BUSH ON TRIAL

THE TRIAL OF GEORGE W. BUSH 2005

A SATIRE BY JD WALSH

ACT 1

THE SCENE OPENS IN A COURTROOM SETTING, THE JURY SECTION IS FACING THE AUDIENCE, THE JUDGE’S DESK IS ON STAGE RIGHT. THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE TABLES ARE ON STAGE LEFT. THE WITNESS CHAIR WILL BE BETWEEN THE JURY AND THE JUDGE FACING THE AUDIENCE.

WHEN THE LIGHTS COME ON THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THE COURTROOM ARE A COURT REPORTER, THE PROSECUTION TEAM AND A MARSHAL WHO WILL ANNOUNCE THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE TRIAL.

ENTER: GW AND HIS DEFENSE TEAM

THE MARSHAL WILL CALL ALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE THE JUDGE

MARSHAL:

ALL RISE FOR THE HONORABLE SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN JAY--------------------

JUDGE: (sits)

GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE MATTER BEFORE THIS COURT IS BOTH SERIOUS AND UNUSUAL. SERIOUS BECAUSE WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE TAKEN IT UPON OURSELVES TO TRY AN EX-PRESIDENT FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, BECAUSE OUR CONGRESS REFUSES TO ACT. THIS TRIAL COMES UNDER OUR DUTY AS THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES TO BRING TO JUSTICE ALL WHO WOULD DAMAGE OUR DEMOCRACY BY WAR PROFITEERING, LYING ABOUT GOING TO WAR, MISAPPROPRIATION OF FEDERAL MONIES, LYING TO CONGRESS, AND CAUSING COUNTLESS DEATHS OF INNOCENT IRAQIS DURING THE OCCUPATION OF THAT COUNTRY, AND THE MISTREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

I SAY UNTO YOU, WE WILL DECIDE THIS CASE UPON THE LAWS OF THIS LAND AND THE ARTICLES OF THE NUREMBERG TRIALS AS FOLLOWS:

INDICTMENT-----As the judge starts to read

DEFENSE ATT.-----------CLARENCE DARROW

YOUR HONOR, WE WAVE THE READING OF THE INDICTMENT AND ASK TO PROCEED TO TRIAL.

JUDGE

Mr. PROSECUTOR?-- --ROBERT H. JACKSON

NO OBJECTION YOUR HONOR

JUDGE

VERY WELL, WE ARE READY TO BRING IN THE JURY

MARSHAL OPENS DOOR TO ALLOW THE JURY IN

JUDGE

BECAUSE OF THE UNUSUAL NATURE OF THIS TRIAL, THE JURY IS MADE UP OF SOULS WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED HERE BECAUSE OF THEIR UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS TO JUDGE THIS MATTER. OUR FIRST JURIST IS WELL KNOWN TO YOU AS OUR FIRST PRESIDENT, THE HONORABLE GEORGE WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON ENTERS

WASHINGTON

I HAVE COME FROM MY PLACE OF REST TO THIS PLACE BECAUSE I FEAR MY REPUBLIC IS IN DANGER OF BECOMING A DICTATORSHIP. I SWEAR BY ALL THAT IS HOLY THAT I WILL GIVE PRESIDENT BUSH EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN TO US WHY HE DID WHAT HE DID, -----AND GIVE HIM A FAIR AND HONEST HEARING. ----I WILL NOT HOLD IT AGAINST HIM THAT HIS FIRST NAME IS GEORGE; YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I THINK OF THE LAST GEORGE I HAD DEALINGS WITH.

PRES. WASHINGTON SITS DOWN

JUDGE

OUR NEXT JURIST IS ALSO WELL KNOWN TO US AS THE PRESIDENT WHO HELPED KEEP THE UNION TOGETHER, THE HONORABLE PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 16TH PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES

ENTER LINCOLN

LINCOLN

WHEN THE SUMMONS WAS DELIVERED TO ME, I DID NOT WANT TO BELIEVE WHAT I WAS READING. I HAVE ALWAYS ASKED MYSELF IF I COULD HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND SAVED AMERICAN LIVES. THIS QUESTION WILL HAUNT ME FOR ETERNITY. THE QUESTION BEFORE US TODAY IS VERY GRAVE INDEED, AND I SWEAR BY THE ALMIGHTY THAT I WILL HEAR AND MAKE JUDGMENT IN THIS MATTER. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE COURT, IS THIS THE FATHER OR THE SON WE ARE TRYING THIS DAY?

