CSI: American Carnage (Wednesday, April 17, 2019)
WASHINGTON — It is late. A grizzled hobo is stretched on the Sixth Street sidewalk, fast asleep. Two besuited white men lurk in the shadows. Larry, says one in a horse whisper, I don’t like it. I’m scared. What if he figures it out? What if he knows? He knows so much. He knows everything! And when he finds out it was me, what am I going to do? Where can I go? No place is safe. No place! Larry looks up and down the street. It is quiet. Shhh! he says. Somebody’s gonna hear ya. Look, you’ve been stashing money away like I told ya, right? Ya got the plane ticket, right? I got one. You got one, like I told you, right? Tell me ya got one? Mike shakes his head. He looks down at the sidewalk and out toward the street. The hobo makes a gasping snort. Mike jumps. He says, It’s him! I know it. He knows where I am already. He’s coming for me. Larry says, You didn’t get the plane ticket, did ya? You didn’t do what I said you should do. Mike looks down again. He says, I didn’t think it’d get this far. I thought he’d fire Mueller. I thought he’d use executive privilege to shut the whole thing down. Larry says, I told you to be prepared! Ya always gotta be prepared! I told ya it might be a trap, a truth trap. Ya tell the truth and he’s all over ya. I told ya! Mike says, I know that’s what you said. I know it. But I, I, I don’t know. All I can tell you is he’s gonna see that report and he’s gonna know that I talked to Mueller. Larry says, We all talked to Mueller. Mike says, I answered his questions. Larry says, We all answered his questions. Mike says, Yeah, but I was there when he talked about the pussy and the money stuff. Larry says, Me too. We all were there for pussy and money stuff. Mike says, I was there when they talked about Vlad and Oleg and setting up the meetings and the money comin through the condos and the meetings with Akhmetshin and Deripaska and Abrmovich and Malkin and I don’t know how many others. I was there! Larry says, Were you there for Prokhorov or Usmanov or Vekselberg? Mike says, No. Kiliminick, though. Kislyak, of course. Larry says, Hey, you got nothing to worry about. Me, I was there for Deripaska. Hoo boy! I got the bags packed and the ticket ready. Mike says, Do you think I still have time? Do you think I could still get a ticket to someplace? I got a wife and kids. I got a family! Larry says, I think it’s probably too late for that. They’re watching all the airports and train stations. They’re monitoring the internet. I think you’re gonna have to white knuckle it, my friend. Me, I’ve got a vacation I’ve had scheduled for a long time, so I’m gonna be out of town after tomorrow for awhile. You take care of yourself. Mike says, No Larry! Don’t leave me behind! Larry says, You’ll be fine. Larry begins walking down the street. Mike says, Larry! Larry! But Larry doesn’t turn back. He continues to walk, his shoes click on the pavement and his shadow ripples up the wall. The hobo makes a grunting sound. Larry turns his collar up and looks around. The hobo sits up and looks right at him. There is something familiar about his eyes. — Wednesday, April 17, 2019