According to China's thinking, the state government naturally has to cooperate with the federal investigation and will not act against the "central government", but in the United States, it is different, and the meaning of State is not only the state, but also the meaning of "country". In fact, the United States of America is a federation of fifty "states" with a high degree of autonomy.

Therefore, in film and television dramas, there are often things like state law enforcement agencies that do not bird the FBI, there is no subordinate relationship between them, and even there is a clear distinction, the salary of the state police is allocated by the state government, the federal police are paid by the federal government, and the state police only need to fulfill their obligations to the state government.

Well-behaved states may actively cooperate, but in tough areas like Texas, there are often groups that want to be independent, and whether they are worthy or not depends mainly on their mood, unless there is a mandatory order from above. And now, California's prosecutorial authorities have been ordered by the governor not to cooperate, but to supervise the FBI.

Meyer knew that the relationship was complicated, and that it would only happen if the person was important and had a close relationship with the governor, and according to the law, he had no way to stop the state government from enforcing the law, because the matter happened on California soil, and the other party insisted on interfering, and the FBI was helpless.

In the end, they investigated the case together.

Now there are six or seven people sitting or standing opposite An Feng, and the atmosphere is much more lively. The faces of the two FBI agents are very ugly, and you must not be happy to be interfered with when you are concentrating. But they can't help it, the other party is not selling face now, and he is determined to participate in this matter.

A representative of An Feng's legal team said: "I will make any remarks with legal effect on behalf of the client. ”

An Feng nodded: "I agree." ”

The FBI agents were helpless in their hearts, their faces were annoyed, and under the supervision and cooperation of many parties, they sorted out the facts of the case, the FBI evidence, and the witnesses little by little. or exhibits, or even lawyers, to find out whether the FBI's action was deliberated and approved by the SAC (Advisory Committee).

Meyer objected: "It's not a big deal! ”

Without waiting for the lawyer to speak, the representative of the state Department of Justice said: "The FBI will order the arrest of the client before ordering the arrest of the client based on the nature of the matter, the client's influence in the local area, and the impact on the government and the economy." A committee resolution is required. ”

The lawyer answered: "I will reserve the right to prosecute for the client!" ”

Meyer doesn't want to argue with these bastards anymore, it's obvious that the California government is biased towards An Feng, and it's not important that you say it with one mouth?

"I am against a deeply unbalanced censorship environment!" Another agent said, "The local state government has a serious impact on the judgment of the nature of the matter!" ”

"It's happening in California, and California law enforcement is legally involved, and the governor will convene a meeting as soon as possible to resolve the matter to be heard in California," the governor's secretary said. Before the provisions of the decree were introduced. When people can't leave California! ”

Meyer shook his head, he couldn't leave California and find asylum in Washington.

Ignoring his feelings, the lawyer continued: "When you make a certain 'oral inference that has no practical effect', which you call 'evidence', my client is deeply suspicious and asks you to produce evidence that is practical and in accordance with the letter of the law. ”

"We have plenty of proof!" Meyer said.

Both the Ministry of Justice and the lawyer looked at him: "Please show it!" ”

Meyer was disturbed by them, and had no choice but to present evidence, and they watched nonchalantly. The lawyer carefully memorized the key points, and then everyone continued with each step of the interrogation. Every detail was dug up, including An Feng's testimony of "racial discrimination".

"Nothing at all!" Meyer insisted that the big hat could not fall on his head.

The lawyer said: "As I and my client described, when you were interrogating, you mentioned the words 'Chinese spy', and there was contempt for human race in the context. I think it could constitute a potential racist insinuation. I hope Mr. Meyer will exercise restraint. ”

Meyer gritted his teeth, he is a lawyer, and he hates it in this life and in the next life!

……

Matthew and Joanna in Los Angeles get intel.

According to the evidence collected by the lawyer, the biggest threat to An Feng now is the tainted witnesses, whose oral evidence shows that An Feng was involved in a transaction carried out by the Russian Federal Security Service. threatens the national security of the United States. The rest is some listening and inference, ranking secondary.