JUDGE

THE SON MR. PRESIDENT

JUDGE

OUR NEXT JURIST IS A WOMAN OF GREAT CHARACTER, ABIGAIL ADAMS.

THE WIFE OF OUR SECOND PRESIDENT AND MOTHER OF OUR SIXTH PRESIDENT.

ENTER MRS ABIGAIL ADAMS

ABIGAIL ADAMS

WHEN I WAS ASKED TO PARTAKE IN THIS VENTURE, I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EARS. MY FAMILY HAS GIVEN MUCH TO INSURE THAT THIS REPUBLIC WOULD BE THE SHINING LIGHT TO ALL WHO WOULD LOOK. I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT MEN LEFT ALONE WOULD CAUSE GREAT DISSERVICE TO OUR BELOVED FREEDOMS, MANY TIMES I HAVE SAID TO MY HUSBAND JOHN,--- DO NOT FORGET THE WOMEN, THEY WILL KEEP YOU FREE FROM ALL DESPOTS AND DEMONS . I SWEAR BY ALMIGHTY GOD TO LISTEN AND JUDGE THIS MAN FROM TEXAS WHO CALLS HIMSELF PRESIDENT.

ABIGAIL TAKES HER PLACE

JUDGE

OUR NEXT JURIST IS A MILITARY MAN OF GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHARACTER, GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON

PATTON

WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING HERE,----- I GOT THIS CALL AND WAS TOLD THAT YOU SONS OF BITCHES ARE PUTTING AN EX-PRESIDENT ON TRIAL FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, STEALING AND TORTURING PRISONERS, WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE? I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT POLITICIANS WERE ASS-HOLES, BUT NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY ONE WOULD BE TRIED FOR WINNING A WAR. UNDER MY GOD. I WILL LISTEN TO THE EVIDENCE AND DECIDE THIS CASE ON ITS MERITS.

PATTON TAKES HIS SEAT

JUROR # 5 IS A WOMAN OF GREAT CHARACTER AND INTELLIGENCE, MRS

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT.

MRS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

KIND SIR: I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE IN A GREAT ENDEAVOR, THE TRIAL OF AN EX-PRESIDENT-------I WAS MARRIED TO A GREAT AMERICAN WHO NEVER LOST HIS SENSE OF HUMANITY NO MATTER HOW MUCH POWER HE HAD OR WAS GIVEN BY OUR BELOVED PEOPLE. I ONLY AGREED TO COME IF I WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK OF OUR FOUR GREAT PILLARS OF THIS REPUBLIC:

FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION, FREEDOM OF WORSHIP, FREEDOM FROM WANT, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE FREEDOM FROM FEAR. OUR GOOD INSTITUTE, EACH YEAR ACKNOWLEDGES OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO THESE IDEALS.

I REMEMBER PRESIDENTS TRUMAN, KENNEDY, AND CARTER RECEIVED OUR AWARD, I TRULY FEAR THAT PRESIDENT BUSH WILL NEVER BE INVITED TO THE LONG LIST OF LAUREATES, HOWEVER I WILL SWEAR BEFORE GOD THAT I CAN LISTEN TO THE EVIDENCE AND JUDGE THIS MAN WITH HONESTY AND TRUTH.

ELEANOR SITS DOWN

JUDGE

OUR NEXT MEMBER OF THE JURY IS A MAN WHO LOVED OUR COUNTRY SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO BRING COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING TO OUR TROUBLED LAND, PRESIDENT JF KENNNEDY, OUR 35TH PRESIDENT.

JFK

SOMETIME AGO I SAID THE FOLLOWING AT THE UNITED NATIONS:

The problem is not the death of one man--the problem is the life of this organization. It will either grow to meet the challenges of our age, or it will be gone with the wind, without influence, without force, without respect. Were we to let it die, to enfeeble its vigor, to cripple its powers, we would condemn our future.

For in the development of this organization rests the only true alternative to war--and war appeals no longer as a rational alternative. Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. It can no longer concern the great powers alone. For a nuclear disaster, spread by wind and water and fear, could well engulf the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the committed and the uncommitted alike. Mankind must put an end to war--or war will put an end to mankind.

So let us here resolve that Dag Hammarskjold did not live, or die, in vain. Let us call a truce to terror. Let us invoke the blessings of peace. And as we build an international capacity to keep peace, let us join in dismantling the national capacity to wage war.

