Judge Leyard: "No"

Edward: "Is it true that you drafted the verdict long before the day the verdict was handed down?" ”

Judge Leyard: "I did write one, but it's a common ......"

Edward: "Yes, or no! ”

Judge Leyard: "Yes! ”

Edward: "Can you give me a copy of the draft?" Do you have it now? ”

Judge Leyard: "I don't know, I think it may be in ......"

Edward: Please don't answer questions I didn't ask, sir! ”

Edward noticed that Leyard's hands began to tremble, not in fear but in anger, Judge Leyard had also been a prosecutor and had countless experiences in questioning suspects in court.

He certainly understood the subtext behind Edward's bad attitude - don't pretend, you're a criminal now - how could he endure it?

Usually when questioning a judge, no matter how sharp and complex the question is, the lawyer's attitude is always amiable and gentle, which is the privilege enjoyed by the judge.

But today, in this courtroom, in front of his peers and so many audiences, he was trampled on the spot by a guy who was not even half his age, and his privileges were trampled under his feet on the spot, this is no longer a slap in the face in public, it is simply a kick in the face!

How can you make people dishonored?

However, it is useless to be light, after all, politeness is an unspoken rule, a tacit understanding between lawyers and judges, and it is not enshrined in the law.

So I can only hold back if I am unhappy.

Just when he cursed Edward's eighteenth generation ancestor in his heart, he vowed that when the matter passed, he would definitely find a way to clean up this boy who didn't know the height of the sky.

Edward's second round of attack began.

Edward: "Mr. Leyard, you said you were not aware of Mr. Hines's special statement before the trial?" ”

Judge Leyard "Yes"

Edward: "Are you a reader of the New York Times and the Washington Post?"

Judge Leyard "Yes, but I don't watch it every day"

Edward: "Again, please don't go back to the question I didn't ask, Mr. Leyard"

Edward: "Are you a long-term subscriber to either of these newspapers? ”

Judge Leyard "Yes"

Edward: "How long has it been subscribed?" ”

Judge Leyard: "Probably more than 30 years, I can't remember exactly"

Edward: "Are you used to listening to the local news every morning on your drive to the courthouse?" ”

Judge Leyard "Yes"

Edward: "Also, do you have a habit of clipping?" How many years? ”

Judge Leyard "More than 20 years......

Edward: What do you usually cut? ”

Judge Leyard "The ones I'm interested in"

Edward: "Is the information about the cases you handle also within the scope of your newspaper clippings, please answer yes or no!" ”

Judge Leyard: "...... Yes"

Edward: "Well, please look at this document, which contains a complete list of the major New York media outlets since Mr. Hines made a special statement, including the names of the media, the details of the reports, the time of the radio and television programs, and so on. ”

Edward handed the document to Judge Mutter, but his stomach was muttering: "Pinkerton is really a cow, as long as you give money, Leyard can know every move, God knows how this company does it." Of course, this price is indeed exaggerated enough. Bergman is really the next time this time. ”

Edward smiled and stared at Judge Leyard, "So, this case has caused a sensation in New York and even the whole country, and it can be found from the list that the coverage of that statement has almost reached the full coverage of the whole country, but a judge who listens to the news broadcast and reads the newspaper every day, and has the details of the case from the newspaper, will have no idea such important information." Is this possible? ”

Judge Mutter: "Mr. Leyard, please answer. ”

Judge Leyard 'really doesn't ...... logical'

Edward "So"

Judge Leyard: "I admit I saw it. ”

His face flushed, which made him feel ashamed.

The shame of being beaten in public by young people, under Edward's chain of cross-examination, he can only admit it.

At this moment, he was already regretting it, he knew that this kid was so powerful, he shouldn't have put on that completely uncooperative attitude in the first place, so that at least he could get by on the surface.

Edward didn't intend to let him go, and continued to slam his onslaught: "What do you see? Please elaborate. ”

Judge Leyard: "I, I saw the news of Judge Frankl's verdict against Bergman, and I saw Mr. Hines's special statement. ”

Edward: "The day after Judge Frankl handed down his verdict, the New York Times ran a front-page article about it. Now, in front of you, can I say with confidence that you must have read this article? ”

Answer: "Yes"

Q: "In your presence, am I sure you read the article about Bergman's verdict that ran on the front page of the New York Law Journal the next day?" ”

Answer: "I don't know, maybe it's possible"

Q: "Perhaps?" ”

A: "Maybe it's possible, because I just remember reading the New York Times"

Q: "Have you read the New York Times all about Bergman's verdict?" ”

Answer: "I think so"

Asking, "I would like to ask you, Your Excellency" Edward viciously used the honorific title to Leyard "Look at a photocopy of a front-page headline article published in the New York Law Journal and ask you to answer if it brings back your memories of the article titled "Bergman Case State Court Decision Suspension; Federal Court Sentenced to Four Months' Imprisonment"

Judge Leyard clenched his fists in both hands, a mixture of the fury of being humiliated and the cowardice of knowing that even if he fought back, he couldn't win.