Matthew listened and asked, "Have you seen the witness?" ”

Hardy. Locke shook his head: "The witness is currently under protection, which is in our favor, he is currently reluctant to appear in court and is unwilling to face the jury, so to a certain extent, his oral argument cannot be used as evidence to effectively charge Mr. Ahn." I think that's why the FBI insists on interrogation. ”

"As long as he doesn't show up in court, there's still room for manoeuvre," Matthew said. ”

Hardy nodded: "Yes, so you need to figure out a way here." In addition, much of the surveillance evidence is inferred, and if this is really to be appealed, the jury will reject it and prosecute it in court if there is only a little publicity about the FBI's illegal wiretapping. ”

After Matthew figured it out, he speculated: "The surveillance may be the cooperation of multiple agencies, the FBI or the NSA, and the one who can issue this order must be the high-level, as far as the Republican Party is concerned, we are partisan supporters, and the probability of it happening is not large, it should be on the Democratic side." ”

"What's the point now?" Joanna asked.

Matthew thought for a moment and said, "I'm here to help him deal with the trouble of wiretapping evidence, it's mainly inference, but yes, I need the help of some influential politicians." If you have time, arrange for someone to find a witness and find a way to get him to change his mouth or shut up. ”

Joanna said: "I know that the tainted witnesses are in the procession that is traveling to Russia together. ”

"You can start here." Matthew nodded, then looked at Joanna, "Tell me the truth, did he do that?" ”

"I'm sure he won't do that." Joanna replied in the affirmative.

Matthew said, "That's what you say." ”

……

They split up, with Matthew going to high-ranking officials and Joanna looking for testimonials.

She flew to her next stop with her bodyguards: Phoenix.

The headquarters of Aegis Security is located in Phoenix, Arizona. It was more than an hour to fly from Los Angeles, and this time Matthew lent Joanna his private jet and arrived in Phoenix faster. Guri sent a car to pick her up. Return to the headquarters of Aegis Security.

After she sat down, the female assistant served a cup of sweetened black tea.

Joanna said bluntly: "According to the lawyer, there is a problem with the group of people who went to Russia, and you have to find out the person and make him drop the charges." ”

"They're on vacation, after I get back. I got in touch with Mars and Harry as quickly as I could, and based on my impressions and recent actions, they were very suspicious, because they were the most proactive when I had an accident. I can't guarantee the other three, and I can't contact them yet. Guri said.

"I don't care, now you are looking for it or tying it up, in short, let the accuser shut up!" Joanna ordered, "Witnesses are hesitating between appearing in court and not appearing in court. This time is very precious, and if a witness decides to appear in court, it will cause a lot of trouble! ”

Guri took out his phone: "I will send a force that can be trusted to arrest the leaker." ”

Guri is now annoyed that An Feng saved his life from the FSB, although he only said a few thanks, because he is not good at expressing feelings, but it does not mean that he does not know gratitude. Now he can't wait to catch the leaker. The corpse was broken into pieces and then roasted over fire.

Guri ranked the five in order of likelihood, with Mars and Harry not having a high chance. They got along for many days, and although they were from different countries, the observant Guri trusted them, and likewise, they trusted Guri. From the moment he had an accident, he responded immediately.

And the remaining three. The two Russians who were arrested are also less likely to come back and bite their bosses - but it cannot be ruled out that they cannot resist the temptation of money; The remaining one is Dick, with whom Guri has worked and often acts together, but does not know much in private.

However, just because the odds are low doesn't mean it's impossible. He needs to be scrutinized.

……

Due to the interference of many parties, the review has not been effectively progressed, and with the guarantee of a lawyer, An Feng can obtain limited freedom, but he has to operate in the place designated by the FBI, live in a designated hotel, and the monitoring and listening of the surrounding agents are everywhere.

When An Feng and Joanna were having dinner, there were agents watching all around.

An Feng said some comfort that made her not worried, and then listened to her description of the current progress of the matter, I felt that the water was very deep, and the evidence of the surveillance was inferred from last year, which means that this matter had been planned for a long time, and Anderson had not yet come to power at that time.

On the other side, Meyer is also on the move.

