09:24 Uh, after the UAPD fundraiser.
1615 01:09:26 And you had herfollowed by a Pl?
1616 01:09:28 How did you know it was her?
1617 01:09:30 Sorry?
1618 01:09:31 The leak, you hadCynthia watched.
1619 01:09:34 How did you know it was her?
1620 01:09:36 I didn't.
1621 01:09:39 You had us all watched?
1622 01:09:41 Howdy.
1623 01:09:44 Cal Sneider,banking and actuarial.
1624 01:09:47 I'm sure we've been introduced,
1625 01:09:49 but your name escapes me.
1626 01:09:50 I'm sorry, you havethe wrong person.
1627 01:09:52 I'm pretty sure I don't.
1628 01:09:53 Have a good memory for faces.
1629 01:09:55 This one I wouldn'treadily forget.
1630 01:09:57 Really, Mr. Sneider,
1631 01:09:59 I've no idea who you think I am.
1632 01:10:01 Excuse me.
1633 01:10:11 Uh-huh. You knowwe're not really
1634 01:10:13 supposed to be havingthis conversation, right?
1635 01:10:14 Half of Oregonis protected Federal parkland.
1636 01:10:16 They can't develop it.
1637 01:10:18 So, state budgetscome from logging revenues.
1638 01:10:19 - / got it....- Liz?
1639 01:10:20 Whatever clearing your headlooks like, this isn't it.
1640 01:10:23 So, loggers area very influential group.
1641 01:10:25 Excuse me!
1642 01:10:26 Can someone have hermakeup done, too, please?
1643 01:10:28 I'm not a part of this!
1644 01:10:29 You're a public figurein a room full of cameras.
1645 01:10:31 IS that her?
1646 01:10:34 Liz?
1647 01:10:35 Hey, we have to getBryan on these loggers.
1648 01:10:38 We're on top ofthe goddamn loggers!
1649 01:10:39 Just clear your head!
1650 01:10:40 One moment.
1651 01:10:41 Clear your head,like I told you.
1652 01:10:43 Hello?
1653 01:10:47 - Fine.- Ms. Sloane, welcome.
1654 01:10:50 Pat. Please, take a seat.
1655 01:10:52 I know Friday's Filing Day
1656 01:10:54 and your campaign will be over,
1657 01:10:55 but if you're thinkingI'm gonna go easy,
1658 01:10:56 I can't do that.
1659 01:10:57 This is live TV,so no colorful language.
1660 01:11:00 Bullshit job offers to my staff,
1661 01:11:02 you've plumbed new depths.
1662 01:11:04 A giant inflatable rodent?Please.
1663 01:11:05 You ruined that girl's career.
1664 01:11:07 All right, shut up,the both of you. Let's go!
1665 01:11:15 Hello, America, I'm Jon O'Neill,
1666 01:11:17 welcome to a special editionof This Week In Washington.
1667 01:11:21 Guns! More or Less?
1668 01:11:23 There were 372mass shootings last year,
1669 01:11:26 64 school shootings,
1670 01:11:28 and there are over 300million guns in our country...
1671 01:11:31 You used to work with Connors?
1672 01:11:33 Four years.
1673 01:11:34 Foul-mouthed, unexpected,and very effective.
1674 01:11:40 If background checksare to be of any use,
1675 01:11:43 they should apply toall gun sales, not just some.
1676 01:11:45 Isn't that what Heaton-Harrisis proposing?
1677 01:11:48 Precisely. The bill expandsthe scope of gun regulation,
1678 01:11:51 and it's yet another affront
1679 01:11:53 to Americans'Constitutional rights.
1680 01:11:55 No, the bill closesan absurd loophole
1681 01:11:57 which allows peopleon terrorist watch-lists
1682 01:12:00 to buy guns withoutany checks whatsoever.
1683 01:12:02 It's an incursioninto individual liberty
1684 01:12:04 by an all-powerfulgovernment...
1685 01:12:06 - What, like drivers' licenses?- Drivers' licenses?
1686 01:12:08 It's illegal to operate a car
1687 01:12:10 without going through rigorous
1688 01:12:11 theoretical and practicalassessments.
1689 01:12:13 - That's a clear constraint...- Fugu chefs.
1690 01:12:15 On the freedom ofindividuals to drive cars,
1691 01:12:17 - or pilots to fly planes.- Come on. Fugu chefs.
1692 01:12:20 You know, in Japan,chefs train for seven years
1693 01:12:23 before they're allowed to serve
1694 01:12:24 a poisonous blowfishcalled fug...
1695 01:12:25 Yes!
1696 01:12:26 What does any of this
1697 01:12:28 have to do withbackground checks?
1698 01:12:29 Is a fair question.
1699 01:12:31 Does anyone in this room
1700 01:12:32 think the government shouldabolish drivers' licenses?
1701 01:12:34 - That's absurd.- Why?
1702 01:12:36 They're a government incursioninto individual liberty.
1703 01:12:38 We accept them becausethey make sense.
1704 01:12:40 The more dangerousthe machinery,
1705 01:12:42 the more rigorousthe tests should be.
1706 01:12:44 I think we canextend our definition
1707 01:12:46 of dangerous machineryto semi-automatic firearms.
1708 01:12:49 Except that the SecondAmendment to the Constitution
1709 01:12:51 doesn't guaranteethe right to drive cars,
1710 01:12:53 or operate machinery or serveblowfish for that matter.
1711 01:12:57 It guarantees the rightto keep and bear arms.
1712 01:13:00 Perhaps you haven'tread it lately.
1713 01:13:02 Nothing in the bill
1714 01:13:04 infringes the rights of thepeople to keep and bear arms.
1715 01:13:07 The Second Amendmentwas signed in a time
1716 01:13:08 where the averagelife expectancy was 38,
1717 01:13:10 and it was common practicefor our Founding Fathers
1718 01:13:13 to resolve their differencesat dawn in a gunfight.
1719 01:13:16 What may have been perfectlysensible in those alien times
1720 01:13:20 is wholly inadequate to solvethe problems of the present.
1721 01:13:22 That's not the rebuttal,what's she doing?
1722 01:13:24 The United States Constitution
1723 01:13:25 has stood the test of time.
1724 01:13:27 It's authored to conferunimpeachable rights,
1725 01:13:31 which don't change depending
1726 01:13:32 on which way the Wind's blowing.
1727 01:13:34 It's so authoredwith the specific intent
1728 01:13:36 of keeping at bay
1729 01:13:37 the Elizabeth Sloanesof this world,
1730 01:13:39 who wanna wipe their asseswith the Constitution...
1731 01:13:41 Okay, let's...
1732 01:13:42 and replace itwith their own judgment,
1733 01:13:44 because she knows better than
1734 01:13:46 the Founding Fathersof this great nation.
1735 01:13:48 Nothing is unimpeachable,not even the Constitution.
1736 01:13:51 It's ironic that the verystatement of rights
1737 01:13:54 you're so quick to invoke
1738 01:13:55 is in fact an Amendment.
