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All of Our friends are only talking about one thing, and it's this story.
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An FBI investigation called Operation Varsity Blues.
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Georgia Tech, USC, UCLA…
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And Rick Singer…
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The mastermind behind the entire operation.
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Is there any risk that this thing blows up in my face?
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-Hey, Rick? - Hey there.
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-Is this a good time? -Yeah,Yeah, it's good for me.
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Rick, I had a question for you.
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-It's just you and me. Is that kosher? -Absolutely.
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I just wanted Walk me through the whole thing again and how it works.
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We help the wealthiest families in the US get their kids into school.
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I've done 761 what I would call "side doors."
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The "front door" means is getting in on your own.
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I got accepted!
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So I've created this kind of side door in …
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because my families…
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want a guarantee.
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There aren't many federal cases where you have 50 people
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indicted for a crime.
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It truly is amazing what people say on the phone
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when they don't know the Federal is listening.
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If somebody were to catch this,
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what happens?
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The only way someone can catch it is if you guys tell someone.
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It seems like it'd be hard to miss.
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There was a 5'5" men's basketball player.
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A high school cheerleader who is made a look like a lacrosse player.
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You've never had an issue with this?
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Some article comes out
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that the the polo team is selling seats into the school for 250 grand?
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Well, no, because she's a water polo player.
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But she's not.
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We're here today to announce charges
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in the largest college admissions scam
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ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice.
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My view of the admissions process
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is some students getting in on pure merit,
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but many others getting in
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due to preferences that skew rich and white.
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They had every advantage,
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and yet they still cheated.
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In America, we love the wealthy, and we hate the wealthy.
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They disgust us,
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and they fascinate us.
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I'm gonna do over 730 of these side doors this year.
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It's the home run of home runs.
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And it works?
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Every time.