This press conference didn't have much to do with Jimmy, the reporter's firepower was mainly focused on the side of the joint investigation team, and he was basically ignored as a former field agent who often appeared at the press conference, so there was not much pressure.

Isabel finished the press conference and went back to the office and sat down directly on the reception sofa, this kind of conference that could not provide information at all was very boring and torturous, if it was something else, she could also arrange for other people to go to the press conference, this kind of big event would not work, and Mrs. Mason could not be allowed to go out.

With Jimmy, I originally wanted him to help share the firepower, but today's reporter was completely uninterested in Jimmy and completely miscalculated.

After a break, Isabel got up and went to Mrs. Mason's office: "Mrs. Mason." ”

Mrs. Mason: "How's the launch?" ”

Isabel: "Not bad, at least for a while." ”

Mrs. Mason nodded, "How is Jimmy doing now?" ”

Isabel: "It's not bad, if it's not a hassle, he can be the spokesperson." ”

Mrs. Mason: "Then he will handle the follow-up press conference of this case, you go and inform him, and confirm the current progress with the investigation team." ”

Isabel frowned: "Is this case?" I'm worried about ......"

Mrs. Mason: "Don't worry, he can. ”

Isabel: "Okay, I'll arrange that." ”

——

Jimmy was still a little surprised to learn that he was going to be the spokesperson for the next press conference, Mrs. Mason had told him that he would only stay in the public affairs office for a while before returning to the field, which was also what Dave and Hughes thought, why did they suddenly make themselves the official spokesperson?

According to Isabel's arrangement, Jimmy got up and picked up the notepad and pen on the table and walked to the field office.

Jimmy, the man from Washington's DC headquarters, didn't know and didn't know where they were, but he knew where Mahon was, and went straight to the murder team's office, where there was no one inside.

Snorting, Jimmy walked to Callaway's office, "Knock knock", Callaway looked up at Jimmy, motioned for him to come in, and casually covered the papers on the desk.

Jimmy: "Director Callaway, I'm Jimmy Young from the Office of Public Affairs. Mrs. Mason arranged for me to come and learn about the case in preparation for the press conference that followed. ”

Callaway: "Please consult the Joint Investigation Team directly on the status of the case, I have not yet received the latest case report. ”

Jimmy: "Okay, where is the investigation team at the moment?" ”

Callaway: "Command Center. ”

Jimmy: "Thanks, Director Callaway. ”

Jimmy turned to leave Callaway's office, the smile on his face quickly fell, and when he went in just now, Callaway had covered a corner of the document, and although it was not much, the most important document number was missing.

This number Jimmy is familiar with, it is his own, he has checked his file in the FBI more than once, because his previous information is incomplete, and he has always worried that there will be something wrong with the FBI file.

It seems that when she met with Callaway yesterday, she noticed herself, so she will investigate her own information.

When I came to the command center, I saw an acquaintance, Ma Hong didn't go out, but was on duty here.

Jimmy: "Mahon. How's your investigation? ”

Mahone: "Oh, Jimmy, are you going to join the investigation team too?" ”

Jimmy: "No, I'm still in the Public Affairs Office, but I've been assigned to be a speaker in the back, so I'm going to check with you on your progress." ”

Mahon: "The investigation went well, but James Bennett disappeared and we couldn't find any clues at all, and we're splitting up. Peter has been sent to prison and his confession has been obtained. ”

Jimmy: "Are you sure about the gun?" Peter was fired before the shooting, turned in his badge and gun, why did the gun end up in James Bennett's hands? ”

Ma Hong frowned: "Where did you get the news from?" What else do you know? ”

Jimmy: "You know, the reporters in New York are very intelligent, and they also gave a clue that before the shooting, Senator Pratt reported an attack and Neil Cavrey and James Bennett were wanted by the FBI. ”

Ma Hong: "Anything else?" ”

Jimmy shook his head, Hughes's phone call voice can't be used as evidence, and it wasn't authorized to be monitored, so there was no way to give it to Mahon.

Ma Hong: "Well, I'll let them investigate these two anomalies, and no one has ever mentioned them." Now that the people from DC have completed the scene investigation and the evidence investigation, they are tracking down Bennett, and Peter's confessions are all pointing to him. ”

Jimmy: "Okay, so be it, it looks like there's nothing to gain for the time being." I'll go back first, and I'll come back tomorrow. ”

——

I didn't get any useful information on Ma Hong's side, but don't worry, I just held a press conference today, and the next press conference will definitely take some time, so I will ask every day, and it should be enough to deal with the press conference.