1739 01:13:58 I may notlike it either, Elizabeth,
1740 01:14:00 but it's the Second Amendment.
1741 01:14:01 Comes right after freedom ofspeech, religion, and press,
1742 01:14:05 and somewhere beforefreedom from search
1743 01:14:07 and from having to testifyagainst yourself.
1744 01:14:09 They're all sort ofbunched together.
1745 01:14:11 It's called the Bill of Rights.
1746 01:14:12 - How do you get around that?- We don't need to.
1747 01:14:14 Supreme Courtalready made it clear
1748 01:14:16 that the right to own a gun
1749 01:14:18 is subject tolawful restriction.
1750 01:14:19 One of thoseis background checks.
1751 01:14:21 Universal background checksare an infringement.
1752 01:14:25 What part of"shall not be infringed"
1753 01:14:27 don't you get?
1754 01:14:28 I get that that's the weakest,most mind-numbing retort
1755 01:14:31 in your impoverished arsenal.
1756 01:14:33 Sort of a last refuge for those
1757 01:14:35 with no real argument at all.
1758 01:14:36 You're talking about
1759 01:14:37 the United States Constitution.
1760 01:14:39 If they could producea rational winning argument,
1761 01:14:41 I'd gladly migrateto their side,
1762 01:14:43 but "because it says soin the Constitution,
1763 01:14:46 "the Bible, or my horoscope,"it's not a winning argument!
1764 01:14:51 It's a ripcord.
1765 01:14:52 An intellectual equivalentof a yellow,
1766 01:14:54 pant-pissing wimpcowering behind mommy's skirt.
1767 01:14:57 - Why don't we bring this back.- No, no, no. Let's not!
1768 01:15:00 Why don't we askall the mothers out there
1769 01:15:02 who lost their childrento an armed sociopath,
1770 01:15:04 if they believein his unimpeachable
1771 01:15:07 Constitutional rightto bear arms?
1772 01:15:09 Why not ask the terrified girl
1773 01:15:11 who locked herselfin a janitor's closet
1774 01:15:13 at Bloomington High,
1775 01:15:14 forced to listen
1776 01:15:16 as her peers werebeing massacred?
1777 01:15:18 Go ahead, ask her!
1778 01:15:20 Her name is Esme Manucharian.
1779 01:15:25 She's standing right there!
1780 01:15:32 Jesus Christ, Liz.
1781 01:15:35 Okay, time out!
1782 01:15:36 We're going to take a break,and when we come back,
1783 01:15:39 maybe these twowill stop playing
1784 01:15:41 Patty Cake andthe blowfish really come off.
1785 01:15:43 Be right back!
1786 01:16:09 I won't insult your intelligence
1787 01:16:10 by claiming that came outin the heat of the moment.
1788 01:16:17 How far back?
1789 01:16:21 Once I started gettingused to all the media?
1790 01:16:26 Okay. Day one.
1791 01:16:30 Wow.
1792 01:16:37 At dinner that night...
1793 01:16:40 You asked me if I'd go public
1794 01:16:42 if it was the differencebetween victory and defeat.
1795 01:16:48 What if I'd said no?
1796 01:16:52 Would you still have done it?
1797 01:16:54 Probably.
1798 01:16:57 I was hired to win,
1799 01:16:58 and I have a responsibility
1800 01:17:00 to use whatever resource I have.
1801 01:17:02 The press we're going toget from this,
1802 01:17:04 it's practically a derelictionof duty not to use it.
1803 01:17:06 That's it? I'm a "resource"?
1804 01:17:08 Professionally, yes.
1805 01:17:12 I understand you havefeelings, and a life,
1806 01:17:15 but I have no duty to them.
1807 01:17:18 I have a duty to the cause,and if the two conflict,
1808 01:17:20 there will onlyever be one winner.
1809 01:17:26 Well, hooray for straight talk.
1810 01:17:30 Okay.
1811 01:17:31 Get ready, Esme.Network wants a statement.
1812 01:17:34 Re-apply your makeup.We'll walk out arm-in-arm.
1813 01:17:38 We'll be brief. No questions.
1814 01:17:40 Tonight, we'll leave themwanting more.
1815 01:17:49 First of all,
1816 01:17:50 I want to make it clearthat I have dedicated my life
1817 01:17:52 to gun safety issues becausethe current system is broken.
1818 01:17:57 That's a rational judgment.
1819 01:17:58 Not an emotional one.
1820 01:18:04 I am a survivor
1821 01:18:07 of the Bloomington High Schoolmassacre of 1998.
1822 01:18:12 For years, I sought to hidethe pain and the trauma,
1823 01:18:15 for fear of having to relive it.
1824 01:18:17 But I've come to realize
1825 01:18:20 that the thousands of peopleaffected by gun violence
1826 01:18:23 need to stand up and be counted.
1827 01:18:27 They need a representative
1828 01:18:29 who can speak outfor what they have endured.
1829 01:18:32 Let's call Sandford.
1830 01:18:34 Someone who can relatetheir experience...
1831 01:18:35 There might be life in this yet.
1832 01:18:37 To the public at large.
1833 01:19:14 You're a piece of work,Elizabeth.
1834 01:19:21 If you want toset yourself on fire
1835 01:19:24 to service your need to win,I won't protest, but Esme?
1836 01:19:29 The end is my concern.
1837 01:19:30 You liberal goody-goodiescan fret over the means.
1838 01:19:33 - You need me.- The end?
1839 01:19:34 It disappeared over the Hill
1840 01:19:36 when you cocked your legand pissed all over the flag!
1841 01:19:38 Comparing the United StatesConstitution to a horoscope?
1842 01:19:42 That's the kind of shitthe gun lobby thrives on.
1843 01:19:45 Or have you realized by nowwe're going to lose anyway?
1844 01:19:47 This is more importantthan my career,
1845 01:19:49 or Esme's uneaseat fighting reporters
1846 01:19:51 every time she has totake out the trash.
1847 01:19:53 - You're out of control.- We're not gonna lose.
1848 01:19:58 What if I told you
1849 01:20:01 this whole strategywas a shell game?
1850 01:20:04 For the benefit of theCynthia Greens of this firm.
1851 01:20:09 What are you talking about?
1852 01:20:12 Bill Sandford was right.
1853 01:20:14 Women are thegun lobby's blind spot.
1854 01:20:19 A massive power basethat they don't speak to
1855 01:20:23 and they can't control.
1856 01:20:25 And?
1857 01:20:28 Those strange excursionson my itinerary?
1858 01:20:32 Women's representative bodies,feminist groups,
1859 01:20:36 female CEOs.
1860 01:20:38 I've talked as many as I could
1861 01:20:40 into brow-beatingtheir membership
1862 01:20:42 to donate to my PAC.
1863 01:20:43 You have a PAC?
1864 01:20:46 Bill Sandford's gettinga nasty surprise
1865 01:20:48 come filing day.
1866 01:20:50 How nasty are we talking?
