cover-up isn't our case

[Mike Hussey]

Kaffee says to Jo & Sam:

Kaffee: Jessep told Kendrick to order a code red. Kendrick did, and our clients followed the order. The cover-up isn't our case. To win, Jessep has to tell the jury that he ordered the code red.

What does "cover-up isn't our case" mean?
Cover-up is a legal term that means to hide an error or a wrongdoing. Here, it means that they are going to use the ordering of code red in this case, instead or covering up some action.

Source: A Few Good Men (a 1992 American legal drama film was adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin from his 1989 play of the same name)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Kaffee says to Jo and Sam:

Kaffee: Jessep told Kendrick to order a code red. Kendrick did, and our clients followed the order. The cover-up isn't our case. To win, Jessep has to tell the jury that he ordered the code red.

What does "The cover-up isn't our case" mean?

Cover-up is a legal term

It is not a legal term.

that means to hide an error or a wrongdoing.

Yes, that's what it means.

Here, it means that they are going to use the ordering of code red in this case,

Yes, exactly.

instead of covering up some action.

No. Kaffee isn't saying to cover something up. Kaffee is saying that they should not focus on the cover-up. They should focus on the code red.

Source: A Few Good Men (a 1992 American legal drama film was adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin from his 1989 play of the same name)

Was that your explanation or someone else's?

 

[Tdol]

Cover-up is a legal term that means to hide an error or a wrongdoing.

They're after the wrongdoing, not the concealing that happened afterwards.