Jimmy returned to the office, told Isabel about the situation, and went back to his place to wait for the end of the day.

In the evening, Jimmy was watching a movie with Nia in the apartment, and suddenly the phone rang, he took a look, took his mobile phone and walked to the study. Nia watched Jimmy leave, picked up the remote and lowered the volume so as not to disturb him on the phone.

Jimmy answered the phone: "Hughes, what's wrong?" ”

Hughes: "Come to me tomorrow morning before work, there are some things that need to be talked about in person. ”

Jimmy: "When? ”

Hughes: "Seven o'clock. ”

Jimmy: "No problem, see you tomorrow." ”

Jimmy left the study, took a can of Coke and a can of beer from the fridge, came to the couch and sat next to Nia, opened the Coke for Nia, and drank the beer himself.

Nia: "What's wrong?" ”

Jimmy: "It's Peter's business, although he does make people very uncomfortable at times, but this case may not really be his doing, and there are a lot of doubts in the case now." ”

Nia: "If you want to help, you can help, as long as you don't get yourself trapped, you can do the rest yourself." ”

Jimmy hugged Nia: "I'm struggling with the fact that this could involve a confrontation between the headquarters and the upper echelons of the Manhattan office, and these people at the top are riddlers, and you can't guess what they think by guessing." ”

Nia: "Why don't you talk to Daddy?" Maybe he can help you break it down. ”

Jimmy nodded, turning the ends of Nia's hair in his hand, "Well, I have this idea, let's go home tomorrow, I'll talk to Kevin." ”

Nia nodded, and touched Jimmy's beer with a Coke, "Don't think about it so much, you can't sleep after thinking about it for a while." ”

Jimmy smiled and drank his beer, and collapsed on the couch with Nia in his arms.

——

The next morning, Jimmy still got up early, but this time it alarmed Nia, who told her that she had something to do and went out directly after going to the office early to change her clothes and come to the door of Hughes's house.

Hughes was called, and after a few minutes, Hughes opened the door and came out, not in casual clothes, but in formal clothes. Hughes waved his hand and didn't let Jimmy get out of the car, he got into Jimmy's car directly, "Go to Long Island." ”

Jimmy started the car and made a U-turn at the front intersection to Queens, "What's wrong?" ”

Hughes: "Take you to meet someone." ”

Jimmy: "Who?" ”

Hughes: "A big shot. Concentrate on driving. ”

Jimmy stopped talking and drove to Long Island, while Hughes showed him the way, and finally stopped in front of a seaside villa, which looked relatively new and quite large, with a circular flower bed in front of it, and a circular passage connected to the front of the main building.

Hughes: "Bill Haggerty, senior senator from New York, wait a minute, don't talk nonsense. Get out of the car. ”

Hughes and Jimmy got out of the car, straightened their suits, and then walked to the door and pressed the doorbell.

Jimmy habitually observed the situation in the villa, mainly for safety.

There were only four people in the villa, two on the first floor, one in a small room near the door, the other seemed to be busy, and two on the second floor, still separated in different rooms.

A maid came over and opened the door, "Who are you?" ”

Hughes said, "Reece Hughes. We're coming to Mr. Haggerty, we've made an appointment. ”

Maid: "Oh, Mr. Hughes, please come in." ”

The maid opens the door and invites Hughes and Jimmy into the villa, then goes upstairs. After a while, an old man in pajamas came down and said as he went, "Hughes, you came early." ”

Hughes: "Good morning, Mr. Haggerty. ”

Haggerty waved his hand: "Don't stand, sit." Daisy, coffee. ”

The maid turned and walked to the side to pour coffee, which was made in advance, and soon three cups of coffee were delivered to the living room and placed in front of the three of them.

Mr. Haggerty is tall and looks in good shape, and it is clear that he has good fitness habits. He has short silver-white hair, a wrinkled forehead, a meticulously manicured beard, and a kind smile, and looks like a very image-oriented person.

Haggerty: "Reese, what's the matter with you asking me out so early?" ”

Hughes: "Mr. Haggerty, there's some unexpected information about Senator Terence Pratt. ”

Haggerty: "About what? ”

Hughes: "As for the documentary evidence of Senator Pratt's previous hacking, the box of evidence that they fought for has been handed over to the FBI, and the evidence there is very unfavorable to Senator Pratt. ”

Haggerty took a sip of his coffee, and after thinking for a few seconds, he restrained his smile and asked seriously, "Is the evidence confirmed?" ”

Hughes: "Basically, it's the evidence that Senator Pratt's colleagues at the DC Police Department gathered back then, and the evidence about James Bennett shooting a police officer. ”

