[Warning: Child porn, pedophilia and sex slavery is mentioned. Implied rape in the last sentence. No descriptions though.]
Kinsey was right, this definitely was not over. Now, for the final nail in the coffin.
When Hugh left the SGC bound for Washington, he had in his possession the boxes that had been brought to the briefing room. He also had a sizable security detail with him and was traveling in the Ambassador's jet.
Hugh knew the basics of what was in the boxes. One very big and angry hornet's nest was about to be opened. Arriving at the State Dept, Hugh was taken to a secure briefing room. The Secretary of State, Deputy Director of the FBI and the Attorney General himself were present.
"Thank you all for coming," Hugh started. "and for not questioning the cloak-and-dagger bit too much. You'll understand when you see the material. I will say at the outset, that Ambassador Calan has duplicates of everything, so if anyone tries to make this just go away, I'm afraid he will make it very public."
Hugh passed out the summary folders. Summary, it was over an inch thick. The crimes the Senator, NID and others had committed detailed with references for supporting evidence.
Human trafficking, sex trade, child porn, kidnapping, attempted murder and financial fraud against the government were just the highlights.
Numerous off-shore bank accounts were listed. Individuals that had participated in the crimes. Oh yeah, a really big chunk of shit was going to hit the fan with this.
"I think the best thing for you to do is read through the summary and then I'll answer any questions I can."
Some time later, they'd finish the summary. All of them stunned. "Some of these the FBI has tried to investigate, but so far we haven't made any headway."
"My God! SecState exclaimed.
"We have to keep this very close to the vest," the Attorney General said. If anything leaks out, he'll either run or start getting rid of witnesses and evidence."
"I have to call in my internet crime people to go after the porn server." the FBI said.
"Understood. It's Friday evening and the Congress just started recess for the holiday. We have to act on this by Tuesday or we may lose the advantage of surprise." SecState observed. "Nothing stays a secret for long here. And we're talking, what, having to pull a couple hundred FBI agents at least to make all these arrests at once?"
"More."
"The server is the key. We have to grab it first." They threw issues back and forth. It helped greatly that the SecState had been a Federal Prosecutor before her current post.
"A judge, we have to have a warrant. And the judge has to be above reproach."
"I know who, but the three of us will have to go personally," the AG stated.
The other two agreed and the AG picked up the phone and made the call.
One hour later they were seated in the living room of the judge. He read the summary, his eyes going wide a number of times.
There is supporting evidence already? More than one person's statement?
Yes, your Honor. I had one of my internet crime people access the site. We used an authorized investigative credit card for the payment and traced the payment to the account shown in the first criminal complaint. He then downloaded one of the files and traced it to its origin. Which, is as stated in the complaint. Here is the agent's sworn statement.
Thinking for a few minutes after reading the sworn statement, nobody dared rush him, he signed the warrant. "As much as I hate to say it, good luck."
"Thank you, Sir."
It was nearing 2 a.m. As the FBI agents entered the office servicing the search warrant. No big raiding party for this one, low key was critical. Just four FBI agents dressed in suits, one video taping everything they did. They entered the office and went straight to the closet in the suspects office. Opening the door to the closet they saw the computer sitting there. Opening up a case, an agent removed a portable drive and hooked it up. It quietly began copying all the files on the server.
After nearly two hours it was complete. The agent placed the drive back in its case and they left. The time they'd been there hadn't been wasted just waiting. They had planted several listening devices and video cameras. They had been very specific with the judge on the details of that issue. The devices were solely to know if anyone entered the office before Tuesday morning to make sure the server was not compromised. No other purpose was permitted.
They departed quickly and returned to Quantico. Everyone that worked in the on-line internet crimes section were recalled. Before they entered their offices they were informed to call any family members then as no calls would be permitted once they entered until the mission was completed. They would not be going home for a few days.
Tuesday finally arrived. Calan had told SG-1 and General Hammond to be at the SGC very early as something should be happening this morning in DC.
Arriving at 0400, Jack asked about Hugh. "No, he's was stuck in DC this weekend."
Smiling brightly, "I think that this will be a glorious day," Calan announced.
"Something you're not telling us?" George asked.
"Let's go to the commissary."
Leading them in, he walked over and turned on the TV in the corner and adjusted it to CNN. Getting a cup of coffee and a pastry he sat down where he had a good view of the TV.
People started coming in for breakfast or coffee and noticed Calan, the General and SG-1 gathered around the TV. The word got out quickly and calls made. Get to the commissary or plant yourself in front of a TV.
"What's going on?" someone asked.