I SWEAR IN FRONT OF THE BLESSED TRINITY THAT I WILL RENDER A FAIR AND JUST DECISION IN THIS CASE NOW BEFORE ME.

JKF TAKES HIS PLACE

JUDGE

THE 7TH MEMBER OF THE JURY IS A MAN KNOWN AS A ROUGH RIDER, A VISIONARY WHEN YOU ARE CONCERNED WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT, PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT OUR 26TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THEODORE

WHEN I WAS INFORMED OF THIS TRIAL, AT FIRST I WAS APPALLED, BUT THEN I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE RAPE OF OUR FORESTS, THE GREED OF THOSE IN POWER AND I JUST KNEW I WAS GOING TO GET MY STICK AND WALK IN HERE TO SEE IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A REPUBLICAN COULD DESTROY ALL THAT I FOUGHT FOR DURING MY TERM OF OFFICE. I DO SWEAR THAT I WILL LISTEN AND COME TO A CONCLUSION ABOUT THE ACTS OF THIS PRESIDENT. --------

WHERE IS MY STICK?

JUDGE

THE 8TH MEMBER OF THE JURY IS A SPECIAL PERSON; SHE HAS ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND IS CREDITED WITH MEETING WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON AND MAKING THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG, MRS BETSY ROSS.

BETSY

WHEN I WAS CALLED HERE TODAY, THE THOUGHT WENT THROUGH MY MIND, WHAT AM I GOING TO SAY TO GENERAL WASHINGTON, WHOM I HAVE ONLY MET THIS DAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. I DO KNOW ABOUT WOMEN BECOMING WIDOWS, TWO HUSBANDS I DID GIVE TO THE CAUSE. I DO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS WHEN WAR ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE WORKED FOR ALL YOUR LIFE, MAYBE THAT IS WHY I AM HERE THIS DAY. THE LEGEND THAT I MADE THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG IS GOOD FOR THE NATIONAL HISTORY, I WILL STAND AND FIGHT FOR THIS GREAT REPUBLIC AND SHAME ON HIM WHO BRINGS A PLATE OF DISHONOR TO OUR GREAT COUNTRY. I TAKE THE OATH AS ANY GOOD QUAKER WOULD AND WILL LISTEN TO ALL EVIDENCE AGAINST THE 43RD PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES.

BETSY TAKES HER PLACE

JUDGE

WE ARE HONORED TODAY TO WELCOME ONE OF THE GREAT FIGHTERS AGAINST ANY RACISM, REP. BARBARA JORDAN

JORDAN

WHEN I TOOK MY LAST BREATH, I FELT THAT AMERICA WAS IN GOOD HANDS, SHE WAS WELL ON HER WAY TO TOLERANCE. WHEN I WAS TOLD OF THIS COURT PROCEEDING, I COULD ONLY WONDER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE AMERICA I SO LOVED. I THOUGHT THAT THE NIXON YEARS WOULD NEVER RETURN. MY HOPE AND PRAYERS ARE THAT WE FIND THAT AMERICA STILL EXISTS AND YOU HAVE ADDED TO OUR ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 60’S AND 70’S. I WILL SAY THAT PRESIDENT BUSH DOES SMILE BETTER THAN PRESIDENT NIXON, HOWEVER, I ALSO KNOW THAT ABSOLUTE POWER RARELY SMILES FOR LONG. I DO SWEAR TO WEIGH ALL THE EVIDENCE AND COME TO A JUST DECISION IN THIS CASE.

JORDAN TAKES HER PLACE

JUDGE

WE COULD NOT HAVE THIS CASE BEFORE US IF WE DID NOT INVITE A GREAT MAN OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, THE 3RD PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON.

JEFFERSON

WHEN I LAST TALKED TO PATRICK HENRY, WE SPOKE OF THE WONDERFUL WAY OUR NATION HAD COME TO BE. THE DAY THAT WE MET WITH OTHERS IN A SMALL ROOM WITHIN THE RALEIGH TAVERN AND DECIDED THAT ARISTOCRATS HELD TOO MUCH POWER OVER OUR BELOVED VIRGINIA. WE FURTHER SPOKE OF THE DISPUTES BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND THE UNITED KINDOM UNDER KING GEORGE. WE ALL CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT ETERNAL HOSTILITY SHOULD BE WAGED AGAINST EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MINDS OF MAN. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT OUR PRESIDENT A FEW HUNDRED YEARS LATER WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS OUR INTENT TO CREATE A COUNTRY WHO INVADES OTHERS BASED ON LIES AND DECEIT. WAR PROFITEERING IN MY TIME WAS DEALT WITH BY A FIRING SQUAD. LET US HEAR FROM PRESIDENT BUSH AND KNOW WHAT WE HAVE CREATED THOSE MANY YEARS AGO. I DO SWEAR THAT I WILL LISTEN AND GIVE ONLY CREDIT TO EVIDENCE PUT BEFORE ME IN THIS COURT, SO HELP ME GOD.

