:01:45
Sustained.
Proceed, Mr Schiff.
:01:52
when you entered that
Suite 405 of the Holiday lnn.
:01:55
Mr Lombardo was alone in
the room with Richard Colbert,
:01:58
a deputy director of the
lnternal Revenue Service,
: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?