:02:01
who was kneeling beside a coffee table
counting out stacks of $100 bills.
:02:04
And will you tell the jury
how you knew of this...
:02:13
Therefore, with probable cause,
you applied for a warrant?
:02:15
- Yes, sir.
- Which Federal Judge Griffen granted.
:02:19
Thank you. Your witness.
:02:22
Agent Powell, as you know,
my client, Ed Lombardo,
:02:25
- is charged with extortion.
- Yes, ma'am.
:02:29
Did you observe Richard Colbert
when he first entered the hotel?
:02:32
- Yes, ma'am.
- Was he carrying anything?
:02:38
- No, ma'am.
- Why not?
:02:40
We didn't want him to know
that we were there.
:02:42
So Richard Colbert
could have conceivably brought
the $125,000 in with him.
:02:47
He could or he could not have.
:02:51
Your agency has a well-deserved
reputation for thoroughness.
:02:55
Did you also investigate
Richard Colbert's background...
:02:58
to ascertain why he might have
been carrying such a large sum?
:03:02
- The man gambled.
- l'm sorry. l didn't hear that.
:03:06
that Colbert came there
that night to place a bet?
:03:11
Agent Powell, hadn't a division
of your task force been trying
to link Mr Lombardo...
:03:19
- We have.
- And in those circles,
:03:21
$125,000 would not be considered
an unusually large wager.
:03:25
- Am l correct?
- l heard of bets like that.
:03:27
And wasn't your arrest made just
two days before the Super Bowl?
:03:32
- Yes.
- Agent Powell, did you--
:03:42
- l've got everything l need.
- You're sensational, Counsellor.
:03:44
- What would it take
to keep you on retainer?
- A lot.
:03:50
Here's the situation:
The FBl had a Title lll wiretap
authorization, all right,
:03:55
but it expired five days
before the arrest.