4 Investigates: Clear Deception pt.  2
KOB 4
[{'start': '2.879', 'end': '7.359', 'text': "Not all of Thomas Clear's connections"}, {'start': '5.200', 'end': '9.360', 'text': 'are part of this criminal scheme. In'}, {'start': '7.359', 'end': '11.759', 'text': 'fact, some of them even tried to hold'}, {'start': '9.360', 'end': '13.360', 'text': 'him accountable. Connections we mapped'}, {'start': '11.759', 'end': '15.440', 'text': 'on this side of the board show people'}, {'start': '13.360', 'end': '17.520', 'text': 'implicated or people who have even'}, {'start': '15.440', 'end': '20.080', 'text': 'admitted their role in this criminal'}, {'start': '17.520', 'end': '22.080', 'text': 'enterprise. However, the connections on'}, {'start': '20.080', 'end': '24.240', 'text': 'this side of the board have no known'}, {'start': '22.080', 'end': '26.080', 'text': 'connection to any crimes. However, they'}, {'start': '24.240', 'end': '27.760', 'text': 'did cross paths with Clear in the'}, {'start': '26.080', 'end': '29.439', 'text': "criminal justice system. So, I'm going"}, {'start': '27.760', 'end': '31.840', 'text': 'to ask you one more time. How much you'}, {'start': '29.439', 'end': '34.079', 'text': 'got to drink today? Half an'}, {'start': '31.840', 'end': '36.239', 'text': "That's Angela Torres. State police"}, {'start': '34.079', 'end': '39.360', 'text': 'officer Marvin Goui pulled her over for'}, {'start': '36.239', 'end': '42.079', 'text': 'DWI in 2014 and their story made'}, {'start': '39.360', 'end': '44.960', 'text': 'national headlines after they started a'}, {'start': '42.079', 'end': '47.920', 'text': 'romantic relationship and Gouki skipped'}, {'start': '44.960', 'end': '51.600', 'text': 'court getting her case dismissed. State'}, {'start': '47.920', 'end': '55.280', 'text': 'police fired Gouki. Tom Clear not only'}, {'start': '51.600', 'end': '58.480', 'text': 'represented Torres for her DWI case, he'}, {'start': '55.280', 'end': '60.239', 'text': 'wrote her checks as her boss. She worked'}, {'start': '58.480', 'end': '63.520', 'text': 'for Clear for years before getting'}, {'start': '60.239', 'end': '66.159', 'text': 'pulled over. She would not go on camera'}, {'start': '63.520', 'end': '68.320', 'text': 'with us, but told us Clear liked to'}, {'start': '66.159', 'end': '72.000', 'text': 'throw money around and keep powerful'}, {'start': '68.320', 'end': '73.760', 'text': 'people close. And she says Clear had a'}, {'start': '72.000', 'end': '77.600', 'text': 'relationship with the man who brought'}, {'start': '73.760', 'end': '79.920', 'text': 'charges against him. What is or was the'}, {'start': '77.600', 'end': '82.720', 'text': 'nature of your relationship with Thomas'}, {'start': '79.920', 'end': '87.280', 'text': 'Clear before you brought charges against'}, {'start': '82.720', 'end': '89.759', 'text': "him? Yeah. Um, so I've known Tom uh for"}, {'start': '87.280', 'end': '92.079', 'text': 'years. Alex Yubias says he had a'}, {'start': '89.759', 'end': '94.400', 'text': 'professional relationship with Clear,'}, {'start': '92.079', 'end': '96.640', 'text': 'crossing paths in the courtroom. He even'}, {'start': '94.400', 'end': '98.240', 'text': 'invited him to his investature hearing'}, {'start': '96.640', 'end': '100.880', 'text': 'when he was appointed to be the US'}, {'start': '98.240', 'end': '103.400', 'text': 'attorney. He was gregarious. Um, he'}, {'start': '100.880', 'end': '105.520', 'text': "liked to be everyone's"}, {'start': '103.400', 'end': '108.079', 