Halls of Justice

You'll have to pardon our absence. The pre-trial meetings have stepped up, and even Davis and I have had to go to court once or twice.

Isabella Hakopian's trial will be first, and it starts in just a couple of weeks. As our incredibly astute, anonymous commenter pointed out last Friday, Isabella claimed to be personal assistant of Edward Hughes, Rebekah's dad. (The FBI asks that I use conditional language like "claimed to be" when I talk about this stuff. What actually happened was that she told Eric and Rebekah that she was his personal assistant, and they have no reason to doubt her.)

Her trial is scheduled to get underway on the 28th of June. The weird thing about Isabella is this: despite only trying to help Eric and Rebekah, she hasn't said a single word in the six months she's been in jail. The news reports she won't even talk to her defense lawyer. Weird.

The other big trial coming up is Paul Arbogast, a former FBI agent who was working for the Novus Ordo Seclorum (allegedly). On more than one occasion, he tried to get Eric to turn himself over into Arbogast's custody. And when they finally were in his custody, he tried to deliver them to Felix Hazard. (Again, allegedly.) (But it's true.)

His trial will start sometime this fall. They're still working on his case, because they're trying to figure out how far back his corruption goes, and if anyone else in the FBI was involved. So far, he hasn't named any names, but I think he will before the end.

Arbogast is the only NOS member who has been captured alive, and they're going to make an example of him, I think.