After Senator Platt spoke to Director Callaway, he understood that since Peter and the others had found the location of the evidence box, he would definitely get the box as soon as possible. He was also very concerned about what the evidence in that box was. .
Although he is already a senator, once problems arise in this kind of previous case involving him, it is very likely that his political career will be completely aborted.
After talking to Peter, Director Callaway asked Peter to form a team to search for evidence and let the bureau get it first, but in fact she only said that, and more importantly, she would delay Peter's progress.
When Peter met with Hughes before the investigation, Hughes said a few words to Peter that were very important, "You are the law. Senator Platt is not clean. Platt and Callaway are obstructing justice. You have to do it." The only thing is to fight back and kill them."
Hughes was really angry. He couldn't help it that a veteran agent with 30 years of service was being driven away like this.
Although he had always asked every agent not to cross the line before, at this time, he had to admit that Peter and Neil Caffrey had used various edge-passing methods to handle cases, although the results were good. , the detection rate is very high, but the methods are criticized by many people.
Now that Hughes is no longer the field director, Peter is certainly encouraged to continue their tactics to complete the counterattack against Senator Platt and Director Callaway.
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Jimmy has no idea about Peter's investigation, and he has no intention to find out now. He has been warned by many people, so he must be more honest.
Recently, in addition to thinking about how to get admission-related content, I am also thinking about how many people I need to greet and establish relationships with.
Since he met a few people when he got engaged, Jimmy has basically stayed in New York and hasn't gone anywhere, so he has basically never met James, Tom, Lambert, or Steven. , and rarely chat on the phone, so it’s time to take some time to go out for a walk.
The field staff in the Manhattan office are busy right now, and they have to distract Jimmy from participating, so why not just ask for leave and go out for a walk.
And if he needs to travel around, Jimmy has to go to a lot of places, and it can't be done in a day or two. It would be good for everyone to have a long vacation or something.
To sort it out, if the plan goes well, he needs to fly directly from New York to Florida, then to Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, then fly to Montana to check out the estate of ex Jimmy, and then come back , this circle cannot be completed in three or five days.
He always felt that there was not enough time. Even if he asked for leave, he couldn't just ask for half a month to a month. After all, it seemed that it would be impossible to go around in any case.
Jimmy chatted with Nia in the evening and told her his plan. Nia was also very interested, but she did not agree with Jimmy's idea of taking a long vacation. Instead, she hoped to wait until the end of the year or next year after they get married. Let's go meet Jimmy's friends and family.
It's just that Jimmy was too deliberate to go around alone. Although it seemed that the reason was very good, to meet and chat with his former friends and consolidate friendship, a simple meeting may not necessarily have such an effect.
If he is with Nia, the reason is very good. The two are engaged and will get married next year. Now it is a very legitimate reason to go meet friends and introduce his fiancée.
But Nia just took a month's leave a few days ago, and now she has no way to take leave. Even if her father is the deputy director, she can't take a long leave so blatantly.
So Jimmy thought about the plan for a few days, but it was stillborn. He had no choice but to cancel the plan first since Nia said so.
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Jimmy leaned on the office chair, crossed his feet on the table, and was just in a daze in the office. The phone on the table rang. After answering the phone, Jimmy got up and went to Mrs. Mason's office, "Mrs. Mason, do you have any tasks for me to handle?" What?"
Mrs. Mason shook her head: "Did you hear that?"
Jimmy: "What did you hear? I've been in the office."
Mrs. Mason: "Peter Bolk, suspected of murdering Senator Terrence Platt, has just been arrested by Director Callaway."
Jimmy was shocked: "What!? Impossible, how could he, a coward like him, murder Senator Platt?"
Mrs. Mason: "I haven't received the specific information yet. I just received the notification."
At this moment, Isabel also knocked on the door and walked in. Mrs. Mason looked at the two of them and said, "Isabel, Jimmy, you go and find out about the situation now, and confirm our public statement with Director Callaway."
Isabel and Jimmy nodded and turned to leave. Mrs. Mason said again: "Jimmy, wait. Remember, you are not a field agent, so don't interfere in their investigation."
Jimmy turned around and listened to Mrs. Mason's arrangements, nodded and replied: "I understand, thank you, Mrs. Mason."
