- The next day the Times does a story about calls from the burglars to a G.O.P. Committee to Re-Elect the president.
- Bernstein finds out that the Miami DA is trying to find out if any Florida laws have been broken, because the burglars are from Miami.
- Bernstein makes an appointment with Dardis, the DA.
- However the secretary doesn't let him in to see Dardis.
- He leaves, but he calls pretending to be a clerk with urgent records for Dardis.
- The secretary leaves to retrieve them, and Bernstein makes his way to Dardis's office.
- Dardis attempts to blow Bernstein off, but eventually gives him Barker's phone records and bank records.
- Let this be a lesson, Shmoopers: don't do anything illegal, or someone will find out how much you spend on fast food every week.
- One of the checks is from Kenneth H. Dahlberg, and Bernstein thinks that name is important.