Hughes has made his words very clear, and Jimmy can make up for it. At least he did not miss this opportunity, but he just doesn't know where Hughes has prepared for himself.
Jimmy specially ran back to Nia's house and communicated with Kevin again about recent events.
Kevin was not familiar with the situation in the Manhattan office, but he still gave Jimmy a suggestion to keep an eye on whether Hughes could rescue Peter and get rid of Director Callaway.
If Hughes can do this, even if he has retired, he can still be trusted, because it means that he has his companions in the bureau, and their positions are consistent. For Hughes, the people above will also give them a certain amount of support. of asylum.
What's more, there is Deputy Director Dave who is known to be very interested in Jimmy. Although this person has not reached the top, he still has enough status to take care of Jimmy, a senior agent.
Director Callaway was directly appointed by the headquarters. It would not be easy to get rid of her. Not only did the Manhattan office have to establish relationships, but the headquarters also had to be completely unconcerned. Hughes and the others still had a lot to do.
Time passed quickly, and two days later, Jimmy was summoned again.
This time he did not go to Hughes' home, but came to Thames Park, a small community park with an artificial lake and large trees next to it, providing ample green shade and a comfortable environment.
Jimmy found Hughes next to the artificial lake. He was standing by the artificial lake in casual clothes and looking at the water. Jimmy walked next to him and said, "Hughes, what's wrong?"
Hughes: "Are you still proficient in the skills you have trained in other institutions before?"
Jimmy was speechless. There was something wrong with what Hughes said. What did he want to do? "What?"
Hughes: "You should already know Director Callaway. Now I need you to talk to her and ask her to offer to return to Atlanta or go to DC headquarters. The other federal prosecutor is Adam Maxwell, and you also need to talk to him. chat."
Jimmy frowned and looked at the artificial lake, thought for a while and said, "How to talk? Callaway knows me, but I don't have any chips in my hand, so it's difficult to deal with it."
Hughes: "The people over at the headquarters have already communicated with her. As long as she takes the initiative, they will agree to her changing positions without being demoted."
Jimmy's mind was racing: "Where is the bureau?"
Hughes: "We have also communicated."
Jimmy took two deep breaths. There is no free lunch. It seems that this is the test he will face this time. Originally, Kevin said that Jimmy should see if Hughes and the others can deal with the trouble here. Now it seems that this Trouble becomes your own trouble.
He turned to look at Hughes: "I need tangible evidence. Give me all the Callaway-related content you investigated."
Hughes nodded, "I'll give it to you, just let it go and communicate."
Jimmy: "Where's the other guy?"
Hughes: "Adam Maxwell is a new federal prosecutor. He has been in New York for about two years. He has cooperated with the bureau a lot before, which is normal. However, there is something wrong with his insistence this time. I can provide You and his call records during this period, you need to investigate the rest by yourself."
Hughes took out a business card from his pocket and said, "This is for you, use it wisely."
Jimmy took the business card, Senator Bill Hagerty's personal business card. The business card looked very delicate, with the titles of Capitol Hill and Senator Hagerty printed on it, and a phone number, but he didn't know whether it was private or public. .
Jimmy: "Give it to me first. I'll investigate it first."
Hughes took out two USB flash drives from his pocket and gave them to Jimmy, "Check the information as soon as possible. If you can't process it, let me know in time."
After saying that, Hughes turned and left the artificial lakeside. Jimmy put the USB flash drive and business card into his suit pocket, turned around and walked to the other side, driving directly back to the apartment.
There were two USB flash drives. Jimmy took one and inserted it into his laptop to open it. There were several recording files inside.
Jimmy opened it and listened. It was a phone call recording from Director Callaway's office. Jimmy had already heard one of the recordings, and the other two were records of her call with Senator Platt. It seemed that she was very important to Senator Platt. He is still very competent and will notify him of any new information.
These recordings alone should not be enough to make Callaway give up his current position directly, but Hughes only gave so much, which is troublesome.
Jimmy thought for a while, put aside Callaway's matter first, took out the second USB flash drive and opened it. There were more phone recordings here. Jimmy looked at the time on the file, which started from the day of the senator's murder.
There was a lot of recording, so Jimmy put on headphones and listened little by little, which even delayed dinner. He didn't realize it until Nia came back and called him.
After turning off the computer, Jimmy took Nia and went out for dinner. He was really too lazy to cook it himself, and ordering takeout was slow, so it was better to go directly to a nearby restaurant for convenience.