'text': 'friend. There was a time when he was a'}, {'start': '105.520', 'end': '110.399', 'text': 'pillar of the community. The degrees of'}, {'start': '108.079', 'end': '112.399', 'text': 'separation in New Mexico are smaller'}, {'start': '110.399', 'end': '116.000', 'text': 'than other states, and the legal'}, {'start': '112.399', 'end': '119.200', 'text': 'community is even tighter. Still, Clear'}, {'start': '116.000', 'end': '121.360', 'text': 'is remarkably connected. From'}, {'start': '119.200', 'end': '123.680', 'text': 'prosecutors like the former US attorney'}, {'start': '121.360', 'end': '126.560', 'text': 'to public defenders where he led the'}, {'start': '123.680', 'end': '128.879', 'text': 'state oversight commission to getting'}, {'start': '126.560', 'end': '132.080', 'text': 'placed on the committee to help appoint'}, {'start': '128.879', 'end': '134.319', 'text': 'judges. He made campaign donations and'}, {'start': '132.080', 'end': '136.200', 'text': 'four investigates identified closer'}, {'start': '134.319', 'end': '139.200', 'text': 'relationships within the judicial'}, {'start': '136.200', 'end': '141.360', 'text': "system. One of Clear's best friends,"}, {'start': '139.200', 'end': '143.760', 'text': 'attorney and former state lawmaker'}, {'start': '141.360', 'end': '144.959', 'text': 'Daniel Ivy Sodto. I was hoping the'}, {'start': '143.760', 'end': '147.360', 'text': 'interview would provide a little more'}, {'start': '144.959', 'end': '149.200', 'text': 'context. Ivy Sodto changed his mind'}, {'start': '147.360', 'end': '151.520', 'text': 'about an on camera interview, but spoke'}, {'start': '149.200', 'end': '153.840', 'text': 'to us on the phone. He says he met Clear'}, {'start': '151.520', 'end': '156.640', 'text': 'when he was a prosecutor. Clear was his'}, {'start': '153.840', 'end': '158.959', 'text': 'best man at his wedding in 2011. Not'}, {'start': '156.640', 'end': '161.680', 'text': 'only did Ivy stood defend his best man'}, {'start': '158.959', 'end': '164.319', 'text': 'in court, they worked cases together,'}, {'start': '161.680', 'end': '167.360', 'text': 'including at least one DWI case, which'}, {'start': '164.319', 'end': '170.400', 'text': "Ivy Sodto says he doesn't recall. Ivy"}, {'start': '167.360', 'end': '174.080', 'text': 'Sodto told us he was absolutely shocked'}, {'start': '170.400', 'end': '177.120', 'text': "to learn of Clear's DWI scandal and knew"}, {'start': '174.080', 'end': '179.440', 'text': 'Clear as a generous man. He removed'}, {'start': '177.120', 'end': '181.599', 'text': 'Clear as director of his nonprofit after'}, {'start': '179.440', 'end': '184.720', 'text': "learning Clear's deception became"}, {'start': '181.599', 'end': '188.319', 'text': 'public. Both Ivy Sodto and Clear'}, {'start': '184.720', 'end': '191.280', 'text': 'defended judges and friends of judges in'}, {'start': '188.319', 'end': '193.360', 'text': 'court throughout the years. The guy who'}, {'start': '191.280', 'end': '196.159', 'text': 'literally wrote a book on legal ethics'}, {'start': '193.360', 'end': '198.319', 'text': 'says hindsight reveals problems that New'}, {'start': '196.159', 'end': '201.200', 'text': "Mexico's justice system might have"}, {'start': '198.319', 'end': '202.879', 'text': "missed because they weren't illegal. I"}, {'start': '201.200', 'end': '205.120', 'text': 'mean, I think people have a trust in the'}, {'start': '202.879', 'end': '207.040', 'text': "FBI, but the FBI isn't looking for"}, {'start': '205.120', 