1867 01:20:51 Fifteen million from overthree million donors-nasty.
1868 01:20:56 In one quarter?
1869 01:21:01 Actually, less.
1870 01:21:04 Unbelievable.
1871 01:21:09 Why are you telling me this now?
1872 01:21:12 You kept this from me all along,
1873 01:21:13 and you're telling me tonight?
1874 01:21:14 Oh, my God, I tell youwe're back in the game,
1875 01:21:16 and all you can say is that?
1876 01:21:18 You knew you weregonna screw Esme tonight,
1877 01:21:20 so you kept this from meto blindside me
1878 01:21:21 before I had a chanceto fire you.
1879 01:21:23 You have unusual insightfor a "boutique" lobbyist.
1880 01:21:26 You've been pullingall the strings, all along.
1881 01:21:30 Lobbying is about foresight.
1882 01:21:31 You anticipate your opponent'smoves, you devise...
1883 01:21:34 I am not your fucking opponent!
1884 01:21:40 Were you ever normal?
1885 01:21:44 As a child?
1886 01:21:46 Or were the twistedthought processes in your mind
1887 01:21:49 hard-wired in the womb?
1888 01:21:51 Because I'm havinga really hard time
1889 01:21:53 understanding howsomebody gets to this.
1890 01:22:00 Guess I'm just a piece of work.
1891 01:22:10 I'll see you tomorrow.
1892 01:22:41 You're MadelineElizabeth Sloane.
1893 01:22:43 You work in government affairsat a communications company.
1894 01:22:46 Well googled.
1895 01:22:48 So what was that?At the fundraiser?
1896 01:22:51 You pretendedlike we're strangers.
1897 01:22:53 What did you expect?
1898 01:22:56 You all right?
1899 01:22:58 Mmm...
1900 01:23:02 The only person to call meMadeline was my mother.
1901 01:23:06 Government affairsand communications
1902 01:23:08 are just fancy wordsfor lobbying.
1903 01:23:11 And blowfish a fancy wordfor what, exactly?
1904 01:23:13 Outside this room,we're strangers.
1905 01:23:16 Those were the rulesof this engagement.
1906 01:23:18 We were alone...
1907 01:23:19 In a public place.
1908 01:23:21 I can't be associatedwith you there.
1909 01:23:24 At least one other personknew who you were.
1910 01:23:26 Who was she, anyway?
1911 01:23:28 I never revealmy clients. Ever.
1912 01:23:30 You just, uh, pry intotheir personal lives,
1913 01:23:32 blowfish for the truth.
1914 01:23:34 Yeah, I hear you lobbyistsain't so good with the truth.
1915 01:23:36 Says the guywith four identities,
1916 01:23:37 who sleeps withstrangers for money?
1917 01:23:39 I'm just surprised by whata natural bullshitter you are.
1918 01:23:41 I grew up lying, Forde.
1919 01:23:43 Didn't want to. I had to.
1920 01:23:45 That's why I excel at it.
1921 01:23:48 It's a skill I would'vehappily traded
1922 01:23:50 for a normal life.
1923 01:23:53 Normal's overrated.
1924 01:24:37 I'm sorry.
1925 01:24:39 I'm sorry.
1926 01:24:43 But I can't.
1927 01:24:45 What's wrong?
1928 01:24:52 - I'm sorry.- Forget about tonight.
1929 01:24:55 Why? I do somethin'?
1930 01:24:57 No, it's, um...
1931 01:25:00 I'm not inthe right frame of mind.
1932 01:25:04 Here.
1933 01:25:06 - Easiest money you ever made.- I didn't do anything.
1934 01:25:09 Well, you showed up,I wasted your time, so, yeah.
1935 01:25:13 You know, we could justsit and talk, and...
1936 01:25:15 Take the fucking money, Forde!
1937 01:25:22 Get out, please.
1938 01:25:30 Suit yourself.
1939 01:25:48 Neumark.
1940 01:25:50 - Milner.- Two hands here, come on.
1941 01:25:51 - Carlson...- Wade Powell, Virginia.
1942 01:25:54 Hackman's come over too.
1943 01:25:55 We've lost Milner, Neumark,Carlson, Hackman.
1944 01:25:57 Adamou's chief of staff saidhe's softening his position.
1945 01:25:59 - Alex?- I'll soften his fuckin'...
1946 01:26:01 Bill Sandford's on line 3.
1947 01:26:02 Closing Adamouright the fuck now.
1948 01:26:06 She takes my own idea
1949 01:26:07 and goes up against us with it.
1950 01:26:09 We did try to warn you, Bill.
1951 01:26:10 Fifteen million.From three million donors.
1952 01:26:13 In less than a quarter.
1953 01:26:14 You stop her,you stop Heaton-Harris.
1954 01:26:17 We have to make it personal now.
1955 01:26:18 She becomes the story.
1956 01:26:20 We can use ourmedia relationships, Bill,
1957 01:26:22 put her on the defensive.
1958 01:26:23 I don't just want heron the defensive.
1959 01:26:25 I don't just want heroff the campaign.
1960 01:26:27 I want her to be the reasonthat people think twice
1961 01:26:30 before taking on the guardiansof the Second Amendment.
1962 01:26:34 I want her career.
1963 01:26:38 Hey, Alex, it's me.I just landed.
1964 01:26:41 Philadelphia was as good aswhat we could have hoped for.
1965 01:26:43 - So how are we doing?- That's four to go, people.
1966 01:26:47 You're kidding me.
1967 01:26:50 Wow, that's amazing.
1968 01:26:52 All right.
1969 01:26:53 We're joined nowby Esme Manucharian.
1970 01:26:55 Esme, thanks for joining us.
1971 01:26:57 Would you say thatthe gun debate is now
1972 01:26:59 largely become a women's issue?
1973 01:27:00 You need onlylook at the numbers
1974 01:27:02 to see that gun safetyhas become
1975 01:27:03 a deciding issuefor American women.
1976 01:27:06 If their representativeisn't listening,
1977 01:27:08 they'll go to the pollsand elect someone who will.
1978 01:27:20 What do you want?
1979 01:27:22 I got 15 million to blow.
1980 01:27:25 Lauren was goingthrough your letters.
1981 01:27:27 Between the death threats andthe hate mail, she found this.
1982 01:27:31 Pru Walshof The Sentinel is doing
1983 01:27:33 a feature onthe lobbying industry.
1984 01:27:34 That means you.
1985 01:27:35 Well, if she wants to meet me,why did she send a letter?
1986 01:27:38 Because she doesn't reallywant to meet you.
1987 01:27:39 She wants to sayshe reached out to you
1988 01:27:41 for an interview,but didn't hear back.
1989 01:27:43 It's a takedown.
1990 01:27:44 Well, the least we can dois disappoint her.
1991 01:27:47 Set it up.
1992 01:27:49 I've canceled your 10:00 a.m.
1993 01:27:50 You're gonna seeour in-house attorney.
1994 01:27:53 I don't believeyou two have met.