Nia asked Jimmy during the meal and knew that he was handling the case, so she didn't say anything. Although Jimmy was not a field agent, he had handled cases more than once or twice and was used to it.
After they returned home, Nia went directly to wash up, while Jimmy returned to the study and continued to listen to prosecutor Adam's phone recordings. It was not until early in the morning that he listened to all the recordings, and recorded several recordings that might be abnormal.
After listening to the recording again, Jimmy finally found the anomaly. In one phone call, Adam said to the person on the other side, Curtis, how are you feeling? The other person replied that except for the lack of freedom, everything was fine. Then the person opposite asked him to meet, and the call was interrupted.
It seems that the description of lack of freedom is most likely to refer to detention centers and prisons, and it seems that Prosecutor Maxwell had an acquaintance in prison who met with him.
Jimmy checked the time. The call was from a week ago, but this was difficult to handle.
Jimmy turned off the computer, took a shower and rested.
Hughes did not say the time, but Jimmy knew that this matter needed to be resolved as soon as possible, because the federal prosecutor would have a prosecution hearing before submitting the case to the court. If the case is to be properly resolved, it must be at the prosecution hearing. It is difficult for a prosecutor to give up prosecuting Peter, but this is difficult for a prosecutor who is determined to prosecute.
A prosecution hearing is a judicial process to determine whether there is sufficient evidence in criminal proceedings to bring the defendant to trial.
Generally, the prosecution hearing is conducted between the prosecutor and the defendant, and the judge participates as the evaluator to evaluate the reasonableness of the prosecution and whether there is sufficient evidence to prove the criminal facts and the reasonableness of the criminal facts. During the prosecution hearing At the meeting, the evidence in the hands of the prosecutor will be displayed, including witness testimony, physical evidence, etc., and the rationality of the criminal facts will also need to be stated.
At the prosecution hearing, the defendant and the defendant's lawyer can rebut the evidence submitted by the prosecutor. Once the evidence is insufficient or lacks validity, the judge will dismiss the charge and the prosecutor will abandon the prosecution, causing the case to be suspended.
Callaway's matter shouldn't be difficult. Since Hughes said that he has communicated with the higher-ups, Jimmy should communicate with her. When she contacts the people behind her, there must be someone who can endorse Hughes' words. The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is where to communicate and what to say when communicating. Jimmy needs to think about this carefully.
The trouble now is Adam Maxwell, the federal prosecutor. Jimmy returned to the office to investigate carefully. Of course, he did not directly use the FBI's database. He was not that reckless.
While he was going downstairs to smoke, Jimmy called the hotel's phone number using a bearer phone. This kind of public information is easy to obtain, and there is no need to alert official agencies. Jimmy got a detailed information when he went out at noon.
As a federal prosecutor, some of Adam Maxwell's information is public. At least you can see his graduate students and part of his work resume. Of course, this is not the only information the hotel provided. His real estate and family situation were also included. Charon said that there was some follow-up information that could be provided, but he had not obtained it yet.
Adam's house is in Brooklyn, and although Jimmy didn't visit it on site, it was easy to follow him with the address. Jimmy stayed in the office honestly during working hours. As soon as he got off work, he rushed to the federal prosecutor's office and stared at Maxwell's car in the parking lot.
When it was time to get off work, Maxwell came to the parking lot with a briefcase and drove away. Jimmy followed and left the parking lot. This tracking is mainly to confirm his daily route. Although his home and work place have been confirmed, everyone's daily commuting route is generally relatively fixed. After confirming it once or twice, you can basically stop looking at it.
Before Maxwell's home was tracked, Jimmy's phone rang, and a new batch of information from Charon arrived.
Jimmy looked at the surrounding environment and was basically sure that he was heading directly towards home, so he turned at the intersection and gave up tracking, and went to get the information first.
After getting the latest information from the hotel, Jimmy did not check it here. Instead, he drove back to the apartment and took out all the information in the study.
The new batch of information is the transaction information of two bank cards. This is so impressive. I don’t know how they came up with it. In order for the FBI to obtain the transaction information of the designated bank cards, it still needs to go through the formalities and contact the bank for processing. This process is very troublesome. The key is that it will expose the target. It is not easy for the hotel to get two of the cards.
Of course, the main reason is that the bank statement information obtained by the FBI is usually used as evidence, and it needs to be in compliance throughout the process. If there are violations, the evidence will be invalid.