Q: "For you, who subscribe to the New York Law Journal and read it every day, and have a habit of doing newspaper clippings on related cases, it's impossible to turn a blind eye to an article that ran on the front page with the headline 'Bergman Releases, State Court Suspends Execution,' can you?" ”

Inspector Hines: "I'm against it"

Judge Mutter: "The protest was established"

Edward held up the photocopy: "For you, does reading the first half of the newspaper headline, 'Burgman Case State Court Decision Stayed,' remind you that you hadn't read this article in the New York Law Journal?" ”

Answer: "No"

Q: "Are you now testifying that you may not have seen that article in the New York Law Journal?" ”

Answer: "I testify that I don't know exactly ......"

Judge Mutter: "Maybe it would be better for him to look at the paper"

Edward understood that this was something that Judge Mutter couldn't stand anymore.

Now the two seem to be boxers fighting on the whole stage, Leyard is certainly a good player, but Edward seems to be possessed by Ali, and the young man does not speak of martial arts at all.

If it was really a boxing ring, it would be a hundred times to go to the ground, but this is a courtroom, no matter how sharp the mouth cannon is, it can't cause physical harm, and Judge Leyard has to work hard to maintain his image, blindly resisting, which is really undignified.

Judge Mutter was definitely biased towards Judge Leyard, but he really didn't dare to mess around with this scene today, after all, there were a bunch of Justice Department officials sitting down there.

What's more, the main purpose of replacing Judge Gortle with him is to show strength by "replacing" this "act", rather than really counting on how this person will bend the law for personal gain on stage, after all, the eyes of everyone, especially a group of Republicans and journalists, are already green.

At present, he is watching the battle in the spirit of making trouble if he has nothing to do, and Judge Arnold can mess with Sheldon in the courtroom, because Sheldon is alone and has no partisan support behind him, and now the case has become the focus of the two-party wrestling, and many underworld methods are not daring to use it.

Judge Mutter handed him a step, and the subtext was: Brother, it's almost over, admit defeat when you should admit defeat, so that resistance is not only useless, but will only arouse the other party's beastly desire.

(Edward: "Lao Tzu has beastly desires, but not to this old man, I swear in the name of the beast!") ”）

Judge Leyard had the urge to burst into tears at forty-five degrees, and said in his heart, "Who said that the hatred between peers is Chiguoguo, it is clearly sympathy for each other, and help cover up!" ”

He said, "Thank you," but his eyes looked at Judge Mutter.

Even the eyes of the judges invisibly intersected in the air, conveying each other's hearts.

For a while, the tense atmosphere in the courtroom disappeared, and the quiet and holy feelings quietly filled everyone's hearts.

Edward handed over a photocopy of the newspaper.

The latter took it and looked at it for a while.

Judge Leyard: "yes, I think I read the article at the time"

Question: "Then your answer is that the article brought back memories for you, and you are now testifying that you did read the article, right?" ”

Answer: "Yes"

The preliminary victory over Judge Leyard's cross-examination opened at least one breakthrough.

Although too much energy and time was spent on this breakthrough from the original plan, this is why lawyers are usually reluctant to cross-examine judges.

The latter can bite their lies to death, while the lawyers are in the consideration of the smooth development of their future careers, and they will not stalk the judges, and the two sides are playing in court.

The judge pretends to be telling the truth, and the lawyer pretends to believe that the judge is telling the truth.

The presiding judge pretended to believe that all this was a fair and open act under the gaze of the law, which could be put in the trial record.

The only unfortunate guy is the guy who stands on the opposite side of the testifying judge, whether he is the plaintiff or the defendant.

Edward then began to blast from a different angle: he began to interrogate him about whether he had watched the TV show in question.

Edward asked bluntly, Judge Leyard did not watch the Channel 4 news program at 11 p.m. that night after Hines made a special statement.

Information obtained from Pinkerton indicates that this was the Judge's favorite television channel and program.

To add to the pressure, Edward also highlighted the day's news program featuring a portrait of Judge Leyard drawn by a courtroom artist, as well as details of the special statement made at a special press conference held by the special counsel.

