Chapter 117: Troubled
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A week later, Mr. Liu saw a news item in a local tabloid in Texas about Perry: Police found five grams of cocaine and two packs of marijuana cigarettes at the home of Perry's eldest son.
The incident happened in a strange way, when the police received a report of nuisance, and then two patrol officers rushed to find out that Little Perry was holding a party at his home, with seven men and 11 women. It wasn't a big deal, the patrol asked to turn off the speakers and not to disturb the nearby residents, two young men who were a little delirious clashed with the police, and little Perry was even more uncharacteristically refusing to cooperate with the police.
According to normal procedures, the patrol immediately brought the situation under control, and then found that sixteen of the eighteen people had dilated pupils to varying degrees. Without even thinking about it, the experienced patrol officers immediately concluded that they had taken drugs. The results of the blood test confirmed the patrol officer's suspicions, and the anti-narcotics officers who arrived later found three plastic bags that had once contained cocaine, a small half packet of cocaine and two packs of marijuana cigarettes in the room.
Because the patrol officer mentioned "Little Perry" when reporting the situation, the local reporter who had been listening to the police communication channel quickly arrived.
This incident has a big impact on Perry.
Since taking office, Perry has been pushing for drug-related ordinances and even joining forces with New Mexico and Arizona to tighten immigration regulations. Last year, Perry also backed two Texas senators in pressuring federal courts to reinstate the death penalty for drug traffickers in some states.
Who would have thought that his eldest son would gather a crowd to take drugs!
It wasn't Scott who took advantage of the scandal first, but the Texas Cook Party. Because the gubernatorial election will be held before the national election, the Benjamin Party has been more aggressive, hoping to shake Republican dominance in Texas. If you stink the Republican Party, you will be able to gain the second-largest vote base in the United States and lay the foundation for next year's election.
Perry is a very politically courageous person, and as soon as the media reported on the incident, he stated that he would never shelter his son.
There is nothing to shelter, everyone has stolen goods, and it has been publicly reported by the news media, so there is no room for maneuver.
Under current Texas law, because there is no drug trafficking, only a crowd to take drugs, so Little Perry faces up to six months in prison and forced drug rehabilitation.
This punishment is not severe, and it is good to let him go to prison for a few months.
After Perry showed iron-faced selflessness, the matter quickly subsided. Because Perry Jr. voluntarily pleaded guilty and the police collected enough evidence at the scene, the court issued a verdict within a week, and Perry Jr. had to stay in prison for at least two months before parole.
It's just that a wave has not settled, and a wave has risen.
As soon as Perry sent his eldest son to prison, his second son, who was studying for a doctorate at Yale University, was arrested by the police on charges of malicious harm.
It happened suddenly, when Gerald Perry was drinking at a student club, met a girl, and then got into a verbal altercation with a black student. After leaving the club, Gerald drove into a black student, seriously injuring him. When the police arrived, they immediately arrested Gerald.
Just maliciously hurting others is already merciless.
Because of the conflict between the two and Gerald's retaliatory action, according to US federal law, it can be completely determined as an attempted murder.
In the case of attempted murder, Gerald could face up to seventy years in prison.
Even maliciously harming others is a felony in Connecticut, with a maximum sentence of up to 15 years in prison and at least eight years in prison.
Connecticut is in the northeastern United States, thousands of kilometers from Texas.
Perry had no choice but to turn to others for help.
For a young man who is about to obtain a doctorate in economics, whether it is fifteen years or eight years, even just one day in prison, can ruin his future.
In the United States, people with criminal records are almost unqualified to work in the financial industry.
After all, Gerald is the second son of the current governor of Texas and the next presidential candidate of the Republican Party, and he is the best of Perry's three sons, and the most likely to inherit his father's business and carry forward the Perry family.
Dozens of newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Newspaper, The New York News, The USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, and many other television stations reported on the incident.
At this time, the Ming Cook Party is even more unrelenting, and even the American people feel that Gerald has gone too far.
As soon as the incident happened, Perry sent his personal assistant over.
According to his idea, if he could settle out of court with the victim in exchange for the sympathy of the judge and jury, Gerald could be exonerated of the felony.
Unfortunately, the victim's request for an out-of-court settlement was completely unacceptable to Perry.
This guy actually asked for 40 million dollars!
Even in the United States, a human life is not worth so much money.
Behind this, it must be the victim's lawyer who is playing tricks. In the United States, instead of charging according to the case, the lawyer shares the compensation with the victim according to a certain percentage, so the American lawyer will make the victim pay a sky-high price. Even if you usually only get 25 percent, it means a huge return of 10 million dollars. In such very difficult cases, the lawyer's share is often as high as 50%!
