John Spencer: A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney

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• A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : [Closing up file. Knocking at the door]  Yeah.

  DDA Belinda Fox : You wanted to see me?

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : Yeah, I did. I've just seen an internal memo that you've got criminal investigators assigned to tail Arnold Becker.

  DDA Belinda Fox : Mm-hmm. It's in connection with a criminal investigation.

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : Are you aware that he's a former law partner of mine?

  DDA Belinda Fox : Yeah.

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : So were you planning on saying something to me at some point?

  DDA Belinda Fox : No, I wasn't. Was I obliged to?

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : I think you were. I think common courtesy would have suggested that a word to a colleague would have been in order.

  DDA Belinda Fox : When I conduct investigations, there are a few things more important to me than being courteous.

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : I wanna know what this is about, Belinda.

  DDA Belinda Fox : It's about the Lambert case. That one, you're familiar with?

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : There's no basis for a criminal investigation in the Lambert case.

  DDA Belinda Fox : I think there is. I think what Becker did was obstruction of justice.

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : Assume that's true. What he did is done. There's no ongoing crime being committed. There's no reason for having Becker under surveillance.

  DDA Belinda Fox : Given that the case is on my desk, Tommy, I think that's a determination to be made by me.

• A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : All right.

  [A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney gets up from his desk and closed the door] 

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : Look, Belinda, I know that you and Arnold Becker were briefly involved with each other. Assuming there is a case to be made here, it is not appropriate that it be on your desk.

  DDA Belinda Fox : It's not appropriate? You've been sleeping with a sitting judge for the past 6 months, and you're gonna tell me what is and isn't appropriate?

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : I don't conduct official business in that judge's courtroom.

  DDA Belinda Fox : As far as I'm concerned, your dalliance with Carolyn Walker completely compromises the effectiveness of every prosecutor in this office.

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : First of all, it's not a dalliance. Second of all, I have yet to hear Judge Walker accused of using the power of her office for some vindictive private purpose of her own.

  DDA Belinda Fox : Is that what you're suggesting I'm doing?

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : That's right.

  DDA Belinda Fox : [Belinda gets up. Belinda sighs]  Well, Tommy, I'll tell you what. If you so sure that neither Becker or anyone in his office is guilty of obstruction of justice, I suggest you make that opinion known. If you think I'm acting solely out of spite, I think you should bring me up on charges. And let me also say, should your former law partner become cognizant of the fact that he's under investigation, I will assume presumptively that he found out about it from you.

  A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney : Oh, you're making threats, Belinda?

  DDA Belinda Fox : I'm making assurances. You tell Arnold Becker that he's being investigated, and I'll see to it that you're fired.

  [Belinda Fox exits the District Attorney's office]