I'd clip those into a shorter local archive but would probably just boomer it.
Scratch that - there was some time today for a condensed clip of Lewis' segments for those who'd rather not suffer through a 2-hour C-SPAN snoozefest:
If nothing else any body language expert could have a field day evaluating his posture, mannerisms, and tics as a nice sneak preview to how he might carry himself in appeal oral argument and trial if we're so lucky as to see the Barneswalker continue to farm out this dog of a case to the rookie. Why can't Nick's limitless Petrofac money afford the sort of brash demeanor you'd expect from a trial litigator?
Past comparisons of the Barneswalker's omnibussin' performance to the public defender from My Cousin Vinny would pale in comparison to the milk that could flow from this guy.
The last time that I talked to the guy he explained the process to me. He had to go from the other than honorable to general discharge, and then general to honorable. Two actions over a few years. It could have been BS but it seemed like the truth.
I'm thinking that there was something more to it for this dude not being able to get his discharge changed.
You're not alone in your skepticism shared by anyone who knows anything about that process, considering the one and only instance of somewhat hardball questioning in the otherwise puff-piece hearing when Senator Graham, who had years of JAG experience on both the defense side and the prosecution side (and who
is often rumored to have finely attuned enough gaydar to detect his own kind on sight), drilled down on his discharge history and asked to see his file with a seemingly incredulous tone like this story didn't quite pass the smell test:
It is only fitting Brian Lewis, Rekieta's lawyer, is plagued by phantom homo rape demon fantasies and so neurotic, gay, and fat even the Mormons won't take him.
You'd think those commonalities would make them a power duo but OTOH the working relationship could get awkward after Nick really gets to know him and he really gets to know Nick, who is still closeted enough for zingers like this to roll off his tongue with ease:
...or classics like this one back in the day:
...or countless other instances over the years in between. That sort of tension could make a client worry about all the ways an attorney who learns to loathe his client enough could ever-so-subtly manage to lose on purpose, while doing just enough to maintain plausible deniability and make it look like he tried his best. Or with some luck, we could get to see him just go full-bore more along these lines:
