After Jimmy left Dave's office, he went straight downstairs to go home. On the way home, Jimmy kept thinking about what Dave meant.
Dave finally told him to pay attention to the progress of the case at any time, but he did not arrange any tasks for him, which made Jimmy think that Dave might have something to say.
They just asked him what he thought about the case. Jimmy recalled that his answer should be okay, but he didn't understand what Dave meant.
This feeling of being crushed made Jimmy uncomfortable. He couldn't guess what the big guys were thinking, and he couldn't prepare a response plan in advance. Once Dave and the others set a task, they would have to adapt accordingly.
When she got home, Nia looked at Jimmy, who was frowning, and without asking him why, she took the whiskey from the side and poured Jimmy a glass.
Jimmy held a wine glass in one hand and pulled Nia to sit on the sofa. "Did you know? A senator died in the Empire State Building today."
Nia nodded and leaned against Jimmy: "I heard that it was your people who did it."
Jimmy: "I don't think so. The person who was arrested was Peter Bolk, my former supervisor. He was just a weak guy. In all his years in the FBI, he had never shot and killed anyone, ever. "
Nia: "Maybe it was just a manslaughter? Maybe he just missed it."
Jimmy shook his head and took a sip of wine: "Peter is not the kind of person who would be very nervous and shoot at will. Although his shooting skills are average, his psychological quality is very good. I don't believe he will miss in this situation. And he We are facing a senator, let alone shooting, even aiming a gun at him is a big problem."
Nia: "Then what are you going to do? Help him?"
Jimmy: "I don't know. ... I'd love to help him, but ... he just broke my heart the other day."
Nia stood up and looked at Jimmy: "What's wrong?"
Jimmy: "Do you remember what happened when Peter and Elizabeth were kidnapped a few days ago?"
Nia nodded, and Jimmy continued: "I found someone to look for clues, and then rescued Peter and Elizabeth. Later, when I returned to the station, Peter accused me of killing the robbers, saying that they were not worthy of death... Male robber He was shot twice and was in critical condition, but he was eventually saved. The female robber was shot once and her life was not in danger. Now both robbers are in jail, waiting for federal prosecutors to prosecute them in court."
Jimmy drank all the wine in the glass and looked at Nia: "That man was a prison escapee. When he kidnapped Peter and Elizabeth, they had just committed two robberies and robbed a jewelry store with a gun. Such a person, no matter what What reason do they have, it must be a vicious crime."
Nia took the wine bottle and poured wine for Jimmy. After thinking about it, she also took her own glass and poured a little more. She clinked glasses with Jimmy and said, "Don't think so much. If you don't want to help, just don't help. The most important thing is that you are happy. "
Jimmy drank little by little. Although Peter had problems of one kind or another, it was undeniable that he was indeed a good person, but occasionally his mind would not be clear and he could not tell who was the one who was good to him. He would She turned into a virgin and didn't care about Jimmy's thoughts at all.
Jimmy is already experienced in investigating murder cases. He can gain a foothold in the homicide team and be able to represent the homicide team for a period of time, which means that Hughes and the others have recognized Jimmy's ability.
There is no doubt about this. If Jimmy was not capable enough, Hughes would have arranged a boss for him long ago. There are definitely a lot of senior agents and supervisory agents in the Manhattan office, and it is impossible for a team to be empty without a leader.
Although the person who died this time has a higher status, it is no different from other murder cases. Investigate, restore the scene, and track down the murderer. As long as enough time and connections are invested, Jimmy believes that the truth can be restored, whether it was Peter who did it or not. hand.
But there are many problems now. The biggest problem is that neither Hughes nor Dave supports Jimmy's intervention, or Hughes made it clear that Jimmy will not be allowed to intervene, and Dave, tonight's conversation made Jimmy feel that he might have other ideas. .
Nia: "What are you thinking about?"
Jimmy: "It's nothing. Hey, even if I want to help him now, I can't go to the joint investigation team."
Nia: "Don't think about it, just let nature take its course. Let's watch a movie. What do you want to see?"
Jimmy put down the cup, stood up and walked to the bedroom: "You choose, I'll change my clothes."
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Early the next morning, Jimmy woke up early. Instead of waking Nia, he got up to wash up and go out.
Jimmy drove directly outside Hughes' house, called Hughes, and just sat in the car and waited.
After a while, Hughes opened the door, wearing casual clothes. Jimmy got out of the car and came to him. Hughes pointed to the side, and the two walked down the sidewalk, "For Peter?"
Jimmy: "Well, I want to know what's going on now, what happened."
Hughes: "Peter was framed. That James Bennett was Neil Caffrey's father. He was convicted of killing a police officer many years ago. His partner Ellen Parker has been collecting information about the criminal police officers in their police department. Information, the box they were looking for contained evidence against Senator Platt.”
Jimmy: "I know this. I've heard you say it before. What happened to the Empire State Building this time?"
Hughes: "They scanned and located the box, but the new Callaway also got some information, determined the approximate floor, and notified Senator Platt.
In order to find the evidence box as soon as possible, Senator Platt directly rented one of the floors.
In order to allow Neil to move freely, Peter put Neil's electronic anklet on his ankle. After Callaway discovered it, Peter was suspended. Callaway removed his badge and gun and asked someone to take him away. , but Peter ran away.
When they searched the box in the Empire State Building, people from James Bennett and Neil Caffrey were also inside, and they located the box's location in advance and got it directly.
However, an accident occurred while taking the box, causing both Callaway and Platt to see James Bennett, and mobilized other agents to capture Bennett.
Senator Platt's bodyguards later captured Bennett and brought the box back, but when they searched the scene after Platt's death, they found no evidence in the box, only a stack of postcards.
What is now certain is that Platt and Bennett were alone together before Peter arrived at the scene.
According to Peter, Platt and Bennett pointed guns at each other. Bennett shot Senator Platt and put the gun on the table. When he was about to escape, Peter picked up the gun. He threatened Bennett and fired a shot into the side.
Bennett ran away, and Peter was captured by detectives who arrived later.
That's all that's known so far. "
Jimmy: "Let me think about it, what you said is a bit confusing, and the clues don't match up."
Hughes didn't say anything, and the two of them just walked to the front and arrived at a coffee shop. They ordered coffee and sat at a table next to the window.
Jimmy looked at Hughes: "There's a problem here. If you follow the process you mentioned, Bennett shot Pratt with Peter's gun, but Peter had been stripped of his badge and gun by Callaway in advance. His gun How could it be in Bennett’s hands?”
Hughes shook his head: "I only got the information from other people. I don't know the specific situation."
Jimmy: "There's something wrong with Callaway. She must have played a very important role here."
Hughes: "The current case is a joint investigation team led by someone from the headquarters. I can't get complete information. I retired."
Jimmy: "Are you giving up on Peter?"
Hughes: "Nobody's giving up on Peter, what do you think we're doing now?"
Jimmy: "You said us, who else?"
Hughes said nothing, picked up the coffee and took a sip, leaving Jimmy to think in silence.
Jimmy: "There are many problems in this case. If Peter can be saved, Bennett may not be caught, but at least the current evidence, except for the gun and gunpowder residue, cannot fully accuse Peter. He has no reason to shoot him." A federal senator."
Hughes took out an MP3 player from his pocket, plugged in the headphones and gave it to Jimmy, "Listen to it."
Jimmy put on an earphone, and a phone call recording came from it. After listening to it, he took off the earphone and asked, "Is this the call record between Director Callaway and Senator Platt?"
Hughes nodded: "A friend from the NSA helped me get it."
Jimmy: "It's not enough evidence, but it's enough to prove that Callaway was a mole and leaked investigation clues to Senator Platt. Also, based on this, we can also accuse Callaway of conspiring with Platt to frame Peter."
