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Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.

Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal,

a story about two judges who stood accused of making millions of dollars

in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless children.

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This is definitely one of the stranger cases I've covered.

It seems like it comes right out of a novel.

On November 12, 2012, Jake Nolan set out to the office and home of Dr. Michael Weiss.

Jake had with him a duffel bag with a massive sledgehammer, a steak knife, zip ties,

and he's walking through the streets of Manhattan with this.

When you walked into Dr. Michael Weiss's office with that duffel bag,

with the weapons that were inside.

What did you intend to do?

You're intended to kill him.

This is not a who done it.

He did what he was accused of doing.

But the big question was, why?

I saw Jake Nolan brainwashed by Dr. Pamela Buckbinder.

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