1995 01:27:56 You know how I feel about this.
1996 01:27:57 I was against youever hiring her.
1997 01:27:59 Because your job is notwinning lobbying fights,
1998 01:28:01 your job isto stop us from getting...
1999 01:28:06 Quite independently of herbeing utterly contemptible.
2000 01:28:09 What the hell were you thinking?
2001 01:28:10 You know, whatever it was,
2002 01:28:12 I guess it seemspretty stupid now.
2003 01:28:15 Liz, meet your protection.
2004 01:28:28 Daniel Posner, Head of Legal.
2005 01:28:30 Liz Sloane,contemptible liability.
2006 01:28:32 And amateur lip-reader.
2007 01:28:35 Whose idea werethe glass walls? Seriously?
2008 01:28:38 Two TV slots tomorrow,
2009 01:28:40 then a radio thing, andfinally I'm done in Illinois.
2010 01:28:44 Where are you?
2011 01:28:45 Gold Stone,waiting for them to hurry up
2012 01:28:47 and invent the food pill.
2013 01:28:48 That may take a while.
2014 01:28:50 And plotting to ensnareour last four senators.
2015 01:28:53 Fifty-six down, four to go.We're actually doing... Oh!
2016 01:28:56 - I'm sorry.- I'm so sorry. My fault.
2017 01:29:02 - Thanks. Thank you.- Here you go.
2018 01:29:05 Okay.
2019 01:29:08 Sorry about that.
2020 01:29:09 Remember that first day whenI asked how do we win,
2021 01:29:12 and you said"Realistically, we don't"?
2022 01:29:14 I stand by every word of that.
2023 01:29:16 Excuse me?
2024 01:29:18 So you're going to downplaythe 15 million?
2025 01:29:19 Yeah, 'cause we can't sound like
2026 01:29:21 we're bragging abouthow much we're pulling in.
2027 01:29:24 Senators link donationsto voting intention,
2028 01:29:27 we can't say anythingthat might stop...
2029 01:29:28 You wanna take this, bitch?
2030 01:29:31 Huh?
2031 01:29:34 Esme, you're still there?
2032 01:29:35 Come on.
2033 01:29:38 Take it.
2034 01:29:44 Esme? What the hell was that?
2035 01:29:46 You been here before, right?
2036 01:29:48 Esme?
2037 01:29:49 Look at me!
2038 01:29:51 Esme?
2039 01:29:53 Except I'm gonnado it right this time.
2040 01:30:16 I'm standing at the scene
2041 01:30:18 of last night's shooting.
2042 01:30:19 We understand that the assailant
2043 01:30:21 was targeting a leading figurein the gun control movement,
2044 01:30:24 and was then shot deadby a civilian
2045 01:30:26 carrying a registered,concealed firearm.
2046 01:30:29 The name of the vigilantehas yet to be revealed...
2047 01:30:33 George?
2048 01:30:36 You're watching the news?
2049 01:30:38 Yeah, whole bunch of Christmases
2050 01:30:39 just came earlyfor Bill Sandford.
2051 01:30:42 I'm headed to the airport.Get ready to spend some money.
2052 01:30:46 Police have confirmed hisidentity as Frank McGill.
2053 01:30:49 McGill was a legal ownerof a registered weapon.
2054 01:30:52 Heaton-Harris wouldn't havetouched him.
2055 01:30:55 But it might have made it harder
2056 01:30:57 for the other son of a bitch.
2057 01:30:58 What do we know about him?Where'd he get his piece?
2058 01:31:01 Did he have an arsenalstashed in his basement...
2059 01:31:04 For the Second Amendment,
2060 01:31:06 which guaranteed her rightto be protected
2061 01:31:08 from a sick individual.
2062 01:31:09 And most of all,for Frank McGill.
2063 01:31:12 Model citizen,vigilant, responsible,
2064 01:31:15 and his aim is true.
2065 01:31:46 How are you doing?
2066 01:31:58 You heading home?
2067 01:32:02 You make a round-tripfrom D.C.
2068 01:32:03 to pin me in a departure lounge?
2069 01:32:06 So you cancheck me off your list?
2070 01:32:12 I betrayed your confidence.I set you down this path.
2071 01:32:16 "Don't worry, Liz,it's not your fault."
2072 01:32:17 ls that what you wanna hear?
2073 01:32:20 "How could youpossibly have known?"
2074 01:32:23 You're not gonna get it.
2075 01:32:26 He wanted to kill me.
2076 01:32:36 I didn't knowwhere the line was, Esme.
2077 01:32:45 I never, never knowwhere the line is.
2078 01:32:57 Obviously,take all the time you want.
2079 01:32:59 And when you're ready,
2080 01:33:00 we'd love to have youback on the campaign.
2081 01:33:02 Your own terms.
2082 01:33:04 No media, you can workbehind the scenes.
2083 01:33:09 If you don't wantto work with me,
2084 01:33:12 I'll resign from the campaign.
2085 01:33:16 If that's what you want.
2086 01:33:18 Is that your moveto get me back at my desk?
2087 01:33:22 You want me in front of a camera
2088 01:33:23 to counter Frank McGill?
2089 01:33:30 It even crossed my mindthat this was all you.
2090 01:33:36 You just didn't account
2091 01:33:37 for an armed civilianright behind me.
2092 01:33:40 Esme...
2093 01:33:41 I'll keep fighting, Elizabeth.
2094 01:33:43 Wherever I canmake a difference.
2095 01:33:47 But as far as possibleaway from you.
2096 01:33:54 You crossed the linewhen you stopped
2097 01:33:56 treating people with respect.
2098 01:33:58 You're smart enoughto know that.
2099 01:34:01 You just don't care.
2100 01:34:08 Thank you,thank you. Welcome back.
2101 01:34:11 Our next guest this morning is
2102 01:34:12 the kind of guyyou'd want to have around
2103 01:34:13 when you're walking homefrom work one night
2104 01:34:15 and some dude sticksa gun in your face.
2105 01:34:17 After his military career,
2106 01:34:19 McGill workedas a commercial pilot...
2107 01:34:20 Let's face it,folks, the streets ain't safe.
2108 01:34:22 And if it wasn't forthe courage, bravery,
2109 01:34:24 and damn fine aimof our next guest,
2110 01:34:27 we'd be reflectingon yet another tragedy.
2111 01:34:30 Ladies and gentlemen,please welcome
2112 01:34:32 the man of the moment,Frank McGill.
2113 01:34:38 So, Frank McGill,all-American hero.
2114 01:34:41 Not at all.An ordinary guy
2115 01:34:43 in the right placeat the right time.
2116 01:34:45 TALK SHOW HOST 1 Witha 9 milli. under his belt.
2117 01:34:47 I'm curious. The person whoselife you saved once campaigned
2118 01:34:51 for a ban on concealed carry.
2119 01:34:53 How do you feel about that?
2120 01:34:55 I respectfully disagreewith those views.