Perry is not short of money, and before becoming governor, he was the CEO of Texas' largest oil company and owned stock in several oil companies. During his tenure as governor, the shares were handed over to financial trusts, with annual returns of around 10 percent, and his personal assets were at least hundreds of millions of dollars.
The question is, what is the difference between taking so much money for an out-of-court settlement and pleading guilty?
After haggling, Perry's personal assistant pushed the settlement price to $30 million. Perry then released Gerald on bail for $1.5 million.
Out-of-court settlements only involve the civil part and have nothing to do with criminal trials.
It's just that in the United States, the trial of criminal cases is very cumbersome. It is crucial that any criminal case requires hard evidence, and the suspect cannot prove himself. In other words, even if the suspect pleads guilty, the prosecution must produce evidence to prove that the suspect actually committed the crime. In court, the suspect's admission of guilt can only be used as a reference factor in the judge's sentencing, but cannot be the basis for determining whether he is guilty or not.
Under normal circumstances, it is not strange that a criminal trial drags on for months.
If it is a felony and involves federal law, it must be brought to the Federal Circuit, and the final verdict may not take effect until two years later.
It's just that the sentences for felonies are very long, and the two-year trial process is not a long time.
Because he was released on bail, Gerald could not leave Connecticut and could only live in a police-designated location and be monitored 24 hours a day.
At this point, Perry was already in a hurry.
The news media, which are controlled by the Ming Cook Party, have reported on the incident with impunity, and even claimed that the police and the prosecution deliberately downgraded Gerald's crime, and his actions have constituted the crime of attempted murder, which is a serious threat to the social security process, and should not be released on bail at all.
This time, Perry was also involved.
The news media emphasized that Gerald was the second son of the current governor of Texas, so the police deliberately chose a lesser offense when arresting him.
What's even more interesting is that the news media also dug up the fact that Perry settled out of court with the victim.
The $30 million out-of-court settlement convinced the news media that Perry had exerted influence. It is important to know that if a civil judgment is made by a court, the victim will not receive more than one-tenth of this amount.
Perry was willing to pay $30 million to gag the victim and prevent Gerald from being charged with murder.
On the question of whether or not there was an attempted murder, people in the US judicial circles also expressed their views. The experts who spoke for the Republican Party naturally did not believe that the crime of attempted premeditated murder was constituted, because in the circumstances of the time, if Gerald had deliberately murdered, the victim would not have been knocked off just two thighs. Experts who speak for the Myoke Party believe that it was definitely a premeditated murder, because the curb blocked the car driven by Gerald, and the victim was spared.
Combined with the eldest son's drug use, the news media, controlled by the Bencoil Party, began to wonder whether Perry was qualified to be president.
Although these things have nothing to do with Perry, after he became president, his family became the "first family in America", which is equivalent to letting two criminals live in the White House.
For the American people, this is obviously unacceptable.
Fortunately, Perry's youngest son is still in high school, and under the strict supervision of his parents, he did not break into a catastrophe.
It's just that these two things are enough for Perry's headache.
On the day of Gerald's first court appearance, the Washington Post ran an editorial questioning Perry's $30 million out-of-court settlement with the victim.
It's not the valid last name of the out-of-court settlement, but where did Perry get so much money from?
While Perry earned a seven-figure annual salary and millions of dollars in annual executive dividends during his tenure as CEO of the oil conglomerate, his family expenses were just as large and the governor's salary was so low that he could not meet his family's expenses. After more than a decade as governor, Perry couldn't possibly have so much money at his disposal.
Now, the problem finally got around Perry.
Even if the news media is not qualified to demand that Perry disclose his personal and family fortunes, in order to run for president, Perry must wipe his ass clean and leave nothing that could be linked to scandal.
For a career politician, $30 million is not a small amount of money.
In fact, many American politicians are not rich.
After former President Clinton left the White House, he still had to make a living by writing books.
Although Perry and Clinton are not the same kind of people and are more similar to Bush Jr., if he cannot explain the origin of the $30 million, his reputation will definitely be affected.
As a result, even if the Republican Party nominates him to run for president, American voters will not vote for him.
Things are in a uproar, but Perry doesn't know that he is being calculated.
Both incidents are conclusively evidenced, and there is no trace of man-made.
Seeing these reports, Liu Wei had to admire Long Minjiang, and Scott, who was secretly snickering, also had to admire Liu Wei.
(To be continued)