'end': '209.760', 'text': "judicial ethics issues. They're looking"}, {'start': '207.040', 'end': '212.959', 'text': 'for actual crimes. Lawyers and judges'}, {'start': '209.760', 'end': '214.640', 'text': 'live by a code of ethics. Recusal of a'}, {'start': '212.959', 'end': '217.280', 'text': "judge isn't mandatory simply because"}, {'start': '214.640', 'end': '219.599', 'text': 'they know a prosecutor, a defense'}, {'start': '217.280', 'end': '222.640', 'text': 'council, or because they have friendly'}, {'start': '219.599', 'end': '225.040', 'text': 'relations with them, but those relations'}, {'start': '222.640', 'end': '227.120', 'text': 'should be made public. Four investigates'}, {'start': '225.040', 'end': '228.599', 'text': 'identified another judge clear work to'}, {'start': '227.120', 'end': '232.239', 'text': 'keep on the'}, {'start': '228.599', 'end': '234.080', 'text': 'bench. Metro Court Judge Frank Gentry.'}, {'start': '232.239', 'end': '236.640', 'text': 'Have you changed your mind about an on'}, {'start': '234.080', 'end': '238.640', 'text': 'camera interview? Gentry too backed out'}, {'start': '236.640', 'end': '241.840', 'text': 'of an on camera interview, but he told'}, {'start': '238.640', 'end': '244.799', 'text': 'us Clear was his close friend.'}, {'start': '241.840', 'end': '247.840', 'text': 'This 1998 newspaper ad to retain Judge'}, {'start': '244.799', 'end': '250.319', 'text': 'Gentry noted he had the highest DWI'}, {'start': '247.840', 'end': '254.319', 'text': 'conviction rate. The political ad paid'}, {'start': '250.319', 'end': '255.639', 'text': 'for by Thomas Clear III as treasurer for'}, {'start': '254.319', 'end': '258.959', 'text': 'his retention'}, {'start': '255.639', 'end': '262.479', 'text': 'campaign. Four years later, Gentry was'}, {'start': '258.959', 'end': '265.360', 'text': 'dubbed our best DWI judge. Police'}, {'start': '262.479', 'end': '268.560', 'text': 'officers rated Gentry number one again.'}, {'start': '265.360', 'end': '271.759', 'text': 'Clear was his treasurer. This ad to me'}, {'start': '268.560', 'end': '275.280', 'text': 'smacks of corruption on the part of Tom'}, {'start': '271.759', 'end': '279.199', 'text': 'Clear U and on the part of police'}, {'start': '275.280', 'end': '282.720', 'text': 'officers who may have voted on this at'}, {'start': '279.199', 'end': '285.360', 'text': 'the same time um receiving money from'}, {'start': '282.720', 'end': '288.080', 'text': 'Tom Clear Tosho and the fact that Tom'}, {'start': '285.360', 'end': '291.840', 'text': 'Clear is listed as a treasurer. Yes. And'}, {'start': '288.080', 'end': '293.840', 'text': 'this is a money scheme. Yes. Is a red'}, {'start': '291.840', 'end': '296.479', 'text': "flag for you. It's a big red flag for"}, {'start': '293.840', 'end': '299.280', 'text': 'me. It was the same year Judge Gentry'}, {'start': '296.479', 'end': '301.680', 'text': 'earned a do not retain recommendation'}, {'start': '299.280', 'end': '304.160', 'text': 'from the Judicial Performance Evaluation'}, {'start': '301.680', 'end': '307.840', 'text': 'Commission, which said Gentry had a'}, {'start': '304.160', 'end': '310.560', 'text': 'reputation for prejudging cases. Gentry'}, {'start': '307.840', 'end': '312.800', 'text': 'called that tool deeply flawed and he'}, {'start': '310.560', 'end': '315.120', 'text': 'won re-election anyway. What does that'}, {'start': '312.800', 'end': '317.600', 'text': 'mean to you? Well, what this means to me'}, {'start': '315.120', 'end': '319.440', 