Casino Jack Page #10

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everybody knows I saved those

-Indians tribe billions of dollars.

-Jack...

they're saying that you were

hiding the money you were making,

by splitting it with

Scanlon under the table.

Honey, that's no different

from what Ralph...

Look! It's just a technicality, really.

Look, I'm gonna sell the restaurants,

I'm gonna hire the most

aggressive lawyers I can find.

Those a**holes out there are

accusing me of selling excess.

What the f*** do you think everybody

on K Street does? We all sell excess.

That doesn't make it right, Jack!

Goddamn it, stop justifying it.

It's all bullshit!

Maybe you're right, honey.

I just got caught up in all of it.

I should have never got into

business with someone like Kidan.

And I got greedy with the tribes.

And I'm worried now...

I worried so much

that I've let down God.

What about me and the kids?

What about letting down me and the kids?

It's okay. It's okay.

We're gonna be okay.

We're gonna be okay. I've got

lot of friends on the hill.

We have no friends, Jack. None!

All we have are people

you do business with.

I've a statement I liked

to make at this time,

The good Lord has always told me the

difference between right and wrong.

All I can tell you now is that if

someone is trading on my good name,

to get clients or make money,

it is unconscious able, it is illegal

-and it should stop immediately.

-We are

absolutely outraged, by the dishonesty,

duplicity of his words in

action of Jack Abramoff.

NBC news in depth tonight, a

former super lobbyist in Washington..

-his name, Jack Abramoff, NSBC chief..

-Abramoff's friends

are some of the biggest

players in the Conserva...

They believe corruption and

illegal activities are...

... mushroom into

multiple investigations...

... exploiting Indian tribes

by Members of Congress...

Potentially bad news for

leading Members of Congress...

It may proved to be the biggest

Congressional scandals ever...

Big troubles for some

big time lawmakers.

There are a lot of people scared...

This whole thing is turning

into the Enron of lobbying.

How the hell are we

gonna cope with that!

Look what happened with

those accountants from Enron.

They failed to cooperate,

the government took away

their license to do business.

I figured we make

reparations to the Tiguas,

Choctaws, the Chippewas

and the Agua Caliente.

-That ain't hay!

-Hey, guys...

-You're costing us 70 million, Jack.

-Oh that much!

-Do you know how much money I saved..

-Look Jack!

They're saying that you and Scanlon

defrauded those tribes

of the 70 millions.

That money gotta comes from

somewhere. Who the hell do

you think is going to pay for this?

We're sitting in sh*t here, Jack.

Do you have any idea, any of you...

how much money I gave away everyday?

How soon can you be out of your office?

Jack!

-I need a couple of weeks.

-You have 30 minutes.

For God's sake, you are on the

front page of the Washington Post.

Again?

Is it above the fold?

Enid... put a call to my old

friend Simon Bowler of Paramount.

Paramount Pictures, it's a

movie studio in Hollywood.

Call him and tell him I

want to set-up a meeting

because I've got a great movie

idea that I want to pitch to him.

You want to hear it?

Jack...

Jack, how're you? I didn't think

you still have the film bug in you.

Ahh... you never lose

it. And you know what,

folks in Washington, they love movies

even if they pretended they don't.

Every week, George

Bush calls me to ask me,

what movie should I be screening.

-At the White House?

-You're damn right!

So you've been getting

a lot of press lately.

-You feeling the heat?

-Oh no, not law.

The law blow over.

It's par for the course.

So, you're here to pitch

us an idea for a movie.

Based on the Old

Testament. A biblical epic,

kind of re-telling of

the Ten Commandments.

Only this time it's called

"Pharaoh's Thorn", alright. Now...

Here's the great modern twist.

It's kind of a Bourne

Identity action like Moses

leading his people out of Egypt.

Russell Crowe, perfect for Moses.

I think we can get Ridley to direct it.

Now listen, man. This film is epic

in scale. Cinemascope, big story.

Russell Crowe leading

his people out of Egypt

to the promised land. Happy ending.

Excuse me. Yes...

Jack Abramoff?

-This is Agent Patterson with the FBI.

-Yes.

-Michael Scanlon?

-Yeah.

Oh... hey guys! Come on in.

The right of individual

groups and corporations

to lobby the federal

government is protected

by the right to petition in the

First Amendment of the United

States constitution, huh!

So, what's the problem?

Honestly, I don't know.

I don't know!

Very nice that you finally

decided to cooperate.

Look, I know you want

me to do it for awhile,

but we finally talk about it as a family

and that's the decision we have reach.

Right, there's one tiny problem.

-What's that?

-You'll never make it.

Michael Scanlon had

beat you to the punch.

He negotiated a sign deal

with Justice on Tuesday.

Does that mean Jack can't make a deal?

I'm sorry, Pam. They don't

need him. They don't need you.

He kept track of everything.

E-mails, phone

conversations... the lot.

He's saying how the two of scammed

the tribe of almost 20 million dollars.

And the two of you

conspire to bribe Ney.

A trip to Scotland and

meals at your restaurants.

It's all out there.

They're calling it the

Stream of Things of Value.

Well, that is bullshit! It's

a technicality, he knows it.

-Yeah... well, it's all out there.

-He's given all this sh*t to Justice?

Well.. you know, your good buddy used

you as his get out of jail free card.

I'm afraid I've got more

good news for you folks.

The Indian Affairs Committee

has ask me to form an inquiries.

They're gonna subpoena

you before Senate hearing.

A Senate hearing? Jack

has help half of the

Senate get re-elected

and now they're gonna...

Isn't there someone we can call?

Who's the head of the

Indian Affairs Committee?

John McCain.

What are you gonna do?

I'm... tell him. I'm gonna tell

him I was doing my goddamn job.

-That's what I was doing, my job.

-Jack!

They're not going to play

nice, understand that.

I strongly suggest that you go

in there, you plead the Fifth.

The Fifth? I might as well say I'm

guilty. I will not plead the Fifth.

I'd like to thank you, Senator McCain.

Thank you, Senator Jarvis. I want

to thank you and the vice-chairman

and staff for your tremendous effort

on behalf of this investigation

and your continued

dedication and efforts

of many years on behalf

of native Americans.

This chairman adds to the

history of our great nation.

It's a long and momentable chapter about

the exploitation of native Americans.

It began with the sale of Manhattan

and it's has continued ever since.

Mr. Abramoff, you had

a relationships with

a number of native tribes, did you not?

Is it fair to say you felt these

tribes were gullible and naive?

Senator, on the basis

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