Sure enough, Judge Leyard began to flicker, trying to get around this seemingly simple, but implicit aftermath question.

Edward didn't bother to go around in circles with him, and the next question got to the heart of it: "When you read in the newspapers or hear that the special prosecutor was extremely dissatisfied with the federal court's decision, did you realize then that it was the duty of the special prosecutor to recommend to you the same sentence as Bergman, the four-month sentence that he was extremely dissatisfied with?" ”

A: "My answer is yes. The answer was accompanied by a sigh

At this point, the task has been basically completed.

The court record unmistakably records that Judge Leyard had seen in newspapers and other media reports that Special Counsel Hines was "extremely dissatisfied with the trial in federal court";

It was also clear that when Judge Leyard saw the report, he realized that it was his duty to make a recommendation to himself: to sentence Bergman to four months in prison.

Taken together, it can be logically deduced that: 1. Hines very clearly conveyed to Judge Leyard that "the recommendation to the state court to give Bergman a lighter sentence was not made out of 'personal' will".

2. In this way, the Special Counsel could stretch his face in front of Judge Leyard and recommend that he also be sentenced to four months in prison, to be served at the same time as the federal sentence.

3. But Hines knew in his heart that Judge Leyard knew the special prosecutor's true thoughts, and if he really accepted the "recommendation" of a lighter sentence, then the special prosecutor would have to seriously express his "extreme dissatisfaction." ”

This is what Edward said in court.

But the subtext of the back, he didn't mention it in public:

4. At that time, if Judge Leyard had insisted on following the prior agreement to give a lenient sentence, then all the media would have turned their guns on him; Hines would take the opportunity to jump higher and attack Judge Leyard with much more force than he had attacked Judge Frankl;

On the contrary, if you ignore the agreement - a heavy sentence, then you will become a hero, and Hines will speak for herself, and in the end only Judge Frankl of the Federal Court will be unlucky.

In this comparison, rational people will make the right choice.

Of course, this must not be said publicly, otherwise it will be interrupted by the judge on the grounds of absurdity -- the judge should be an impartial and emotionless judicial machine, and even if there is, it can only be hatred of injustice and love of liberty and justice, sympathy for the weak, vigilance against the government, and in short, it is absolutely impossible to consider one's own interests and disadvantages in the trial.

At least in front of the general public.

Today's court is full of people who understand, Edward didn't say it explicitly, but everyone knows his 4/5 two subtexts.

So it may seem a bit abrupt, but in fact Judge Leyard is completely planted.

A pre-set path: a Judge Leyard must admit that he saw Hines's speech before the trial, and b, his trial was interfered with by this speech.

Now both of these are proved by his own words.

A perfect ending.

Edward returned to his seat, and Rustberg said softly, "Well done, Ed, even if I played."

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, someone suddenly got up, and gently slapped his palm on Rustberg's thigh twice, and rubbed it slightly by the way......

The mouth is a typical Chinese-style modesty: "This is a good ...... taught by the teacher"

"I wish I had a camera capture your current expression, so that when Judith messes with me again, I'll show her the picture and make sure she's scared and obedient......," she smiled, patting the back of Edward's hand in appreciation.

However, someone felt that this seemed to be a wordless invitation, but also a physical promise, and his expression became more and more obscene, and he quickly lowered his head as a thief, for fear of being seen by Judge Mutt on the stage.

This was followed by Hines' special prosecutor's office cross-examining Judge Leyard.

Their attitudes, however, are even more intriguing.

As soon as Hines's special statement was issued, Judge Leyard realized that Bergman would be sentenced heavily, and the two sides formed a de facto alliance - sharing the support of the people and sharing the consequences of violating the out-of-court agreement.

But the situation is unusual now.

Edward's cross-examination directly smashed a big hole in their alliance, and along this hole, you can clearly see the collusion between the two sides, which is usually the most popular program resource of major media outlets.

Although the media has always played the role of a populist megaphone in the Bergman case, is it still called the media if the wind does not make the rudder?

Seeing that Edward's strategy of "using justice to force the truth" has begun to bear fruit, if he blindly continues to be iron-headed and keeps his head down and runs wildly in the previous reporting routine, it will inevitably annoy people, and at the same time, the pressure from the Republican Party is not in vain.

In this case, the smartest thing for the media to do is to make a false shot, and then open up a second battlefield, targeting small characters such as Leyard and Hines, so as to achieve the purpose of covering the retreat of senators and representatives who are deeply involved in the case.