Jimmy checked the records of the last month in detail and quickly found some of the records, including check entries and large transfers.
Jimmy recorded the account and will find out when he goes to the bureau to check it tomorrow. You must know that directly checking the federal prosecutor is problematic, but checking bank card information is not a big problem.
Jimmy doesn't expect to use this information to bring down a federal prosecutor directly. He just hopes to have a handle to threaten him a little and see what he wants to do.
What he was doing now was completely out of touch with what a normal FBI should do, but considering that Hughes asked him to go to a quiet park alone to communicate privately, he also knew that if he refused, the feelings cultivated by what he had done before would be lost. All in vain.
After spending a lot of time investigating the recorded accounts, Jimmy registered some of the recorded names on the notepad, took out an envelope from the drawer, put Hagerty's business card in it, and also put in an envelope with his own name written on it. A note with an anonymous mobile phone number.
Jimmy sent the envelope to the U.S. Attorney's Office, had it delivered to Adam Maxwell, and then waited for the call.
Sure enough, Jimmy soon received a call. He simply asked Maxwell to meet on the phone at a cigar club called Goss in the evening, and then hung up the phone and returned to the office.
Goss's Cigar Club is a members-only club. Kevin has a membership card here. He also brought Jimmy here once before. Jimmy also got a membership card by the way and rarely comes here.
After informing the doorman, Jimmy went to a reception room. The waiter came over with a cigar. Jimmy took a Davidoff and ordered a glass of bourbon. He sat and smoked a cigar and read a magazine, waiting for Adam Maxwell. arrival.
After a while, a waiter brought Maxwell to the reception room. Jimmy put the cigar on the ashtray and stood up to greet him, "Welcome, Mr. Maxwell."
Maxwell looked at Jimmy and asked doubtfully: "Mr. George? Have we met before? He looks a bit familiar."
George was the name Jimmy left in the letter. Jimmy did not leave his name because he was worried about being seen by others.
Jimmy smiled and stretched out his hand to shake his hand, then motioned to sit down and chat, "We met once, in the FBI conference room a few days ago. Let me introduce you again, FBI Senior Agent Jimmy Young."
Maxwell's expression was a little serious, "I wonder what your relationship is with Senator Hagerty?"
Jimmy: "It doesn't matter a little bit, it doesn't matter. Want one? The cigars here are pretty good."
Jimmy pressed the service button on the table, and a waiter came over with a plate. Maxwell also spent the initial doubtful and nervous time, took one, cut off one end, lit the cigar with a long match and started smoking.
When the waiter left, he looked at Jimmy and said, "Okay, you can talk now."
Jimmy: "I was asked to ask a question about the murder of Senator Platt."
Maxwell frowned and looked at Jimmy, the end of the cigar in his mouth lit up, and a puff of smoke came out of his mouth, "Who are you here on behalf of?"
Jimmy: "Some big shot, big shot looking at this case. They noticed you."
Maxwell: "New York? DC?"
Jimmy: "Both, but for now it's still New York."
Maxwell: "What do you want to know?"
Jimmy: "What I want to know is, why are you insisting on prosecuting Peter Bolk?"
Maxwell leaned back on the sofa and looked through the faint smoke at the young man in front of him, a Chinese-American, a senior FBI agent, holding the personal business card of senior senator Mr. Hagerty, talking in such a high-end club, all this All show that the water in this matter is very deep.
Maxwell is not a stubborn person. He has cooperated a lot with the FBI in the past two years, and the relationship between them is actually not bad.
If he wasn't being coerced, he wouldn't be willing to offend the FBI like this, especially since the target this time, Peter, is still a senior supervisory agent. There is news that he is about to be promoted to assistant special agent in charge, that is, field supervisor. In this way There must be someone behind you.
Maxwell thought about it: "I think we can have a good chat later. I have an appointment that I need to rush over today."
Jimmy smiled and took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Maxwell, "Of course, we need to have a good chat. I'm waiting for your call."
Maxwell took Jimmy's business card, put the cigar on the ashtray, picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Jimmy, "Nice to meet you, Agent Yang."
Jimmy smiled and said: "Please don't be so polite, just call me Jimmy. Nice to meet you, Mr. Maxwell."
The two drank the bourbon in the glasses, stood up and shook hands to say goodbye. Jimmy sent Maxwell out of the reception room and returned to his seat, continuing to smoke cigars.
(End of chapter)
