TEXT: Look, you're right. I don't have a plan. Let's just drop this. Okay? ALICIA: He told me to drop it. Anything said in voicemail doesn't count. No. You know what? I'm not just dropping this. You want to know my plan? My plan is I love you. WILL: Okay? If none of this makes sense to you, just ignore it. I need something on a Dr. Randall Booth. We need to knee-cap him. Anything you want, Mr. Gardner. (phone ringing) MAN (on recording): Hello. MAN 2 (on recording): Hey, Alderman. It's me. I'm... hey, what is that? You having a party? MAN 1: Yeah. My, uh, daughter's preschool graduation. Is this, um... this is about the cash? MAN 2: Yeah, yeah. The $50,000. So, what? Do they have preschool graduations these days? WADE: Preschool, grade school, Sunday school; we celebrate every second of a kid's life these days. CROMBIE: Yeah, Lindsey wants to have a kid, but I don't know. TAP TECH (on recording): 2518 minimization. A "2518 minimization" is a 30-second break in the recording. required by law for when a phone conversation turns personal. You're probably wondering why we're asking you to indict only one of these men today. The simple reason is: this man is dead. Royce Crombie was a bundler. A man who solicited money for politicians. When Mr. Crombie found out that this grand jury had been impaneled, he took his own life. So we are asking you to focus on this man today. Matthew Wade. Now, I know many of you may recognize him. Detroit Pistons, 2000? But I still need you to judge him purely as a politician. A corrupt politician. WADE: Dang, man. I thought you were supposed to distract me. This is distracting you. What, distracting me with fouls? You got to protect those knees, old man. For Marion. (wolf whistle) Looking good.
SUMMARY:
LGB takes on the case of Matthew Wade, an alderman who has been indicted for taking campaign contributions in exchange for getting a mosque built on the site of an abandoned housing project. To complicate matters further, the money came from now-deceased bundler Royce Crombie, who allegedly has ties with Islamic extremists. Matthew is being charged with aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.