Peter's gun is the biggest evidence. After the agent removed the badge and gun, why did the gun appear at Senator Platt's side? If they can't explain this, they can't close the chain of evidence. "
Hughes: "Well, it can be used as a clue, but it is not enough as evidence, and the NSA will not come out to testify. This monitoring was not approved in advance."
Jimmy: "So what are you going to do now?"
Hughes: "Still awaiting investigation, hoping to find more evidence."
Jimmy nodded: "I understand. Then just keep waiting."
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After drinking a cup of coffee with Hughes, Jimmy drove to work. As soon as he arrived at the office, Isabel came over and said, "Jimmy, we need to hold a small press conference today. You can prepare for it and join later."
Jimmy frowned: "About yesterday's case?"
Isabel: "Well, it's just a brief introduction. It doesn't involve the progress of the case investigation."
Jimmy nodded: "Okay, I'll get ready."
It seems that Callaway can no longer hold back. She just said yesterday that she would block the news. She will hold an emergency press conference early this morning. At least it should be an instruction from the upper management of the office, probably from the headquarters.
This press conference was not held in a small conference room because there were too many reporters. Even if some of them were rejected, the small conference room was still not enough.
This press conference was held directly in a large conference room, and the tables and chairs inside were cleared so that all reporters could only attend while standing.
The spokesperson was still Isabel, with Jimmy assisting, and several people standing by to maintain order.
Isabel: "Thank you all for attending this case briefing. Yesterday morning, Senator Terrence Pratt was shot dead in the fund company office he rented in the Empire State Building. The murderer used a Glock 19 pistol.
The case was investigated by a joint investigation team formed by agents from the FBI's Washington DC headquarters and agents from the Manhattan office. Since the case is currently under investigation, due to confidentiality rules, we are temporarily unable to announce the progress of the investigation.
A suspect has been arrested. The suspect's information cannot be released for the time being. We will hold another press conference to announce the information after the results of the follow-up investigation are available. "
Reporter: "There is a rumor that an FBI agent shot and killed the senator. Is this true?"
Isabel: "Sorry, we have not yet been authorized to release the suspect's information."
Reporter: "According to information provided by people at the Empire State Building, a large number of FBI agents were searching the building at the time of the incident. I would like to ask if it is related to this case."
Isabel: "The two things are not related. What we were searching for at the time were evidence from another case."
Reporter: "Who is the detective currently in charge of investigating the case? Why didn't he come to this press conference?"
Isabel: "Sorry, the joint investigation team is currently intensively investigating the relevant contents of this case. They will not participate in the preliminary press conference of the case for the time being."
Reporter: "So many detectives at the scene failed to stop the suspect from shooting Senator Platt. Are the detectives at the scene involved in dereliction of duty that led to this case?"
Isabel: "Sorry, the details of the case cannot be released for the time being."
The reporter looked at the notepad in his hand: "Senator Platt was attacked by two people in the park yesterday morning. We found the wanted information. Is the person who attacked Senator Platt related to this case?"
Isabel: "Sorry, we are currently unable to provide suspect information about the case. Please wait for subsequent information to be released."
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"No comment" became the most common thing Isabel said. Because the above required not to leak any information, this press conference was strictly to tell the outside world that there was such a case, and then nothing happened.
Jimmy watched Isabel being besieged by reporters in front of him, and he had to admire them, professional spokespersons, for being able to bear it without blushing or heartbeat. If he had been in that position, he would probably be speaking with anger at this time.
Moreover, Jimmy found a lot of interesting information from the reporter. Because he had not read the case information, he did not know that the father and son James Bennett and Neil Caffrey actually died yesterday morning. was already wanted for assaulting Senator Platt.
This is an important clue. Because of personal grudges, there is a reason why James Bennett shot Senator Platt. This is naturally more convincing than Peter shooting Senator Platt.
At the same time, it can also be proved that part of Peter's words is possible, that is, Bennett and Pratt pointed guns at each other, but I don't know if the investigation team referred to this part.
(End of chapter)