Haggerty: "This Bennett is the suspect?" He shot Pratt and framed your people? ”

Hughes: "At the moment, there is such a possibility, but his whereabouts have not been found for the time being. ”

Haggerty thought for a moment and changed the subject, he looked at Jimmy: "Hughes, who is this little guy?" ”

Hughes: "Agent Jimmy Young, guy in the bureau, great boy. ”

Haggerty nodded, and asked the person Hughes brought over should be fine, "OK, what do you want to do?" ”

Hughes: "A black cop who kills cops, a senator with a black history, can't let a conscientious federal agent be ruined by them like that." ”

Haggerty nodded, "I see, I'll communicate with the others, there are some things that need to be covered up." ”

Hughes: "Thank you, sir. ”

Haggerty: "Just do your own thing. By the way, what are you going to do when you retire? Do you want to come with me to DC? ”

Hughes: "I need to get this out of the way as soon as possible, and I'll talk about that later." ”

Haggerty: "Okay, you can do it." ”

Hughes: "Well, let's go back first, goodbye, Mr. Haggerty." ”

——

Hughes and Jimmy got into the car and turned around to return to Manhattan and left Haggerty's villa, where Jimmy asked, "Hughes, what's next?" ”

Hughes didn't answer directly, but looked at the traffic in front of him and asked, "What do you think of Mr. Haggerty?" ”

Jimmy: "Looks good, kind, confident, and empowered. ”

Hughes: "Well, it's very powerful, and it would have been hard for us to do it without his help this time." ”

Jimmy: "Hedging Senator Pratt's influence?" ”

Hughes: "It's a problem, it's not about solving a murder case, it's about some political considerations. Peter was wronged and must be wronged. ”

Jimmy: "I understand, so what to do now?" ”

Hughes: "Mr. Haggerty will help mediate, Senator Pratt's affairs can't be leaked, and in exchange, some things will be much easier to do." Now it's fine to investigate normally, then wait for the results above, if there are no surprises, it should be solved quickly. ”

Jimmy nodded, understood, the senator was a big man, and this kind of scandal was investigated, which would definitely affect the image of their party.

Maryland is a blue state like New York, and if Hughes says so, this Senator Haggerty must also be one of them, and his status will not be low, and he will coordinate and cover up the scandal, in exchange, the political tilt on Peter's side will be lighter, and the case will be easier to handle.

After a while, Hughes suddenly asked, "What are your plans?" ”

Jimmy was stunned for a moment, "Me? This case has nothing to do with me. ”

Hughes: "I mean, there's going to be a big change in the game this time. ”

Jimmy: "I'm just trying to get back into the field at the moment, and the internal department is so boring. ”

Hughes: "Where do you want to go?" ”

Jimmy thought about it, did Hughes really ask for his own opinion to arrange the position, or did it depend on his own attitude? After just a few seconds, Jimmy said, "I can do it all, you know, I used to do a lot of things. ”

Hughes turned his head to look at Jimmy, and then looked at the road in front of him again: "You are 30 years old, you will get married next year, and you should also prepare yourself for the future." Send me home. ”

——

Jimmy drops Hughes home and drives to the office, buying breakfast on the way and taking it to the office.

I have just started work now, and the progress of the joint investigation team has not yet been sorted out, and I will go to their side in the afternoon to confirm the details of the case.

Jimmy was eating his breakfast while thinking about this morning.

Peter's case is now only left to investigate the truth, the words of Hughes and Senator Haggerty have already indicated that they will take action, if Senator Pratt's influence is suppressed by the party, no one should hold Peter, if there is no external pressure, as long as the bureau can sort out the evidence, Peter should be acquitted.

Correspondingly, the bunch of that Senator Pratt has done should also be time for reckoning. The FBI headquarters forcibly arranged for Callaway to come over and take over as the head of the field, which made the upper echelons of the Manhattan office very unhappy, and it would be best if they could get rid of her by the way this time.

If it weren't for this bunch of, I would have packed up my things and returned to the field department by now, and the things that had been arranged before were suddenly interrupted.

Also, Hughes was in the car, and this was the second time he had asked about his plans recently. Can I still choose a location when I return to the field?

Jimmy considered the current configuration of the field team, Peter's white-collar team, Ruiz's organized crime team, and Mahon's homicide team, which he was most familiar with.

Of course, the FBI can't only have these three teams, and there are a series of cases such as telecom fraud, cyber attacks, kidnapping, anti-terrorism, espionage, etc., all of which have special teams to be responsible, but many departments need professional skills to support, which is certainly not suitable for Jimmy.

