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"What?"

"It’s been only a couple of days How could the county generate that much paper in a couple of days? This is civil service work"

"The county attorney, David Tuse for the State Senate He has a primary in a couple of weeks Like h on crime"

"He’s already indicted Merodie for ed yet She’s being held for violating her probation on a dis-con Thirty days I learned Tuseet it kicked before he brings it to the grand jury"

"Then how did you come by all of this?"

"I did an internship with the Anoka County attorney’s office when I was in law school; I practically ran their raduated, I volunteered to work in the public defender’s office while I was looking for a job One of the cases I caught was Merodie’s disorderly conduct When they checked her sheet they noticed I had been her attorney of record and they gave me a call"

"No, no," I said "I mean, why do you have these reports? These reports are supposed to be confidential They aren’t supposed to be released until charges have been filed"

"Like I said, I used to work in the county attorney’s office I still have friends there Why? Since when do you care about the rules?"

"Excuse me?"

"I know you, McKenzie I know all about you You’re not a play-by-the-rules kind of guy"

"Who says?"

"Clayton Rask in the Minneapolis Homicide Department Brian Wilson with the FBI The Feds don’t like you very much, but Brian does"

"You’re well connected Especially for soo, McKenzie"

"What do you want froive a deposition stating that Officer Baumbach struck Merodie Davies repeatedly, that he demanded that she answer his questions, and that he did not advise her of her rights, and then testify to it again in court if it comes to that"

"I’ll testify to exactly what happened I won’t e you to"

"What else?"

"With your testie to rule that all of Merodie’s statements to the sheriff’s department are inadmissible"

"What else, Gen?"

"I like it that you call me Gen"

"Gen?"

"I need a favor"

"A favor?"

"That’s what you do, isn’t it? Ever since you quit the cops and took the rewardThomas Teachwell, you do favors for people There was the Entrepreneurs Club, and that thing for your friend Mr Mosley that upset the Feds so overnor’s wife"

"You got all this from Rask and Wilson?"

"Some of it"

"It’s true, I suppose Soh friends and there’s a good enough reason"