Mrs. Mason waved her hand, and the two of them left the office directly and came to the field office.
Director Amanda Callaway was not in the office, so Isabel called her, and then sat with Jimmy in a nearby conference room waiting for their return.
Jimmy looked at the empty office outside. They must have had a big operation. It seemed that most of the people had gone out, and there were only some back office and technical staff left in the entire office.
Jimmy: "Isabel, do you have any other news? Other than the arrest of Peter Bolk."
Isabel: "No, I just got the news. Let's ask after they return. Don't make random guesses now."
Jimmy nodded: "This is troublesome. If Peter is accused of murdering a senator, the case may not be handled by our office. Homicide team Mahone and others are probably going to avoid suspicion. It is likely that someone from DC will investigate. .”
Isabel sighed: "We haven't had such a big trouble for a long time. I used to think that you were the only one who was in the most trouble. Now it seems that Peter's trouble is much bigger than yours."
Jimmy was speechless: "Don't compare my bad things with Peter. Oh my god, I only killed a few more people at most. I have never killed a big shot like the Senator."
Isabel stared at Jimmy: "You have the nerve to say it? You know that if people outside know that you have killed more than a hundred suspects in the past six or seven years, you will be drowned in all kinds of complaints. I guarantee that as long as it is announced, , the media from all over the country are coming to apply for interviews! No matter where you are hiding, they will dig it out and expose it. You can’t even think about having a quiet life again.”
Jimmy: "It's not my fault. They all asked for it. If one of these people was killed by mistake, I wouldn't be sitting here now. I am cleaning up the garbage in this world, and God will blame me for it." Good deeds reward me.”
Isabel: "Really? Okay, then I'll tell Mrs. Mason that you voluntarily release your files."
Jimmy immediately begged for mercy: "I was wrong, Isa, I just wanted to get high. I'm sorry."
Isabel rolled her eyes at Jimmy and stopped continuing the topic.
After a while, Director Callaway and Jones all came back, but Peter was not here.
Director Callaway and Jones came directly to the conference room. Director Callaway looked at Isabel and Jimmy and said, "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so long."
Isabel: "Director Callaway, Director Mason asked us to understand the current progress and check with you to ensure that our external caliber is consistent."
Director Callaway: "Okay, but currently we need to block all information, and all information cannot be released to the outside world."
Isabel: "OK, I understand."
Jimmy suddenly spoke: "Director Callaway, even if we can't announce it to the public, we still need to understand the current situation. You must know that the Public Affairs Office needs to deal with not only the media, but also other institutions."
Director Callaway: "So far, we only have one result. Peter Bolk was suspected of murdering Senator Terrence Platt and was arrested on the spot. More information needs to wait for the results of the investigation. Are you?"
Jimmy: "Office of Public Affairs, Jimmy Young."
Callaway's eyes changed quickly and immediately returned to normal. "We will keep you updated on the situation of the case. That's it. We need to start investigating the case as soon as possible."
Just as Jimmy was about to continue asking about Peter's situation, Isabel took a step forward: "Thank you, Director Callaway, we will go back first and look forward to your latest news. Jimmy, let's go."
Jimmy nodded and followed Isabel out of the conference room. Director Callaway turned and watched them both leave the office and walk to the elevator before returning to his office.
Jones followed Callaway and remained silent. His mind was confused now and he went straight to pour himself a cup of black coffee and drank it.
Jones turned to look at Diana, who was already sitting in her seat. As if she had a telepathy, Diana also looked up at Jones. The two looked at each other speechlessly, then lowered their heads and began to think about what was going on.
Jimmy and Isabel came to Mrs. Mason's office, gave Director Callaway's opinion, and then left her office.
Jimmy returned to his single office, closed the door, took out his cell phone and called Hughes, but Hughes didn't answer the call until it automatically hung up.
It's daytime, why isn't Hughes' cell phone on him? It's strange that Jimmy still wants to contact him to confirm the news. Although Hughes has withdrawn, he definitely knows more than Jimmy.
Peter is in trouble this time. Although he doesn't know what happened, if a senator dies, it will definitely not be a small matter. Next, the Manhattan office will become the center of the storm.
