The Judas Branch

Genre: Crime Drama
Format: 1 hour, procedural weekly series
Nutshell: The Wire meets The Untouchables.

Overview:
“The Judas Branch” draws inspiration from the pages of classic spy novels combined with the elements of vintage film noir, updated to the look and tone of the modern world. The lead character, a veteran, government agent named Anthony Williams, heads an elite, internal affairs department in Washington called The Internal Crime Branch, nicknamed The Judas Branch because they're considered traitors within “the family” for operating against their own and, sometimes, outside the law.

In the pilot, an explosive internet film of a young missionary executed overseas spawns antiwar demonstrations and militant factions. Public opinion turns against the current administration opening the door for unproven candidate John Patrick Campbell to win the presidency. Williams not only discovers tampering in the election but that the murdered missionary never existed