Before a senate committee the former assistant who had helped expose the corruption spoke with quiet determination they had quotas. She explained to the Senators not just for arrests but for assets each arrest had to yield a minimum value in seized property. They turned Justice into a business model darius's phone buzzed with another alert a message from an encrypted number the board sends its regards. This isn't over every Empire needs its examples Jackson noticed his expression they're getting desperate the whole network is unraveling judge Blackwood tried to flee to ISA. The Cayman Islands this morning FBI intercepted him at the airport found him with a thumb drive full of offshore account numbers.
The TV showed new footage federal agents leading Executives from Regional resource Management's headquarters in handcuffs the company's CEO Thomas Blackwood judge blackwood's brother had apparently tried to destroy evidence. When he learned of the raid six other private prison companies under investigation now Mitchell added their stocks are in freef Fall. The whole industry is facing Congressional scrutiny but the real story is where the money goes we've traced payments through shell companies in Dubai Singapore. The Caymans Jordan's voice came through on speaker the international task force just moved on the finance side raids happening in three countries banking records corporate documents everything. They tried to hide offshore we're getting it all a new face appeared on the TV screen Senator Robert Phillips looking Haggard in his prison jumpsuit I am here today.
To confess my role in what can only be described as a criminal Enterprise operating within our justice system for years. We use my position on the Judiciary Committee to appoint corrupt judges approve private prison contracts and protect a network of corruption. That spanned the nation Darius watched the confession with mixed emotions Phillips had been one of the architects of the system. That had nearly destroyed his life now he was just another domino falling revealing more corruption with each new statement we're getting calls from other jurisdictions. Jackson reported officers wanting to come clean judge is ready to cooperate the whole corrupt machine is starting to crumble but but what.
The board isn't finished they're moving assets destroying records eliminating Loose Ends three potential Witnesses have already disappeared they're fighting. Back as if to emphasize his point darius's computer screen suddenly went dark then his phone then the office lights Cyber attack. Mitchell said grimly already on her secure line line they're trying to knock out our systems corrupt the evidence but we're ready for them everything's backed up on secure doj. Servers the lights flickered back on but the message was clear the board wasn't going down without a fight through his window. Darius could see more media arriving protesters gathered with signs demanding Justice Reform his case had sparked a national conversation about corruption race and power but that convers ation came.