There was no way, Nicola could only look at David for help.

At this time, David's face was also tossing and turning.

Like Nicola and the others on stage, he didn't expect that the eight leaders would confess directly as soon as they went to court.

But in any case, since the attitude of people who admit guilt is so good, it is certainly not appropriate to adopt the same sentence as for those criminals before.

And if the sentence is lighter, it seems to be more conducive to the future situation.

Just imagine, once you admit guilt and have a good attitude, you can win a light sentence, and then it is estimated that many other criminals will not choose to fight the IRS hard, and will inevitably strive to cooperate with the IRS in order to get a chance to get a lenient sentence.

Thinking of this, David also made a decision in his heart, he stood up from the bench and walked all the way to the bottom of the judge's seat, and Nicola also leaned over slightly at this time, wanting to hear what his opinion was.

"Judge Nicola, since the criminals have pleaded guilty positively, I think they should be given a lenient sentence, which will be more beneficial to our IRS in the future, what do you think?"

"I agree with you."

"So be it......"

David whispered to Nicola for another two or three minutes before retreating to his seat in the auditorium.

And Nicola stood up and read out: "Now the verdict is pronounced, the defendant Joey is guilty of tax evasion, but in view of the good attitude of admitting guilt, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and all illegal income was confiscated, totaling 39.65 million US dollars." ”

"The defendant Price was convicted of tax evasion, but in view of his good attitude in admitting guilt, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison and confiscated all illegal income, totaling 56.88 million US dollars."

"Defendant Darwin......

As soon as the verdict was announced, the eight leaders sat down in their chairs with weakness.

At this moment, their mood can be described as a mixture of joy and sorrow

First of all, 20 years in prison is indeed not a short sentence for them, after all, how many 20 years can there be in life?

But then again, compared to the tax evaders that David dealt with before, their sentences can now be regarded as light sentences on the open side.

After all, the tax evaders dealt with by David before were sentenced to thousands of years in prison at every turn, and the most important thing was that they could not be parole for life.

And now their sentence is only 20 years, and the most important point is that there is no life sentence without parole, that is, as long as they behave well during the sentence, maybe they can come out in about ten years.

For them, this is somewhat of a blessing in misfortune.

"Okay, this trial is over, and there will be an hour of adjournment, and this court will try the other three members!"

As the words fell, many people in the auditorium began to walk towards the door in an orderly manner, while some people continued to stay in place and wait.

And David here found Keanu and instructed him: "You went outside to be interviewed by the media on behalf of our Western Suburbs Branch Bureau to report the results of this trial, but you must remember that you must emphasize the light sentence obtained only after a good attitude of admitting guilt, understand?" ”

He also wants to use the media propaganda to tell the lawbreakers in the western suburbs that as long as you confess, you will be lenient, and resist refusal to eat no good fruit!

"Understood."

Keanu immediately walked out of the courtroom, took the elevator to the first floor, and then walked out of the door to the front of the media, and said: "Friends from the media, I am Keanu, deputy director of the Western Suburbs Branch, the results of the trial have come out, and then I will give you a briefing, the prisoners in this trial, because they pleaded guilty more well, so the judge also took a discretionary light sentence, and the eight of them were sentenced to 20 years in prison!" ”

When the words fell, the media reporters at the scene were stunned.

Although they did not make it to the trial, they had all guessed before, and according to David's previous style, these eight leaders of the criminal syndicate would definitely end up with another thousand years in prison.

What I didn't expect was that not to mention the thousand-year prison sentence, even the hundred-year prison sentence did not appear, but in the end he was sentenced to 20 years in prison?

Such a big sense of contrast makes people a little unacceptable for a while.

Soon, some netizens on the Internet made speculations.

"Only 20 years were sentenced to these 8 heads of criminal groups? This doesn't seem to be quite like the style of Director David before! ”

"Didn't the deputy director of the Western Suburbs Branch say that because these eight criminals performed relatively well, they got a light sentence."

"Good performance? I don't think that's the reason, you say, is it possible that it's because of human rights organizations? ”

"I think so too, didn't the people from the human rights organization protest before and then they were arrested, and then these 8 leaders were given light sentences, I think it is very likely that the Western Suburbs Branch Bureau can't handle the three members, so they chose to give a light sentence, in order to give the human rights organization a step!"

“……”

I have to say that the speculation of some netizens is still a bit difficult to make sense logically.

After all, people from human rights organizations have come to protest today.

And David's previous act of arresting people on the street seemed to many netizens to be a bit too presumptuous.

And if this matter is to be perfectly resolved from the perspective of the IRS, it must be able to convict these three people of tax evasion, as David said before.

But the people have just been arrested, and the people from the human rights organization are not those criminals, so they must not have much leverage to arrest them, and what is even worse is that David has already released his words that he will be tried today, which is too hasty in terms of time, and the possibility of conviction cannot be said to be none, but it is also extremely low.