JEFFERSON TAKES HIS PLACE

JUDGE

THE ELEVENTH MEMBER OF OUR JURY IS A MAN WHO KNOWS ABOUT WAR AND PEACE, HE WAS SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIES DURING WORLD WAR 2, HE WAS ALSO OUR 34TH PRESIDENT, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

IKE

I KNOW THE FEELING OF SENDING TROOPS INTO HARMS WAY, I WATCHED AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OUR FINEST WERE SLAUGHTERED ON THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY. I ASKED MY GOD MANY TIMES IF THERE WAS A BETTER WAY, PLEASE LET ME THINK OF IT, BECAUSE THIS MUST BE AGAINST EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR AS A GOD OF MERCY. TO THIS DAY, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD TO GO TO WAR BECAUSE WE WERE ATTACKED AND WAR WAS DECLARED ON US. THERE IS ALWAYS CORRUPTION DURING WAR, SOMEONE STEALS A BOTTLE OF WINE, ANOTHER A TROPHY FOR THEIR FRIENDS. THE MAGNITUDE OF CORRUPTION THAT HAS BEEN CHARGED AGAINST THIS ADMINISTRATION IS STAGGERING; I AM TOLD THAT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN MISPLACED OR STOLEN. I BEGAN MY ADMINISTRATION BY TALKING ABOUT CENSORSHIP GOING BEYOND COMMON DECENCY, AND I ENDED MY TERM OF OFFICE WITH A WARNING THAT WE MUST GUARD AGAINST THE ACQUISITION OF UNWARRANTED INFLUENCE, WHETHER SOUGHT OR UNSOUGHT, BY THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. THE QUESTION FOR ME IS -----------DID ANYONE HEAR ME?--- I WILL BY THE GRACE OF THE ALMIGHTY RENDER A JUST AND FINAL DECISION CONCERNING ALL CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS

IKE TAKES HIS PLACE

JUDGE

OUR LAST JURIST IS A MAN WHO STOOD AGAINST TYRANNY, WAS A POLITICAL FORCE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN THE UNITED STATES. HE WALKED ACROSS AMERICA AND FORCED US TO SEE THAT MANY THINGS WERE WRONG IN OUR BELOVED COUNTRY. HIS DREAM HAS NEVER DULLED AND WILL LIVE ON LONG AFTER WE LEAVE THIS PLACE, THE HONORABLE MARTIN LUTHER KING.

KING

WHEN I WAS ASKED TO GO TO MEMPHIS IN 1968 TO SUPPORT BLACKS DURING A GARBAGE STRIKE, I THOUGHT IT WOULD ONLY BE A FEW DAYS OUT OF MY LIFE AND I COULD HELP. WHAT I DID NOT KNOW WAS THAT WALKING WITH THE STRIKERS WOULD BE MY LAST ACT BEFORE I WOULD MEET MY GOD IN THE PROMISE LAND. THE BULLET THAT TORE INTO MY BODY DID NOT TAKE MY SENSE OF LOVE FOR YOU, NOR DID IT TAKE MY WISH THAT ALL CHILDREN UNDER GOD WOULD ONE DAY BE FREE. YOU CANNOT STAND BY AND BE GLAD THAT THEY ARE NOT AFTER YOU, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE NEXT. I HAVE COME TO THIS COURT TO SIT IN JUDGEMENT OF A MAN OF FAITH, WHO SAYS THAT HE LOVES GOD, AND YET HAS CAUSED SO MUCH FEAR AND ANGER THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; ONE WONDERS WHAT HE SEES WHEN HE LOOKS INTO THE MIRROR. I WILL LISTEN TO THE EVIDENCE AND RENDER A FAIR AND HONORABLE DECISION IN THE PEOPLE VS PRESIDENT G.W. BUSH

KING TAKES HIS PLACE

JUDGE

MR JACKSON DO YOU WISH TO MAKE AN OPENING STATEMENT AT THIS TIME?