2121 01:34:57 But the young lady isentitled to her opinion
2122 01:34:59 and nobody should beattacking her for that,
2123 01:35:01 much less holding herat gunpoint.
2124 01:35:04 McGill's a gift from God.
2125 01:35:07 But it won't last forever.
2126 01:35:09 We're looking to parlay that
2127 01:35:11 into a closer examinationof Sloane.
2128 01:35:13 I'm thinking ofa Congressional hearing
2129 01:35:15 into her unorthodoxlobbying practices.
2130 01:35:20 I'm sure we can find a senatorwho may be open to the idea.
2131 01:35:24 You want to talk trashabout her in the press,
2132 01:35:26 that's one thing.
2133 01:35:27 A Congressional hearing requires
2134 01:35:28 a convincing allegationof impropriety.
2135 01:35:31 I'd give my left nut to dragher rep through the dirt,
2136 01:35:34 but you're not gonna get it.
2137 01:35:35 She's a CYA specialist.
2138 01:35:38 I've never metanyone so pedantic...
2139 01:35:41 Start an inquisition.
2140 01:35:44 Let's see how well-coveredher ass really is.
2141 01:35:49 Hi.
2142 01:35:52 Pru Walsh. Thanks so muchfor coming over.
2143 01:35:54 This is Mike Gordonfrom our legal department.
2144 01:35:56 Daniel Posner from ours.
2145 01:35:58 Miss Sloane,you're at the forefront
2146 01:36:00 of an industrywith a terrible reputation.
2147 01:36:02 Do you think that's deserved?
2148 01:36:05 The only reason this billwasn't passed decades ago
2149 01:36:07 is because of the powerof special interests.
2150 01:36:09 When a lobbyistraises finance...
2151 01:36:11 We haven't heardfrom Esme Manucharian
2152 01:36:12 since the attack.Are you in contact with her?
2153 01:36:16 That's a private matter.
2154 01:36:17 I think what's importantto remember...
2155 01:36:19 So have youtalked to her at all?
2156 01:36:21 What is important to rememberhere is that Frank McGill
2157 01:36:23 is exactlythe kind of law-abiding,
2158 01:36:25 responsible gun owner
2159 01:36:27 whose rights theHeaton-Harris Bill protects.
2160 01:36:29 Do you feel any guiltabout what happened?
2161 01:36:31 Why would I feel guilt?
2162 01:36:32 You made Esme the faceof your campaign.
2163 01:36:35 You thrust herinto the limelight
2164 01:36:36 that night on the debate.
2165 01:36:37 - I'm not talking about this.- You don't have to.
2166 01:36:39 Did she knowthat you were going to
2167 01:36:40 out her on national TV?Did she agree to that?
2168 01:36:42 Why not report thatthe majority of gun owners
2169 01:36:45 favor more extensivebackground checks?
2170 01:36:47 She probably wenther entire career
2171 01:36:48 trying to keep thata carefully guarded secret.
2172 01:36:49 That the gun lobby'sfear-mongering rhetoric
2173 01:36:50 is trying to paint Heaton-Harrisinto something it's not.
2174 01:36:53 Do you thinkthat your little revelation
2175 01:36:55 is what made her a target?
2176 01:36:57 It's clear Miss Sloane
2177 01:36:58 doesn't wish to discussMs. Manucharian.
2178 01:36:59 What's really clear is that
2179 01:37:00 your article's already written.
2180 01:37:02 Don't respond to that.
2181 01:37:03 That's purely speculativeon your part.
2182 01:37:05 - Who's controlling you?- Let's not do this.
2183 01:37:07 Look, the fact is,you have no way of knowing
2184 01:37:08 what Ms. Walshintends to do...
2185 01:37:10 The fact is thatyou have no interest
2186 01:37:11 in what Miss Sloane has to say.
2187 01:37:13 - And how would you know that?- Your Dictaphone's off.
2188 01:37:20 Takedown.
2189 01:37:22 It could've been worse.
2190 01:37:23 I've got fourfactual errors so far.
2191 01:37:26 This is not good, Liz.
2192 01:37:28 Dump it in the recycling.
2193 01:37:29 They'll make pencils out of it.
2194 01:37:31 Maybe one will find its way into
2195 01:37:32 the hands of a reporterwith some integrity.
2196 01:37:34 It will go away.
2197 01:37:38 Okay, thank you.
2198 01:37:41 Bye.
2199 01:37:45 Funny how all these senatorsare suddenly very busy.
2200 01:37:49 We all know why that is.
2201 01:37:55 Okay, so it's not great.
2202 01:37:58 The 15 millionhelped us get this far,
2203 01:38:00 but it doesn't last longwhen you're fighting
2204 01:38:02 the richest group on the Hill.
2205 01:38:03 Let's get to the point.
2206 01:38:04 How does it shake outwhen it comes to the vote?
2207 01:38:06 We'd run them close.But by latest projections,
2208 01:38:09 we'll be between fourto seven votes short.
2209 01:38:13 There's nothing morewe can do tonight.
2210 01:38:16 Liz, we don't have to leave.
2211 01:38:17 The West Coast is still awake.
2212 01:38:19 We can connect with Oregon.
2213 01:38:20 If we close thosegoddamn loggers,
2214 01:38:22 we could get itto five votes tonight.
2215 01:38:23 Go home and get some rest, guys.
2216 01:38:25 You've done enough for today.
2217 01:38:27 I'll take to the streetsand rip down those
2218 01:38:29 fucking Frank McGill postersone at a time if I have to.
2219 01:38:32 Go home, sharpen your knives.
2220 01:38:34 It'll still be on tomorrow.
2221 01:39:09 So we keep on fighting.
2222 01:39:11 That's all we can do.
2223 01:39:13 As my ex-wife used to say.
2224 01:39:20 I met you runningfrom a fundraiser.
2225 01:39:23 You could be done with all this.
2226 01:39:25 Why don't you quit?
2227 01:39:31 And do what?
2228 01:39:48 Good night.
2229 01:40:25 Hello?
2230 01:40:27 I'm surprised you picked up.
2231 01:40:31 I'm sorry, you havethe wrong number.
2232 01:41:50 She'd ply Congressmenwith benefits,
2233 01:41:53 free meals, tickets to events,golfing weekends.
2234 01:41:56 All paid for by our clients,via the firm.
2235 01:41:59 Well, that right there's enough.
2236 01:42:00 She'd make a pointof invoicing them,
2237 01:42:02 though they were neverexpected to pay.
2238 01:42:05 The debt shows as an asseton our balance sheet.
2239 01:42:06 We can call it inany time we want.
2240 01:42:08 You were herright hand for two years.
2241 01:42:12 There's got to be something.
2242 01:42:17 Why's nobody on her files?
2243 01:42:19 There were a ton of us,but the others got pulled out.
2244 01:42:21 It's not like we're in dangerof finding anything.
2245 01:42:23 Well, how far d'you get?
2246 01:42:24 We worked backwardsfrom her last deal
2247 01:42:26 before she jumped ship.
