finally, baldoucci i.t. realizes what he's doing is improper. he has used this approach judge lackey is improper. scruggs knew about the approach. he was authorized to make it. so it was an improper and unethical for baldoucci to approach judge lackey any way. whether it is a crime or not, it's questionable. federal government will say that baldoucci in one conversation suggested when judge lackey retired he might want to join baldoucci's firm in the council's position, but it's a very small potatoes and i tend to discount that myself, although i try not to make any assertions in the book. but, you know, here now that the book is written, i'm happy to be elaborate on it a bit more. finally, baldoucci says judge, i would never do anything there would make you uncomfortable. i am so basically sorry that i made this approach. i am paraphrasing this with some of the direct dialogue is in the book. judge lackey decides to take himself out of the case. he recuses himself from the case that he's hearing that involves scruggs as a defendant in a lawsuit