He was reluctant to take over An Feng's case, because he had known this person before, the background was very complicated, and the network behind the scenes was huge, but he could not disobey the orders of the headquarters. Coupled with the abundance of evidence provided by some informants, Meyer had no choice but to take over the case a month ago.

In fact, from the moment the Republican government in California intervened, he knew that this was not just a case, and with the professional sense he had cultivated over the years, he was afraid that there would be serious conflicts of interest involved, so he worked the surface, but he always acted in accordance with the procedure.

He can't afford to mess with the two ends, so he can only pretend.

After the state government put pressure on him, although he was angry by the scene of collusion between officials and businessmen, in hindsight, this was just an opportunity to throw away the hot potato.

Then report the matter to the FBI headquarters and let the director handle it.

The director of the FBI, John Kerry, who is a member of the Democratic Party, has a very general attitude towards President Anderson, and he voted for the Democratic candidate in the election anyway. He didn't want to provoke his opponents, but more than a month ago, someone funded one of Anderson's supporters.

Anderson's supporters are not small, Kerry feels that this political war has burned from the two parties and the House of Representatives to the supporters behind the scenes, since the new president took office, the dispute in Congress is very serious, tends to be white-hot, he wanted to protect himself and not wade into troubled waters, but someone asked him to do it.

The Democratic leader of the House of Representatives and the Speaker of the House of Representatives made it clear that the matter is important.

Kerry knew that he was going to offend people this time, but he had no choice, it was a large group that supported the party that funded and contributed, and some of the Democrats had connections.

……

Phoenix.

Only four actually returned, and Dick couldn't be reached for the time being.

Guri apologized to them, and then asked them to describe their trip after returning from Russia.

Everyone's outings have a very reasonable explanation, and when it was Harry's turn, he said something that was almost overlooked: "Someone once approached me on the Internet and asked me to provide clues about Russia's actions, but I refused on the grounds of company confidentiality, but I came up with some clues." ”

Guri looked at Harry: "What about the details?" Why do you say it now? ”

Harry hesitated, and confessed after a few seconds: "I've been short of money recently, I'm tired of working days, and I want to find a woman to change places to vacation and rest, and I once told other colleagues about these ideas, maybe because of this weakness, someone on the Internet found me and said that they could give me a lot of money, as long as I was willing to provide evidence and be a tainted witness, I could even give me a new identity life." ”

"And then?" Guri asked.

"I didn't turn them down right away, but asked for time to think about it." Harry was ashamed to say, "Because that money is enough for me to live easily for several years, I was confused and almost wanted to do it, but thinking that the company had helped me tremendously, I couldn't betray everyone's trust." ”

Guri patted him on the shoulder: "You have lived up to everyone. ”

Harry smiled awkwardly and said, "Afterwards, I used some means to find out the other party and get his identity, we know each other." ”

"Who is it?" Guri asked.

"It all started with a mission by the big boss, where we investigated a newspaper that was secretly engaged in commercial espionage and destroyed it. The person who contacted me, who was the owner of the newspaper, was eventually charged, but acquitted for lack of evidence. ”

Guli remembered that someone secretly photographed An Feng and his friends last year, and the instigator was the owner of the newspaper.

But afterwards he disappeared...... It is also very likely that he changed his identity, and a series of surveillance behaviors against An Feng began at that time. Although it is not clear how it was related to the FBI in the end, it is not difficult to imagine that business competitors and political enemies can report it.

Harry said: "I thought it wasn't serious, the big boss would have a way to solve it, and I was a little sensitive in my conversation with the other party, so I didn't say anything. ”

Guri could understand: "It's not too late for you to say it now. ”

……

In the afternoon of the same day.

Suddenly, an order from the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a document signed by the director of the bureau called for the continued private interrogation of the suspect, with the right to refuse the unreasonable requests of lawyers and local prosecutors. and is collating testimony and preparing to file a lawsuit in court.

The governor who was under pressure was also protested and dissatisfied by local Democratic lawmakers, who believed that he had abused his power and interfered with the justice of justice, and that he should immediately stop his behavior in this regard and let the FBI concentrate on this matter.

This time it was the other party's turn to make a move. (To be continued......)