2248 01:42:27 They said it'dbe better if we can
2249 01:42:28 nail her on something recent.
2250 01:42:29 - Which was?- Shmallow Cakes.
2251 01:42:32 Some tax thing.
2252 01:42:33 She left halfway through.
2253 01:42:35 I thought it wasthe palm oil thing.
2254 01:42:36 Palm oil?
2255 01:42:38 Nutella Tax.
2256 01:42:40 Hold on.
2257 01:42:43 The Indonesians?
2258 01:42:44 I don't remember seeing that.
2259 01:42:54 What are you looking for?
2260 01:42:59 Mr. Dupont,
2261 01:43:01 she's in breach ofSenate Ethics rules.
2262 01:43:03 We can prove it.
2263 01:43:24 Things not looking so goodfor you this cycle, Ron.
2264 01:43:29 You ask me, you're gonna needa lot more paid media.
2265 01:43:32 I didn't ask you.
2266 01:43:34 Now, who might just be able tofund those coveted TV spots?
2267 01:43:39 I'm committedto Heaton-Harris,
2268 01:43:41 I can't vote for itwith one hand
2269 01:43:43 and choke it with the other.
2270 01:43:44 Under cover of impartiality,sure you can.
2271 01:43:47 You've been a vocal criticof lobbyists in the past.
2272 01:43:50 You'll lead an inquiryinto Sloane's affairs
2273 01:43:53 in response togrowing media pressure
2274 01:43:56 regarding herlitany of misdeeds.
2275 01:43:58 The cost of hearingsis paid from the public purse.
2276 01:44:04 Ron, our clientshave identified you
2277 01:44:06 as the man to pull this off.
2278 01:44:08 If you decline,
2279 01:44:09 I can't stop them from
2280 01:44:11 blitzing youwith negative finance.
2281 01:44:14 They won't stopuntil they annihilate you.
2282 01:44:19 You know the rootof the word "annihilate"?
2283 01:44:22 It's Latin.
2284 01:44:25 It means, "reduce to nothing."
2285 01:44:29 That's what they'regoing to do to you, Ron.
2286 01:44:31 So, what? I'll be takinga wedge from Bill Sandford
2287 01:44:35 and leading the attack
2288 01:44:36 on Heaton-Harris'most visible advocate?
2289 01:44:39 A 6th grader couldconnect the dots.
2290 01:44:41 We can create a structureto obfuscate the source.
2291 01:44:45 Your big wedge will arrive
2292 01:44:47 courtesy of eight to 12 smaller entities
2293 01:44:50 with no affiliation to guns.
2294 01:44:55 How big a wedge we talking?
2295 01:44:59 Big enough
2296 01:45:02 to be the difference between
2297 01:45:03 the continuation of your duties
2298 01:45:05 as a United States Senator
2299 01:45:07 and the reductionof your career to nothing.
2300 01:45:26 This is every hit since
2301 01:45:27 the original Pru Walshhack-job two weeks ago.
2302 01:45:30 My personal favorite is the one
2303 01:45:32 about how you toppled
2304 01:45:33 the head of the High SchoolStudent Council
2305 01:45:34 with a fabricatedplagiarism scandal.
2306 01:45:37 I'm assuming that's not libelous
2307 01:45:39 'cause I can totally see it.
2308 01:45:41 That witch was insufferable.
2309 01:45:43 I'm taking you off the campaign.
2310 01:45:45 What?
2311 01:45:47 Not you, her.
2312 01:45:50 I'll be outside.
2313 01:45:52 What are you talking about?
2314 01:45:54 Heaton-Harris gets colder
2315 01:45:55 every day you'reassociated with it.
2316 01:45:57 Sperling's got the hots for you.
2317 01:45:59 I haven't even met him,this is a setup.
2318 01:46:02 If they're orchestrating it,
2319 01:46:03 it's because they want meoff the campaign.
2320 01:46:07 Right now, you're lawyering upfor a hearing.
2321 01:46:13 Regarding your representation
2322 01:46:15 of the Indonesian government.
2323 01:46:16 Dan, are you busy?
2324 01:46:17 Senator Allen Jacobs,
2325 01:46:19 the sponsor of the billyou dubbed the Nutella Tax,
2326 01:46:24 was flown to Indonesiafirst-class with his family,
2327 01:46:27 and put up at a 5-star hotel.
2328 01:46:30 Our audit puts the costof this trip at over $30,000.
2329 01:46:34 Shortly after his return,
2330 01:46:36 the bill was pulledfrom consideration.
2331 01:46:40 Now, why do you supposethis happened?
2332 01:46:42 I understand the trip wasfor educational purposes.
2333 01:46:45 I can surmise thathe learned how his bill
2334 01:46:48 would have strangleda key industry,
2335 01:46:50 and confined thousands
2336 01:46:51 of impoverished farmersto destitution.
2337 01:46:54 From his private beach?
2338 01:46:57 No. The truth is,your client funded this trip
2339 01:47:00 as an inducement for thesenator to withdraw his bill.
2340 01:47:04 - Isn't that right?- Not at all.
2341 01:47:05 My client wasthe Indonesian Government.
2342 01:47:07 The trip was sponsored
2343 01:47:08 by the Institute ofEnvironmental Studies,
2344 01:47:10 a 501 C-3non-profit organization.
2345 01:47:13 Travel was pre-approved
2346 01:47:14 by the Senate Ethics Committee.
2347 01:47:16 Has your client everdonated to this non-profit?
2348 01:47:20 I wouldn't know that.
2349 01:47:21 I'm not privyto their list of donors.
2350 01:47:23 Nor had I any rolein arranging funding for this.
2351 01:47:26 - No role?- Mmm.
2352 01:47:29 Of course,you couldn't have any role
2353 01:47:31 because the Senate Ethicsrules prevent lobbyists
2354 01:47:35 from arranging overseas travelfor members of Congress.
2355 01:47:38 Indeed.
2356 01:47:43 Do you know what this is?
2357 01:47:46 Perhaps we can get you a copy.
2358 01:47:55 Are you familiar with that form?
2359 01:47:58 Yes. It's a Private SponsorCertification Form.
2360 01:48:00 It's a copy of the same
2361 01:48:02 Private SponsorCertification Form
2362 01:48:03 that was submittedto the Senate Ethics Committee
2363 01:48:06 to pre-authorizeSenator Jacobs' travel
2364 01:48:09 to Indonesia.
2365 01:48:10 Look at the handwritingon that form, Miss Sloane.
2366 01:48:15 Do you recognizethat handwriting?
2367 01:48:17 Yes, I do.
2368 01:48:18 Is it your handwriting?
2369 01:48:23 It is.
2370 01:48:26 Well, it seemswe have a problem.
2371 01:48:28 Even though the form was signed
2372 01:48:31 and filed by the non-profit,
2373 01:48:32 you were the onewho filled it out.
2374 01:48:34 This is prima evidence
2375 01:48:36 that you were involvedin arranging
2376 01:48:38 overseas travel fora member of Congress.
