The prosecution s case against rod covlin ended with a bombshell. on the stand, as former level debra oles described in chilling detail how after his wife shele died, rod planned to kill his parents in order to regain custody of his children. his alleged targets where in the courtroom, hanging on every word. now the defense was about to dissect deborah story. here s andrea canning with the conclusion of endgame . carol cullen sat behind her son during the long weeks of trial. why was it so important for you to be? there it s my son. and i think any mother would be there for their child. you have to listen to your son being called a philanderer, and abuse are, and a killer. how did you handle? that i really wanted to get
They promised the jury pieces of a puzzle, pieces they hoped would ultimately reveal a resentful, hateful husband who is frustrations had boiled over. i think it was actually i hate this phrase but it really was a crime of passion. at the core of the prosecutor s case, david was a sexist philanderer who viewed his goody two shoes wife as a weight around his neck. he put his hands around hers, after an argument in their condo to free himself of the burden. david, they said, then turned to nikki s problem with pills as cover. why killer? you know, it wasn t a planned murder. if it was what he planned to do, he could divorce or. this was not a plan. this was something that erupted one night, a fit of rage. because they thought there was no premeditation, david pietz was charged with a second, not first degree, murder. but proving he snapped and strangled nick in their condo wouldn t be easy. this was a highly
Being compromised by russia given your background and having been a prosecutor and involved in these things and having lived and lived in and visited the former soviet union. it does sort of feel like you re either star crossed or district end for this, doesn t it? well, it did feel at times like certain parts of my life prepared me for what was to come in very unexpected ways. i never thought i would see another illustration of russian trade craft at work like i did in the miller case. but the president in so many ways resembled a kind of target miller was. he was a philanderer. he had poor morals and a lack of ethics. he had the same greed except on a far greater scale than million early. unlike miller where the russians could, you know, dangle gold, donald trump was actively pursuing this very lucrative project in moscow. the russians didn t need to dangle anything. he was pursuing it proactively
Of you were built backwards in time to be ready to be the chairman of the intelligence committee at a time that there were questions about a president being compromised by russia given your background and having been a prosecutor and involved in these things and having lived and lived in and visited the former soviet union. it does sort of feel like you re either star-crossed or destined for this, doesn t it? well, it did feel at times like certain parts of my life prepared me for what was to come in very unexpected ways. i never thought i would see another illustration of russian trade craft at work like i did in the miller case. but the president in so many ways resechlabled the kind of target that miller was. he was a philanderer. he had poor morals and a lack of ethics. he had the same greed except on a far greater scale than miller.
On the stand, as former level debra oles described in chilling detail how after his wife shele died, rod planned to kill his parents in order to regain custody of his children. his alleged targets where in the courtroom, hanging on every word. now the defense was about to dissect deborah story. here s andrea canning with the conclusion of endgame . carol cullen sat behind her son during the long weeks of trial. why was it so important for you to be? there it s my son. and i think any mother would be there for their child. you have to listen to your son being called a philanderer, and abuse are, and a killer. how did you handle? that i really wanted to get up and scream at them and call them liars, but she can t. one of the most explosive pieces of testimony was debra oles alleging that rod had wanted to kill you. and in grand fashion, we re