Chapter 74
I made a “give it to me” motion with my hand.
“Mr. Trovillo says his client can give us access to something really big.”
“Big enough to make those concessions worthwhile?”
“So he says.”
“Then arrange a meeting.”
“We haven’t been able to do that.”
“Why ever not?”
“The prosecutor isn’t interested and says they have the guy dead to rights and they intend to go for broke.”
“Don’t tell me… let me guess. One of the clowns is in charge.”
“Bingo,” she said.
There were three assistant prosecutors who we referred to, collectively, as ‘the clowns’. We did so because they were notorious for being ‘by the book’ clowns. While the law enforcement community was, generally speaking, in favor of prosecutors being rigid and inflexible, we also realized that once in a while it was necessary to give something up to get something.
“Let me see if I can get his lawyer on the phone.”