you really can t do anything in any kind of a business without money. what monetary transactions happened during the time that this enterprise had this fossil and what did they do with it? sell it? and then what happened to that money? and then how we can assemble the evidence around that fossil to see whether there s something there that s wrong, chargeable, what more needs to be investigated. fbi agents arrived here in hill city. they presented the black hills institute with a court order. that order demanded the release of more information. but the people at the institute have another name for it. they call it harassment. it should not be allowed to happen. this is the united states of america. so far, no criminal charges have been filed in the case. members of the institute say they re innocent and are hoping that a new administration will put an end to their legal fight over sue.
and see what was going to happen to it. america s indian tribes have fought the white man over many different issues through the years, but the newest fight is over a dinosaur. it was a big story and a very unusual story. to have the federal government come in and seize sue, everything exploded. controversy tonight. controversy surrounding the institute and their most famous discovery. it may be the custody battle of the century. scientists, indians, the u.s. government. you find any fossils, the government may take them away. not only has he taken this dinosaur away, but he s taken our research away too, every photograph, every record we had about this dinosaur and the locality where she was found. sue was seized pursuant to a search warrant, but there was never a crime charged. pat and i talked about filing suit. you know, we sued the federal government for return of our property. the black hills institute said it purchased the fossil
fair warning. $7,600,000. up here? [ cheers and applause ] once the bidding was done, you didn t know immediately who it was. everyone s looking around, saying, okay, who s going to come forward. the bidding was exciting, despite the fact that i was horrified that it was happening. i raised my paddle twice and then i was out of it. there it went! completely shocking, sue sold that fast and the price went that high. i wasn t shocked that it went that high. i think it s worth more than that. it s the most, by far, any fossil had ever sold for. and although i m sad, i m very sad we couldn t get it, i was thinking, okay, this is a statement about black hills institute and the people. you guys did a good job. your new home on the shores of lake michigan. that is, of course, in chicago,
jurors, two alternates. a large space in between where the lawyers get to walk and pace and show exhibits and things. and then we have the prosecution which had at times two or three lawyers. on our side, there was a lawyer for each defendant, so there are six lawyers and five defendants. the sixth defendant, of course, being the black hills institute. our trial is and still is the largest criminal case that s ever been tried in south dakota. you cannot say the word sue in the trial. i mean, the jurors are going, what happened to sue? that s why they got these guys in the court system, right? the logistics of this trial were incomprehensible. institute has collected maybe a million fossils. this indictment covers 14 of them. and those 14 fossils were collected from seven sites in
the lawyers get to pace and walk and show exhibits and things. and then we had the prosecution, which at times had two or three lawyers. on our side, there was a lawyer for each defendant, so there were six lawyers, and five defendants. the sixth defendant, of course, being the black hills institute. our trial was, and still is, the largest criminal case that s ever been tried in south dakota. you cannot say the word sue in the trial. the jurors were going, what happened to sue? that s why they got these guys in the court system, right? the logistics of this trial were incomprehensible. the institute has collected maybe a million fossils. this indictment covers 14 of them and those 14 fossils were collected from seven sites, in seven cases, in all the years these guys have been out in the