So what to do?

The best solution is to talk to human rights organizations, and everyone will make a big deal a small thing.

But people in human rights organizations have been bullied to this end, how can they give up?

Unless......

The IRS made some concessions.

For example, this sentence has jumped from the previous 1,000-year sentence to 20 years, which is definitely a major compromise for human rights organizations from a certain point of view!

In fact, it's not just many netizens who think so.

After hearing the news, many members of the Los Angeles Human Rights Organization also thought about it.

"Haha, President Butler, I think the top of the IRS must have realized that this matter was not going to end, so they bowed their heads to us and wanted to get down the stairs."

"That's right, this Davy used to be sentenced to a thousand years in prison, but this time he was only sentenced to 20 years, this must have been pressured by their high-level officials, I believe that soon their high-level officials will call us and ask us to step down."

"Now I want to go down the stairs with us, what are you doing earlier, and you dare to arrest us on the street, hehe!"

“……”

As if they had won a major victory, the members of the human rights organization were smiling and smiling.

At this time, although President Butler did not make a sound, the joy on his face was also difficult to hide, hehe, the IRS, you also have a time to bow your head?

David, wasn't the person you arrested me just now quite arrogant, where is that arrogance now?

"President, this is a major victory for our human rights organization, and I think we should make good arrangements for the follow-up work!"

Hearing a reminder from one of the members, Butler came back to his senses from the joy in his heart, and the IRS compromised with their human rights organization, which their human rights organization must not be in the limelight?

Thinking of this, he immediately nodded and said, "Let's arrange it first, and when the notice from the IRS comes, we will fully publicize it!" ”

"Yes."

……

Los Angeles, IRS City Bureau.

David was drinking coffee in a break room, when Lewis pushed the door open and walked in, reporting: "Director, there are a lot of rumors outside, saying that the reason why we sentenced those eight criminal group leaders lightly is actually to resolve the conflict with human rights organizations......

After listening to the words, David was also stunned.

The reason why he gave these eight ringleaders light sentences was actually to make a confession to the criminals in the jurisdiction to get lenient publicity.

Lewis said cautiously: "Director, after all, people from human rights organizations just came to make trouble, and then these 8 people got light sentences, so it's no wonder that the outside world thinks so......"

David came back to his senses, and when he thought about it, it seemed that this was really the case.

"Forget it, don't bother!"

Whatever the outsiders say, after he cleaned up the three members of the human rights organization while the court session began, everyone knew if he was asking the human rights organization to go down the stairs.

An hour's adjournment, 50 minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

And at this moment, the three Buckkinieson Simmons walked in breathlessly and said, "Director, according to your requirements, it's all done!" ”

With that, the three of them each handed over a file bag.

After David took it, he took it apart and looked at them one by one, and after making sure that there was no problem, he got up and pushed the door and walked in the direction of the courtroom.

Headquarters of the Los Angeles Human Rights Organization.

Butler and a group of other human rights organizations have been waiting for a call from the IRS or someone to come, but now that the court is about to begin, the IRS has no news at all.

This also made one of the members breathless, and he said viciously: "What the hell is going on, why is there no movement from the IRS?" ”

Although the others did not speak, they were also puzzled in their hearts.

Could it be that the eight criminal syndicate leaders were given light sentences because they pleaded guilty and that the IRS was not asking them to go down the stairs?

And all this is just that they were making themselves amorous just now?

Thinking of this, Butler clenched his fists hard, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then I'm going to take a good look at how this damn David convicts our people!" ”

At the same time, on the side of the Washington State Administration of Justice, a group of senior executives of the Internal Taxation Bureau also gathered in the conference room, watching the real-time pictures from the trial scene with serious, nervous and nervous expressions.

Although David had promised them that he would find the three people guilty of tax evasion, a promise was always a promise, and no one dared to guarantee what would happen next when the results did not come out.

……

The courtroom was close to the opening of the courtroom, and the scene was full.

Everyone wants to see with their own eyes who can have the last laugh in this dispute between the Western Suburbs Branch and the human rights organization.

And since David is so confident in convicting the three, can he succeed.

Under the expectation of everyone, the time came to 4.30 minutes.

"All stand up!"

In the passage, Nicola walked out, and after sitting down in her seat, she said, "Now the court is open, take the defendant!" ”

After the words fell, in the passage on the other side, the inspectors of the Western Suburbs Branch brought three people from human rights organizations to the dock.

But unlike the eight leaders before them, and the prisoners who had come here to be tried in the past, these three people did not have any panicked or apprehensive looks at all, but looked ecstatic.

Where is this like a prisoner being judged, and those who don't know think that the three of them are here to be judges.