'text': 'is that Judge Gentry should have recused'}, {'start': '317.600', 'end': '322.720', 'text': 'himself from each and every case that'}, {'start': '319.440', 'end': '325.440', 'text': 'Tom Clear appeared before him in. Gentry'}, {'start': '322.720', 'end': '328.240', 'text': 'told us he did and says he filed a'}, {'start': '325.440', 'end': '330.639', 'text': "blanket recusal for Clear's cases, but"}, {'start': '328.240', 'end': '332.479', 'text': "he couldn't say when. And when we asked"}, {'start': '330.639', 'end': '334.800', 'text': 'Metro Court officials for it, they'}, {'start': '332.479', 'end': '337.199', 'text': "couldn't find it. The online court"}, {'start': '334.800', 'end': '340.320', 'text': 'database names Gentry as the judge for'}, {'start': '337.199', 'end': '344.000', 'text': "30 of Clear's cases between 1995 and"}, {'start': '340.320', 'end': '346.639', 'text': '2005, with about half dismissed. We also'}, {'start': '344.000', 'end': '349.120', 'text': 'identified a dismissed DWI with an'}, {'start': '346.639', 'end': '352.880', 'text': 'officer for investigates found has a'}, {'start': '349.120', 'end': '355.120', 'text': 'long history of DWI cases with Clear. We'}, {'start': '352.880', 'end': '357.360', 'text': 'took the extra step of requesting the'}, {'start': '355.120', 'end': '360.639', 'text': "paperwork from a few of Clear's cases"}, {'start': '357.360', 'end': '363.600', 'text': "later in Gentry's career. We found his"}, {'start': '360.639', 'end': '367.000', 'text': 'signature on cases right next to his'}, {'start': '363.600', 'end': '370.800', 'text': 'close friend Thomas Clear III as late as'}, {'start': '367.000', 'end': '372.560', 'text': '2006, his last year as a judge.'}, {'start': '370.800', 'end': '374.240', 'text': 'That was the year after Clear had'}, {'start': '372.560', 'end': '376.720', 'text': 'represented Gentry when the Supreme'}, {'start': '374.240', 'end': '379.280', 'text': 'Court reprimanded him for improperly'}, {'start': '376.720', 'end': '382.319', 'text': 'using his judicial position to help a'}, {'start': '379.280', 'end': '384.800', 'text': "relative's custody case. The next year,"}, {'start': '382.319', 'end': '386.800', 'text': 'Gentry says he went to work with Clear'}, {'start': '384.800', 'end': '389.360', 'text': 'and told us he worked next to Ricardo'}, {'start': '386.800', 'end': '392.240', 'text': "Menddees, the right-hand man in Clear's"}, {'start': '389.360', 'end': '394.160', 'text': 'DWI scheme. And he says it was evident'}, {'start': '392.240', 'end': '396.479', 'text': "Mendes didn't want him there, but he"}, {'start': '394.160', 'end': '399.600', 'text': 'says he never knew the scandal was'}, {'start': '396.479', 'end': '402.160', 'text': 'operating right under his nose. Gentry'}, {'start': '399.600', 'end': '404.400', 'text': 'says today he feels betrayed by Clear,'}, {'start': '402.160', 'end': '405.479', 'text': 'but has compassion for Mendes and'}, {'start': '404.400', 'end': '408.080', 'text': "Clear's"}, {'start': '405.479', 'end': '410.720', 'text': 'families. Coming up, a person in power'}, {'start': '408.080', 'end': '412.960', 'text': 'at Metro Court asks you if you know'}, {'start': '410.720', 'end': '414.600', 'text': 'anything about Tom paying off cops.'}, {'start': '412.960', 'end': '416.960', 'text': 'Correct. A'}, {'start': '414.600', 'end': '422.680', 'text': 'bombshell. What we know about who'}, {'start': '416.960', 'end': '422.680', 'text': 'suspected something nefarious years ago.'}]