2377 01:48:41 Constituting a clear breachof Senate Ethics rules.
2378 01:48:45 Is that your trump card?
2379 01:48:48 You drag me in here,
2380 01:48:49 wedge an endoscopeup my posterior,
2381 01:48:52 and all this time,the only incriminating item
2382 01:48:54 you have in your possessionis a filing snafu?
2383 01:48:57 How about surveillance,Miss Sloane?
2384 01:48:59 Mr. Rodolfo Schmidthas stated in deposition
2385 01:49:03 that you intended to use methods
2386 01:49:05 such as bugging and tapping
2387 01:49:07 to entrap SenatorHank Badgley. ls this true?
2388 01:49:10 I did, for a brief moment,intend to use such methods.
2389 01:49:13 But that intentionwas never acted upon.
2390 01:49:16 And why was that?
2391 01:49:17 Mr. Schmidtexpressly forbade it,
2392 01:49:19 as he no doubt told youin his deposition.
2393 01:49:21 But you were clearly comfortable
2394 01:49:22 with these methods.
2395 01:49:24 Did you employ the tacticsof espionage
2396 01:49:27 regularly throughoutyour lobbying career?
2397 01:49:29 No, I did not.
2398 01:49:31 Then let me ask you this.
2399 01:49:32 Have you ever authorized,ordered,
2400 01:49:34 or otherwise brought about
2401 01:49:35 any kind of unlawfulsurveillance on any person?
2402 01:49:39 Let me remind you that perjury
2403 01:49:42 before Congressis a felony, which...
2404 01:49:43 The answer is no.
2405 01:49:46 I have never authorizedillegal surveillance.
2406 01:49:53 This concludes my questioningof the witness.
2407 01:49:55 Thank you, Miss Sloane.
2408 01:50:05 We have one further witness.
2409 01:50:08 Either you justperjured yourself,
2410 01:50:10 or you're notso sleazy after all.
2411 01:50:13 The Committeecalls Mr. Robert Forde.
2412 01:50:16 I wouldn't count on that.
2413 01:50:19 Mr. Chairman, I don't recall
2414 01:50:20 being notifiedof your intention to...
2415 01:50:22 We were only recently
2416 01:50:23 able to locatethe witness, Mr. Posner.
2417 01:50:24 Let it play.
2418 01:50:26 A moment with my client, please?
2419 01:50:29 What is this?Who's Robert Forde?
2420 01:50:32 Look, I can makea public appeal...
2421 01:50:33 Let it play, damn it.
2422 01:50:34 They're going to get itout there one way or another.
2423 01:50:50 Mr. Forde,please raise your right hand.
2424 01:50:54 Do you solemnly swearthat you will tell the truth,
2425 01:50:56 the whole truth,and nothing but the truth,
2426 01:50:58 under pains and penaltiesof perjury?
2427 01:51:00 - I swear.- Please sit.
2428 01:51:07 Mr. Forde,could you please describe
2429 01:51:10 the nature of your work?
2430 01:51:14 I got many jobs
2431 01:51:18 What would you say earns youthe most income at present?
2432 01:51:22 I work as an escort in D.C.
2433 01:51:29 You sleep with women for money?
2434 01:51:32 I meet the clients' needs.
2435 01:51:34 Whatever they may be.
2436 01:51:36 Sometimes, the client don'teven know what they need.
2437 01:51:40 Part of my job'sto figure that out.
2438 01:51:42 But, sometimes, your job entails
2439 01:51:44 having intercourse for payment?
2440 01:51:47 Yes, sir.
2441 01:51:49 Have you ever metElizabeth Sloane?
2442 01:51:52 Mr. Chairman, the Senatehas no business
2443 01:51:53 prying into the personalaffairs of Miss Sloane.
2444 01:51:55 Solicitationis a criminal offense.
2445 01:51:57 It's well within the remitof this hearing
2446 01:51:59 to establish whether Miss Sloane
2447 01:52:00 has broken any laws.
2448 01:52:02 Mr. Forde.
2449 01:52:04 Have you ever met Miss Sloane?
2450 01:52:08 Yep.
2451 01:52:09 Could you identify her, please?
2452 01:52:13 Sittin' right there.
2453 01:52:15 What was the natureof your relationship?
2454 01:52:21 - '- a function with a client.
2455 01:52:24 I tried to introduce myself,but she bucked me off.
2456 01:52:28 Mr. Forde, have you ever
2457 01:52:29 entertained Miss Sloaneas a client?
2458 01:52:36 No, sir.
2459 01:52:39 I can produce sworn statements
2460 01:52:41 from two employeesof the Carver Hotel,
2461 01:52:43 to the effect that they sawMiss Sloane in the lobby
2462 01:52:47 on the same daythat you, Mr. Forde,
2463 01:52:49 held a reservation there.
2464 01:52:50 I ask again.
2465 01:52:52 Did you entertain Miss Sloanein any capacity, for profit?
2466 01:52:56 No, sir. I did not.
2467 01:53:01 Thank you,Mr. Forde.
2468 01:53:03 You're dismissed.
2469 01:53:10 These proceedingswill conclude tomorrow,
2470 01:53:13 when Miss Sloane is referredto the Senate Ethics Committee
2471 01:53:17 for their judgment.
2472 01:53:29 I can't believe those fuckersdragged that guy...
2473 01:53:31 Ross?
2474 01:53:36 How's our old friendHeaton-Harris?
2475 01:53:40 Comatose. The wholeissue's gone cold.
2476 01:53:44 That is what they wanted.
2477 01:53:47 We all know whatit would take to revive it.
2478 01:53:50 Seriously, an earthquake.
2479 01:53:55 We got closer thanwe had any right to.
2480 01:54:06 We'll all be there tomorrow.
2481 01:54:41 Excuse me,Miss Sloane, over here.
2482 01:54:43 May I have a comment?
2483 01:55:02 Good morning.
2484 01:55:09 Before referringthe witness's testimony
2485 01:55:12 to the Officeof Congressional Ethics,
2486 01:55:14 she is entitledto make a statement.
2487 01:55:19 Miss Sloane, is theresomething you'd like to say?
2488 01:55:35 Mr. Chairman, my client doesnot wish to make a statement.
2489 01:55:39 Very well.
2490 01:55:40 I will now read the referral
2491 01:55:42 to the office ofCongressional Ethics...
2492 01:55:44 There is somethingI'd like to say, Senator.
2493 01:56:15 I have been censured bythe press and by this hearing
2494 01:56:19 as a parasite
2495 01:56:21 on American democracy.
2496 01:56:24 It's insinuatedthat I led the fight
2497 01:56:28 for increased gun regulationin the interest of my career.
2498 01:56:35 Sometimes we act,not for ourselves,
2499 01:56:39 but because we believeplainly and simply
2500 01:56:42 it is the right thing to do.
2501 01:56:43 Miss Sloane, is this pertinentto the discussions we...