Seeing these three people in such a posture, Nicola on the stage frowned slightly, but still asked routinely: "Defendants Ted Antonio, Ivan Phyllis, and Flynn Nelson, now that this court has officially charged you with tax evasion, what do you want to say?" ”

"Your Excellency, I don't have anything to say, since you suspect us of tax evasion, please show us evidence!"

"Ted is right, evidence is king!"

"Judge, don't wronged us, we are good citizens, not to mention tax evasion, we have never scolded anyone!"

The heads of the three of them were raised high, and their hands were confidently wrapped around their chests, looking extremely arrogant.

"Dangdangdang......"

Jenny lifted the cone and knocked it a few times, these three people didn't even call the honorific title of 'Your Excellency Judge', and they looked arrogant and domineering, which naturally made her very dissatisfied, and she immediately reprimanded: "Defendant, please pay attention to your words, otherwise this court will charge you with one more crime of contempt of court!" ”

The three people at the scene still looked fearless.

One of the men, named Ted, who had thrown the money before, even said: "Judge, we're just telling the truth, if you think this is a contempt of court, then please judge the scene and the IRS executives who are watching the live broadcast!" ”

On the surface, he said that the senior management of the IRS would judge the reasoning, but in his words, he also implied that it was not only your IRS executives here, but also celebrities from all walks of life.

You want to convict us on such charges?

Let's see if we can convince the public!

Of course, Nicola understood, and for the sake of fear, she softened her attitude a little and said, "You just need to answer yes or no!" ”

"Your Excellency, we have not evaded taxes!"

The three of them replied in unison

Nicola nodded, and then looked through the information of the three people on the table, but the more she looked, the more her brow furrowed.

Among the three, the eldest has worked in the society for more than ten years, and the shortest, Ted, has also worked for two or three years.

But over the years, every source of income has had detailed tax records.

So let alone tax evasion, there has never been such a thing as a day of tax arrears to the IRS.

Now she finally understands why these three dare to be so arrogant.

There was no way, Nicola could only put down the file materials, raised her eyes to look at David below, and said: "Director David, I have read their tax file, there is no problem, your Western Suburbs Branch is the party accusing them, now please come out and make a statement!" ”

Nicola is a judge in the IRS, and yes, she would also like to convict the three human rights groups of mad dogs.

But now there is no evidence, and she can't find even the slightest excuse, so even if she is the boss of the court, it is impossible for her to forcibly convict in front of so many people.

David stood up with one of the file bags, walked to the bottom of the stage, opened it, reached inside and took out a USB stick, and said to Nicola on the stage, "Your Excellency, please allow me to play a video." ”

"Allow!"

A court officer at the scene took the USB flash drive from David's hand, and then walked to the projector not far away and plugged it in.

didn't make everyone doubt too much, and in the next second, a picture appeared.

In the picture is a restaurant, and a young man dressed as a waiter walks out of the kitchen with a plate of Italy.

At this time, both the people at the scene and the senior executives of the IRS who were watching through the live broadcast saw at a glance that the waiter was none other than Ted, who was being tried on the spot.

Ted was seen bringing pasta to a man in a suit to his table.

The man in the suit pulled out a stack of bills from his pocket, sifted through them and handed them to Ted in a $20 denomination.

Ted said a three-Q and then turned to leave, and the scene came to an abrupt end.

And as the picture stopped, the scene also fell silent.

But soon, the expressions of Felton, Joao and others in the auditorium moved.

Others may not realize what this means, or even think that this is just a very ordinary picture.

After all, it's just a little tip, which is too normal for the whole of America to be normal.

But as people in the IRS system, no one knows better than they do what tax evasion is!

That's a small amount of $20.

But in the tax law, taxes are also paid, but in the past, the IRS was too lazy to pursue this small profit.

But now it's different, and now they're worried that they don't have a handle or an excuse to clean up this Ted.

The $20 tax was an exaggeration, but it was an excuse for them to cut Ted!

After all, $20 is also money, and it is also an individual's income, and according to the U.S. tax law, as long as the individual obtains benefits, then tax clearance is required.

How else is it that death and taxes are inevitable in the United States?

General Administration of Washington.

"Yes, although this tip is nothing, if you want to cut the tax law, you can completely call him a tax evasion!"

"Well, although this money is a bit far-fetched, as long as you can find a reason, it will be much easier!"

The high-level executives who have been suppressed for a long time and are extremely nervous are also relieved after seeing the appearance of this video.

But at this time, there is one person in the field who is different from them.

This man was Vertonghen, and he spoke, "Don't be too happy, you can barely find a handle on this Ted, but what about the other two?" ”

As soon as they heard this, the people who were originally ecstatic were poured on their heads like a basin of cold water.

Also, convicting a Ted saved some face.

But as long as the other two are not convicted, then their IRS will not be able to escape the whirlpool of public opinion after the fact, and it is not too early to rejoice.

(End of chapter)