The security of the federal senators is handled by the USSS Secret Service. In addition to protecting the president, vice president, and president-elect, the Secret Service is also responsible for senior government officials and senators. I don’t know the Secret Service around Platt right now. What's going on with the agents? No matter what, DC's Secret Service headquarters will definitely arrange for someone to come over and participate in the investigation.
The situation in Washington is probably going to explode. The FBI headquarters, DHS, and USSS will at least arrange for people to come over. Other agencies are probably getting the news by now.
Jimmy was thinking about the aftermath of this incident when the phone rang and he immediately picked it up, "Hughes, what happened?"
Hughes: "Don't get involved and wait for the outcome of the investigation."
After saying that, Hughes hung up the phone without giving Jimmy a chance to ask any more questions. It seems that Hughes is also very busy, probably also investigating information.
There was no way to get off work on time today. Jimmy called Nia in the afternoon and has been waiting for news in his office. It is now confirmed that the FBI headquarters has arranged for people to rush over urgently, but the progress of the case investigation is still unclear and has not been communicated.
Peter was temporarily detained in the detention room of the bureau, and all visits were temporarily prohibited. It is estimated that only the detectives investigating the case can contact him now to understand the situation of the case.
Jimmy originally wanted to make a few calls to check on the situation of the field team, but he didn't dare to do so now. Senator Platt is dead, and the several operations that Dave and the others arranged against Senator Platt should be stopped. The gang business handled by Ruiz is fine, but these cannot be seen in the light. Others will Sorry, I don't know what's going on now.
But there is good news. In this case investigation, there are still people from the Manhattan office participating in the investigation team. Mahone has joined the headquarters investigation team. If you want to know the progress, you may need to ask Mahone during the break.
The number of people in the headquarters investigation team has not yet been fixed, and people from other departments are expected to arrive one after another.
Everyone in the office worked overtime collectively. At night, Jimmy received a call from Dave: "Jimmy, come to my office."
Jimmy: "Okay, Deputy Director Dave."
In Deputy Director Dave's office, Jimmy and Dave were sitting on the sofa, holding a freshly cut and lit cigar in their hands.
When Jimmy came in, Dave was already sitting on the sofa, half smoking the cigar in his hand. When Jimmy came over, Dave asked him to sit over and gave him a cigar.
Fortunately, the two of them were just smoking cigars and not drinking, otherwise it would have been too much like celebrating something.
Dave: "Jimmy, what do you think about this?"
Jimmy: "I don't quite believe that Peter can do such a thing, but now that the case is sealed, I have no idea what will be revealed in the subsequent investigation."
Dave: "The bullets were fired from Peter's gun, and there were shot residues on Peter's hands and clothes. These have been determined."
Jimmy frowned and asked, "Did he really do it?"
Dave: "Peter claimed that it was James Bennett who fired the gun. When he was confronting Senator Platt with a gun, he shot Senator Platt out of self-defense, and then he released the gun. On the table.
While Peter was checking on Senator Platt, James Bennett tried to escape. Peter threatened him with his own gun, but let him run away.
Then Callaway and the others came and arrested Peter. "
Jimmy: "No other witnesses?"
Dave: "No, the physical evidence is extremely unfavorable to Peter. Jimmy, what do you think?"
Jimmy: "The top priority is to arrest James Bennett. If he is at the scene, it is impossible not to see anyone. There must be a place where his whereabouts can be traced.
The second step is to investigate the whereabouts and information of the deceased Senator Platt, as well as his recent contacts. James Bennett has not contacted him for decades, so why did he come out to kill him? Something must have happened between them to irritate James Bennett.
Third, interrogate Peter, investigate his whereabouts and communication records, and determine whether he fired the gun and the reason for the shooting, and whether there were any doubts such as hiring a murderer to kill. "
Dave thought for a while, looked at Jimmy and said, "Do you want to join the investigation team?"
Jimmy was silent, puffing on the cigar, and then spit it out. He shook his head: "No, it's not appropriate for me to intervene now. I once served as a trainee agent under Peter for half a year. I want to avoid suspicion, and I'm not a field agent." Members, it is not appropriate to deal with it now.
Let's let the joint investigation team handle it. This matter probably won't end that easily. "
Dave nodded, and the two of them just sat smoking cigars and looking at the brightly lit night view of Manhattan outside the window.
(End of chapter)