"Just wait for it," came Calan's reply. The commissary was packed for the last fifteen minutes and they'd had to keep turning the volume up on the TV.
Finally, the story broke. "This just in," the spokesman said reading the teleprompter. "Holy crap!" pause, "my apologies ladies and gentlemen. Roll that back!" he pointed at the teleprompter.
Taking a breath, "this just in, Senator Robert Kinsey has just been arrest as he entered his office at the Senate. Details are still sketchy, but the FBI served a search warrant on the Senator's office over the weekend. The initial statement of charges are... oh my God!" the announcer froze.
Another person started speaking, "charges are for... child pornography, attempted murder, fraud against the government..." that voice trailed off and the original announcer picked up against finally.
"Quite a number of other charges. I see kidnapping, human trafficking. My God, if this is true, he's an animal."
"We... we have a Joint FBI/Attorney General press announcement, it reads: Senator Robert Kinsey was arrested for possession of child pornography, sex with minors, kidnapping of minors, human trafficking for sex slaves, conspiracy to commit murder, murder, misappropriation of billions of tax dollars, and treason by conspiracy to sell state secrets to foreign governments. He will also be facing a lot of charges from other countries including multiple murder charges in Thailand."
Everyone in the SGC was stunned. They all knew Kinsey was bad... but this!
"And you knew about this?" Jack asked.
"Yes, Hugh took all the documentation with him to DC for a meeting with the AG, FBI and SecState. All the money missing from your budget, half went to the NID. The other half went in to Kinsey's off-shore bank accounts."
"But, that was billions!" declares Sam.
"Yes it was, but they should have most of it – what remains, recovered within 48 hours. I provided them with a list of all of his bank accounts.
"Yeah, but a bullet might have been better," Jack states. "He'll weasel out of it somehow."
"Don't bet on it. Their searching his home now. You don't realize how stupid and arrogant Kinsey is. He kept evidence of him self with kids at his home! Besides, if he manages to escape, it won't be for long. Inside prison, well. Let's just say he'll live in fear."
Besides, Calan knew he could find him in a heartbeat. He'd implanted Kinsey with a tracking device one night. The joy of having your very own transporter which was capable of very precise transportation, the device was buried deep inside the Senators right femur and undetectable with current technology.
"Most of his NID buddies are being rounded up or are on the run now. He recorded or videoed most of his meetings with them to use as blackmail material if he needed to. Now, it is their downfall.
It had been the trial of the century. Kinsey's lawyers had tried every trick in the book but it didn't work. Starting with trying to get the original warrant thrown out. Having the signature of the retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) as the issuing judge went along ways in preventing that.
The argument that he was retired was tossed quite quickly. Retired SCOTUS justices are required to remain active jurists and are appointed to serve on panels of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Then he threatened to talk about the Stargate program. He was told that no one would believe him as they'd think he was lying trying to get out of going to prison. Or, he was crazy which would only result in him being locked up in a mental institution.
Billions of dollars were recovered from Kinsey's many overseas bank accounts.
Calan worked a lot of magic on a few issues. The first being that Kinsey was not to get the death penalty, so he could suffer for a long time in prison with no power. Using many connections and knowing where Kinsey would serve his time, Calan used many favors owed him. The word got out, in the jail where Kinsey was held and then the prison where he would serve his sentence.
Pedophiles, especially as bad as Kinsey, rarely last in prison before another prisoner puts a shank in their back. Pedophiles are the lowest class of prisoner. He'd even managed to get it so Kinsey was in the general population. It wouldn't last, but it would take his lawyers at least a month to get him put in to isolation.
Walking up to Kinsey before he was led off by the guards after hearing 'Life without possibility of parole' numerous times and sentences adding up to hundreds of years. Calan pressed the button on the device in his pocket. Everything and everyone around him and Kinsey froze.
Calan looked him in the eye and said "Say hi to Bubba. I know you'll experience what all those kids did time and time again. Even when you finally get in to isolation, I've ensured that you will have a very long and unbearable rest of your life." He pressed the button and time started again.
After Kinsey had undergone the in processing at the prison, delousing and a body cavity search he was walked to his cell. When he got there he finally knew fear. Standing in the back was his cell mate. Well over 6 feet tall and strongly muscled. Grinning at Kinsey he announced in a deep voice, "I'm Bubba, and you're my new bitch."
Notes:
I debated for a very long time how to bring Kinsey down as the slime that he was. Goa'ulding him would have been to good. He'd probably enjoy it. Killing him outright, to simple. And, I couldn't just strip him of his power and let him fade away. No, he deserved to be punished and Bubba is just the one to do it.
Where did the time stopping gizmo come from? You'll find out soon.
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