JACKSON

YES YOUR HONOR,

JUDGE

YOU MAY PROCEED MR. JACKSON

JACKSON

GOOD MORNING, IT IS TRULY AN HONOR FOR ME TO STAND HERE WITH YOU THIS DAY, MOST OF MY LIFE I HAVE READ ABOUT YOU AND YOUR WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS. I WILL NOT TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, BUT FEEL THAT I MUST LAY OUT WHERE WE ARE GOING AND WHY WE HAVE BEEN CALLED HERE TODAY. I REMEMBER BEING TOLD OF ANOTHER CASE IN OUR HISTORY, A STAFF MEMBER OF THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION WENT TO THE PRESIDENT AND TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS A CANCER IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND IT MUST BE STOPPED. I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT COMPARED TO WHAT YOU WILL HEAR THIS DAY IT WAS ONLY A SKIN CANCER, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A BODY THAT IS CONSUMED BY A RUN AWAY CANCER. THE CORRUPTION OF THIS ADMINISTRATION IS SO VAST AND ENTRENCHED THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE.

WE WILL START AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THE SUPREME COURT TOLD FLORIDA TO STOP COUNTING AND GAVE THE ELECTION TO MR. BUSH. DURING THE TRANSITION, THE PLOT TO INVADE IRAQ WAS FIRST TALKED ABOUT. WE WILL SHOW THAT THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WAS WARNED THAT TERRORISTS WERE PLANNING AN ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

WE WILL SHOW THAT AFTER GOVERNOR BUSH WAS SWORN IN AS THE 43RD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE AND ENCOURAGEMENT PLANS WERE BEING PREPARED TO INVADE IRAQ. AFGHANISTAN WAS NOT EVEN DISCUSSED IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY MEETINGS. CAREER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO CONVINCE VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD CHENEY THAT A GROUP WHO CALLED THEMSELVES AL-QAIDA WAS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS TO THE UNITED STATES THAN IRAQ. MR. CLARK WILL TESTIFY THAT HE WAS TOLD TO STOP PUSHING AL-QAIDA AND GET ON THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD OR GET OUT OF THE WAY. THE VP DID NOT WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING MORE ABOUT AL-QAIDA.

WE WILL SHOW THAT THE BUSH FAMILY HAS LONG STANDING TIES WITH THE OSAMA bin LADEN FAMILY AND THE SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY AND WE WILL EXPLAIN WHY THE CARLYLE GROUP BECAME A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE WAR IN IRAQ.

WE WILL SHOW THAT PRISONERS WERE TAKEN OUT OF THEIR COUNTRY, TRANSPORTED TO CUBA AND HELD INCOMMUNICADO FOR OVER TWO YEARS. THIS IS A SERIOUS VIOLATION OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION AND VIOLATES THE ARTICLES OF NUREMBERG

WE WILL SHOW THAT THE TORTURE OF PRISONERS WAS NOT JUST A FEW BAD APPLES WHO TURNED ROTTEN ONE DAY BUT A SYSTEMATIC ATTEMPT TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE PRISONERS AT ANY COST INCLUDING MURDER.

WE WILL SHOW THAT THERE WAS WAR PROFITEERING, HALLIBURTON AND VP DICK CHENEY DID CONSPIRE FIRST TO GET THE CONTRACTS AND THEN OVERCHARGE WITH ALMOST NO OVERSIGHT BY ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. THE TERM LOOK THE OTHER WAY WAS USED SO OFTEN THAT PEOPLE WOULD JUST POINT THEIR FINGER LIKE THIS AND IT WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD THAT NO INVESTIGATION WAS TO TAKE PLACE. IT BECAME A JOKE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS LIED TO CONGRESS, THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT MISLED CONGRESS AND MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACTIONS OF THEIR STAFF AS OUTLINED IN THE NUREMBERG ARTICLES.

YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED HERE THIS DAY TO LISTEN AND DECIDE IF PRESIDENT BUSH DID VIOLATE OUR TRUST AND CORRUPT THE POLITICAL SYSTEMS THAT WE ALL LIVE AND DIE FOR. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

JUDGE

WOULD THE DEFENSE LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT AT THIS TIME?

DARROW

NO, YOUR HONOR, WE DO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO GIVE OUR OPENING STATEMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR DEFENSE.

JUDGE

MR. JACKSON ANY OBJECTIONS?

JACKSON

NO YOUR HONOR