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The Unholy Trial

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Federal prosecutors in New York, aided by Nina’s exposé, indict Stewart and six co-defendants for money laundering and RICO violations. The trial – styled *Sharp v. Stewart et al* after Elias’s whistleblower suit for wrongful termination – becomes a media circus. Stewart mounts a defense of "utilitarian sanctity," parading beneficiaries of Order-funded hospitals and refugee camps. He portrays Elias as a bitter failure who could not handle "the arithmetic of compassion." Elias takes the stand, testifying that Stewart’s network processed over $18 billion in illicit funds over a decade. The turning point: Elias reveals the resort in the Azores was built on land seized from local fishermen, with slave-like labor – shattering Stewart’s moral high ground. But the defense exposes Elias’s own past accounting fraud, painting him as a tainted witness.