Hughes's words should have asked him to choose the group he is familiar with and wants to go to, so in addition to choosing the right position for himself, is there any other idea, such as adjusting the group leader?

If Callaway is eliminated and Peter can successfully take over as the field supervisor, there will be an additional position of supervision agent on the white-collar team, and the others will rotate......

Forget it, think too much, Jimmy is still a senior agent, and he is still far from a regulatory agent.

If he really wants to go back, Ruiz's organized crime team and Mahon's homicide team are of course the best, and the two teams are in charge of the things that Jimmy is familiar with, and there is basically no threshold.

Now I can only think about it casually, and I don't know whether Hughes's words mean himself or the upper echelons of the office, especially since he is retired, which makes it even more difficult to judge.

Today during the day, Nia would call home, and in the evening, Jimmy picked up Nia from the police station, and the two went back to Nia's house for dinner.

Kevin had a rare temporary affair and didn't come home after work, and when he got back, Jimmy and they had been waiting for two hours.

Kevin hung up his clothes and beckoned Jimmy to the study, where Nia had already said when she called him during the day that Jimmy had something to talk to him.

Kevin: "Nia, pour me a glass of ice water." ”

Jimmy smiled and said, "What, did you drink just now?" ”

Kevin: "Well, I had a chat with someone from the city hall. What's the matter with you? ”

Jimmy: "There's been some going on in our bureau lately, and I'd like you to help me analyze what these bigwigs think." ”

Kevin raised an eyebrow, "Which aspect?" ”

Jimmy: "A lot, especially since they asked me a few times in a row about my plans for the future. ”

Jimmy said as he took Kevin's cigar from the side, cut it for him, handed it over, and lit one himself.

Jimmy recounted the recent personnel changes in the bureau and the murder, of course, the information he had been getting so far. The point is on the words of Dave and Hughes, especially the matter of going to see Senator Haggerty this morning, which is the highest-level person Jimmy has been in contact with at the moment, a group of old and sophisticated people, he really can't handle it when he is young.

Kevin looked at Jimmy in surprise: "Senator Bill Haggerty? ”

Jimmy nodded, "I drove with Hughes to visit him this morning, and I didn't speak the whole time, just watched from the sidelines. ”

Kevin: "Of course you can't speak, it's too much of a difference. If I'm not mistaken, Senator Haggerty must have been re-elected for three or four consecutive terms, and he is well-connected in the Senate, and with his help, Senator Pratt's affairs will be easy to handle. ”

Jimmy: "That's what Hughes thinks too, but I still can't figure out what they're thinking right now. ”

Kevin: "You said she had the handle of the new supervisor who was transferred now, can they get her out?" ”

Jimmy: "It shouldn't be a big problem, she's the one Senator Pratt got in order to get Hughes out, she should be someone from their faction." Now that Hughes has in his hands recordings of her privately providing information on the case to Senator Pratt, it should theoretically be sufficient. ”

Kevin: "That's fine, as long as you can clear Peter's suspicions, he should be able to take the throne." That's probably what Hughes and they think, and you can say what Dave told you. ”

Jimmy: "Dave only talked to me once, and he asked me about my studies in addition to what I thought about the case. ”

Kevin: "Well, I mentioned to him about your further education, and it seems that this matter has an eyebrow." ”

Jimmy: "You mean the bureau's policy?" ”

Kevin nodded: "In your case, he promised to help as much as possible that day, and he didn't refuse the bar you sent over?" ”

Jimmy: "No, but he didn't say anything else to me. ”

Kevin: "That's fine. What you should be thinking about now is whether you want to be their person or not. ”

Jimmy: "What do you mean?" ”

Kevin: "They have included you in their ranks, and you will be marked by them later, and the good thing is that as long as they don't have an accident, you will have a smooth journey in the future, and of course you will be targeted by other people, and there will be more enemies." ”

Jimmy: "What do you mean?" I don't have a good idea of politics or factions. ”

Kevin: "It doesn't hurt for you right now, and you shouldn't have any other way to get up, right?" Unless you're willing to switch to another agency, I know you have a lot of ways to go. ”

Jimmy nodded, Kevin was right, it would definitely not hurt him to follow Hughes and Dave now, as for changing agencies, frankly speaking, unless he is willing to return to the CIA, there is basically no other agency to go to, and he doesn't have anyone he is particularly familiar with on the DIA side of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the only relationship is his so-called grandfather's friend.

Now that everything is clear, then it will be decided, and everything will have to wait for the dust to settle on Peter's case.

(6,000 words chapter, that's all for today.) (End of chapter)