2502 01:56:46 I understand I have the rightto say what I wish, Senator.
2503 01:56:50 Proceed.
2504 01:56:53 I believethe Heaton-Harris Bill
2505 01:56:55 is the right thing to do.
2506 01:56:59 But I also recognize
2507 01:57:01 that this wasn'twhat motivated me.
2508 01:57:08 When I was offered a positionon the campaign,
2509 01:57:10 I was in thrallto the challenge.
2510 01:57:15 My decision to acceptwas based on my desire to win.
2511 01:57:23 And to win biggerthan I ever had before.
2512 01:57:29 It's clear that my behaviorhas fallen well short
2513 01:57:34 of acceptable ethical standards.
2514 01:57:39 I've crossed lineswith devastating consequences
2515 01:57:44 in the service of my obsession.
2516 01:57:48 I've betrayed the peopleclosest to me.
2517 01:57:54 I've endangered lives.
2518 01:57:58 I deserve censure for this
2519 01:58:01 far more than forany filing irregularity.
2520 01:58:07 When they considerthe Heaton-Harris Bill, I wish
2521 01:58:11 that each member of Congress
2522 01:58:13 would follow the example set,not by me,
2523 01:58:17 but by the group of peoplethat sit behind me.
2524 01:58:21 Who have made great sacrifices
2525 01:58:24 in the name of doingwhat they believe is right.
2526 01:58:29 I wish that those memberswould use their votes,
2527 01:58:34 not in the interest oftheir political advancement,
2528 01:58:38 but for what they believeis right for their country.
2529 01:58:45 But I know my wishes are wasted.
2530 01:58:48 And that this will never happen.
2531 01:58:51 Because our system is rotten.
2532 01:58:57 It doesn't rewardhonest politicians,
2533 01:58:59 who vote with their conscience.
2534 01:59:02 It rewards
2535 01:59:05 rats
2536 01:59:07 who are willing tosell out their country
2537 01:59:09 to keep their nosesin the trough.
2538 01:59:12 Make no mistake.
2539 01:59:15 These rats arethe real parasites
2540 01:59:19 on American democracy.
2541 01:59:34 I anticipated if we hadsufficient success
2542 01:59:37 in lobbying forthe Heaton-Harris Bill,
2543 01:59:39 there may be
2544 01:59:41 an assaultagainst me personally,
2545 01:59:45 to stall our momentumand to damage our credibility.
2546 01:59:52 Lobbying is about foresight.
2547 01:59:56 About anticipatingyour opponent's moves
2548 02:00:00 and devising counter-measures.
2549 02:00:02 I'd like to discuss my future.
2550 02:00:04 This is hardly the time, cookie.
2551 02:00:07 The winner plots one stepahead of the opposition,
2552 02:00:12 and plays a trump cardjust after they play theirs.
2553 02:00:16 Actually, it is the time.
2554 02:00:18 It's about making sure
2555 02:00:20 you surprise them.
2556 02:00:22 The fuck is this?
2557 02:00:24 And that they don'tsurprise you.
2558 02:00:27 My resignation.
2559 02:00:28 Academia's more my scene.
2560 02:00:35 When I left Cole, Kravitz,and Waterman,
2561 02:00:39 I retained an operativeof mine in their ranks.
2562 02:00:44 All right, Jane.
2563 02:00:46 Contact Rodolfo Schmidtand tell him
2564 02:00:47 there is a totalof six coming over.
2565 02:00:49 Who says I'm coming?
2566 02:00:51 A plan was hatched to
2567 02:00:52 bankroll a trumped-up hearing
2568 02:00:54 at the behest of the gun lobby.
2569 02:00:55 There's got to be something.
2570 02:00:59 I'm surprised you picked up.
2571 02:01:00 I'm sorry, you havethe wrong number.
2572 02:01:03 She's in breachof Senate Ethics rules.
2573 02:01:06 We can prove it.
2574 02:01:08 I placed George Dupontunder surveillance
2575 02:01:11 until he met witha member of Congress
2576 02:01:13 who exhibited sufficientmoral bankruptcy
2577 02:01:16 to collude with such a plan.
2578 02:01:18 And go.
2579 02:01:23 That member was
2580 02:01:25 Senator Ronald Michael Sperling.
2581 02:01:30 Order.
2582 02:01:31 This is not a platformyou can use
2583 02:01:33 to make malicious,defamatory accusations...
2584 02:01:35 Input the following addressinto your browser.
2585 02:01:39 193-dot-184
2586 02:01:43 dot-216-dot-449.
2587 02:01:49 Download a filenamed "Earthquake."
2588 02:01:54 I can'tvote for it with one hand
2589 02:01:56 and choke it with the other...
2590 02:02:07 Get the car.
2591 02:02:18 In light of these allegations,this hearing is adjourned.
2592 02:02:29 Back up, please.Back up. Back up.
2593 02:04:07 I'm surprised you showed.
2594 02:04:10 I hear I'm not the only one
2595 02:04:11 whose visitsyou've been refusing.
2596 02:04:15 You look good.
2597 02:04:17 Prison's not so badif you don't have a penis.
2598 02:04:20 We don't shank each other,we form self-help groups.
2599 02:04:24 There's a black marketin lip gloss.
2600 02:04:25 Hmm.
2601 02:04:27 Why this time?
2602 02:04:31 They told me it was business.
2603 02:04:33 Yeah. Um...
2604 02:04:35 Now that the Sperlingand Dupont hearings
2605 02:04:36 are on the schedule,
2606 02:04:38 I'm petitioningfor an early release.
2607 02:04:40 You look good, too, by the way.
2608 02:04:42 Thank you.
2609 02:04:44 I think we are lookingat four, maybe six months.
2610 02:04:53 You instigated the whole thing.
2611 02:04:58 You weaponized yourself,
2612 02:05:01 brought the roofof the US Capitol
2613 02:05:02 crashing down on your head.
2614 02:05:05 For what, a gun bill?
2615 02:05:09 - Worked, didn't it?- Well, congrats.
2616 02:05:12 Criminals must nowendure the hassle
2617 02:05:13 of procuring their gunson the black market.
2618 02:05:17 Was that reallyworth your career?
2619 02:05:21 Career suicide isnot so bad when you
2620 02:05:23 consider the alternativeis suicide by career.
2621 02:05:27 My doctor would tell you
2622 02:05:29 I've servedmy interest very well.
2623 02:05:34 Hmm.
2624 02:05:38 Thanks for coming, Daniel.
2625 02:05:42 I'm curious.
2626 02:05:46 Your little filing snafu?
2627 02:05:49 You filled outthat form deliberately.
2628 02:05:51 That was you,throwing them a bone.
2629 02:05:53 Without it, they would havenothing to incite the hearing.
2630 02:05:57 And you're under no obligationto answer that.
2631 02:06:05 And you neglectedto mention this
2632 02:06:06 to any of your team because...
2633 02:06:08 Five years minimum.
2634 02:06:16 I'll be seeing you.