The Republican Party is well aware of this, but due to the current state of the upcoming general election, the entire organizational apparatus is completely mobilized for the presidential election, and there is not much power to take this opportunity to smash the Democratic Party's congressional master, and to be honest, it can't be smashed, forcing the other party to issue a statement, admit that he was deceived by reporters, and apologize for his stupidity and naivety, if by the way, a few tears will be shed, it would be even better.

Anyway, New York is the nest of the Democratic Party, and this kind of trivial matter will not lose many votes, and it may even get more votes because of the tears of the senator.

But Hines and Leyard, ahem, then ......

Now these two people are like a prisoner's dilemma reality show, they can't turn their faces against each other, they can't show closeness to each other, and at the same time they have to show that they are fully compliant with the law, and Judge Leyard is better here, after all, he is a passive recipient.

And in the final analysis, it is certainly a very humiliating thing for a judge to have his "behavior deviation" caused by the overwhelming tide of public opinion, but if he goes to the ground with his heart and mind, puts on an attitude of "don't pity me because I am a delicate flower", and faces the media's verbal criticism in the form of a dead pig, the media and the media mob will naturally be tasteless after punching and kicking, spit on him, and look for a new target.

So Judge Leyard patted the dust off his clothes, got up and continued to be his judge for life.

But Hines is different, first of all, his special prosecutor's office has not yet been regularized, and he needs political achievements to convince the New York State Assembly, and secondly, he is the initiative, participates in the whole process of the case, and jumps up and down very hard, and appears in front of the media and the public in a high-profile manner from beginning to end.

At this moment, he regretted it, and he knew that it would be better not to make that unlucky statement.

If it is not issued, it will be nothing more than facing torture by the media, but Judge Leyard can also feel great pressure, and there is a high probability that Bergman will be sentenced heavily.

Issuing a statement seems to be a clever way to think that there are no "traces" - and this is true from a judicial point of view, but in the face of the other party's logical cross-examination, this careful thought is now made public, which makes Hines's face gloomy all the time.

The six government lawyers he brought with him took turns trying to get Judge Leyard to admit that "the heavy sentence was made entirely of intent and without any outside interference."

But Edward Jewel was the first, and despite Judge Mutter's frequent biases, their questioning was like a living ugly drama in the face of the facts, but instead shook out all the frustration between the special prosecutor and the judge.

Edward's 4/5 two, which he didn't say explicit before, was tantamount to being reinterpreted by them in the form of a sketch.

With the occasional burst of laughter from the auditorium, the faces of Judge Leyard and Special Prosecutor Hines became more and more difficult to look at.

What made them even more devastating was that they suddenly found that the court painters sent by the media were painting the easel, drawing a few strokes to look up at them, and a few strokes to look up at them, which was obviously an excellent creative subject.

It's not ordinary.

Edward was in a happy mood and held the mentality that it didn't cost money to watch the monkey, crossed Erlang's legs, and watched the live drama in the courtroom happily.

Occasionally, taking the opportunity to take the papers, etc., the secret and small lightness of his own teacher, the most excessive is to take advantage of the opportunity to whisper, stick out his tongue and sweep over her earlobe, in exchange for an angry glance, but the amber eyes are watery, that is a thousand kinds of amorous?

He was proud, but he wasn't dizzy, after all, he knew the severity, this was the courtroom, not Rushberg's own private office.

I have to say that the potential of human beings is indeed limitless, and if Chris sees it, he will have to drag this guy to the football team - this is a fucking talent for a quarterback!

The point is that although this guy has a dirty heart, his face is still full of righteousness, and even a little gloomy, this trait is simply the best camouflage color on rugby, which can ensure that the opponent can be deceived to intercept the player and send the ball to the most suitable place.

Ruthberg was so happy that she wasn't even angry with this guy.

Of course, the necessary formal opposition was never less, and the big eyes glared at him fiercely many times, and then found that this seemed to stimulate the other party's hairy hands and feet even more.

So much so that she herself felt that the set of lace underwear she had specially chosen when she went out this morning was too prescient.

If the current situation in the court continues, it will probably be in the afternoon when the court will pronounce a verdict in favor of its side.

At that point, the guy will have to ask her for a drink in the name of celebration......

"Drink it, drink it, as long as you can get back to New Haven before 11 o'clock to tell Judith a bedtime story, everything else is expected......

"Well, yes, if he was still waiting in the car after telling the story......" Rustberg took the opportunity to touch his face by playing with his hair, and his skin was still delicate and smooth, but it was a little abnormally hot!