Even though today was the 'big day', Brooklyn didn't mess up the rhythm.
Harrison drove him into the parking lot and took the elevator into the inner courtyard.
Simply tidy up, put on the robe, and go to the conference room for a regular meeting.
Perhaps because the 'big show' was about to begin, no one was interested. Today's regular meeting started very quickly and ended in half an hour.
Returning to the inner court, Brooklyn began to prepare for the court session and asked Webster if General Kuhl was here.
Webster told Brooklyn that General Kuhl had arrived at the courthouse during the regular session, and he was besieged at the door. Some wanted to interview him, while others wanted to spit on him.
When he stood on the top step, preparing to give a brief interview, some clever little guy bought a few tacos from the Mexican restaurant next to him and threw them at him.
General Kuhl was furious.
Just when he looked up to look for the murderer, a basin of corn soup fell from the sky and poured down his head.
General Kuhl left the scene in embarrassment amidst the laughter of the people.
The cameras of the New York media faithfully recorded the messy appearance of General Kuhl's neat military uniform with food hanging all over it.
According to Webster, General Kuhl is currently communicating with his team of lawyers in the small lounge.
"Where's Michael Grady? Where are the others?" Brooklyn asked.
Webster glanced at the tablet in his hand and replied that basically everything that should come has come.
In other words, those who received the summons and needed to appear in court today have all come, but those who have not received the summons or do not need to appear in court today have not come.
Michael Grady is not here!
Brooklyn nodded, and seeing that the time was right, he picked up the computer and walked towards the court.
"Let's go."
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Michael Grady, whom Brooklyn had longed for, appeared downstairs at the hotel where the President was staying.
Early in the morning, the President, looking slightly embarrassed and sleepy, was escorted downstairs by people, and when he was about to get in the car to continue his campaign trip, he was stopped by Michael Grady.
Winston, who was waiting in the car, had already opened the door and was smiling, ready to welcome Mr. President into the car. He heard shouts from a distance, and then a person was stopped by the Secret Service. After a moment of negotiation, a man in military uniform came.
From far to near.
Winston stopped laughing.
Michael Grady!
Why is he here?
The President was not very happy and yawned and asked, "Michael Grady, you need to make an appointment."
After saying that, he reached out to ask for a temporary pass from the Secret Service and handed it to Michael Grady. He turned around and got in the car. He tilted his head and complained to Winston, "The climate in New York is so bad. I almost couldn't sleep last night..."
Although he was talking to Winston, Mr. President did not let the car start immediately. He just opened the door and parked here.
He even stopped the special agents who were about to close the door.
Mr. President is very interested in the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who suddenly appears in front of him!
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Courtroom No. 9 is packed with seats.
Brooklyn fiddled with the computer, waiting for it to boot up.
There was a bit of chaos down there due to the large number of people.
General Kuhl was sitting in the dock in formal attire. Next to him were two lawyers who were sorting out information.
The prosecution was replaced by another prosecutor.
This prosecutor was somewhat familiar to Brooklyn. He vaguely remembered that this man had worked as an assistant to Ben Stone before.
Looking at the prosecutor who was preparing carefully, Brooklyn couldn't help but think of Ben Stone, Woodward, and the flight attendant whose name he didn't even know.
He hasn't visited them for a long, long time.
Maybe I should go check it out if I have time this week.
With this in mind, after the computer is turned on, enter the password to log in, connect to the server, log in, enter the file number, and bring up the General Kuhl file interface.
Last time, because General Kuhl himself was not present, only an entrusted lawyer came, and the process was stuck at the subpoena. The subpoena request must be answered by the defendant himself.
General Kuhl's case was only arraigned today, not an official court session. The reason why it is so eye-catching is that in addition to General Kuhl himself being the starting point of everything, the other reason is that many people believe that General Kuhl will not plead guilty easily.
Many people even believed that General Kuhl would refute the accusations made by the prosecution.
That would be a great debate.
Brooklyn was just about to start asking about the presence of the lawyers and clients on both sides of the surveillance team when the cell phone placed on the table suddenly started to vibrate.
He frowned and picked up his phone to look at it.
Winston?
What is he calling at this time?
Logically speaking, Winston should be accompanying the President on his way to the next venue for his campaign speech at this time.
Brooklyn grabbed the phone and walked towards the inner courtyard.
"Winston?"
"The president has changed his campaign speech route and we are on our way to the New York Military Academy."
"Michael Grady is with the President and will be one of the guests at this campaign speech."
"It was Michael Grady who proposed going to the New York Military Academy."
Winston succeeded in making Brooklyn stupid in three sentences.
First of all, in the first sentence, it is not surprising that Mr. President changed the route of his speech. What’s more, the changed destination is to go to the New York Military Academy.
The President was born in Queens, New York, and the New York Military Academy is his alma mater. It is understandable that he suddenly changed his mind and wanted to visit his alma mater to gain support.
Although New York Military Academy provides secondary education for grades 7-12, the student body is simply unable to provide votes for Mr. President.
This actually reduces the utilitarianism a lot and highlights Mr. President’s kindness and righteousness.
As long as Mr. President's campaign team is not blind, they will not miss such a good publicity opportunity.
Mr. President returned to his hometown during the busy election campaign and took time to visit his alma mater!
The second sentence is not normal.
What does it mean for Michael Grady to be with Mr. President?
What does it mean for Michael Grady to appear as a guest speaker?
What's the meaning?
Brooklyn felt a little confused.
As the representative of the military delegation, everything Michael Grady says and does is naturally endowed with political significance and will be recognized as military trends.
The military had cooperated well with Patrick Nestor before, and the two sides had been working together in collusion and had been plotting secretly for who knows how long.
And now Michael Grady pops up to support Patrick Nestor's nemesis?
Brooklyn really wants to ask Michael Grady: Aren't you afraid of an emergency military order to transfer you back, or are you afraid that your other colleagues will take your skin off?
This kind of obviously wrong political appearance will not only cause huge damage to the image of the military - although the military has no image to speak of - but also cause huge losses to its allies, and even more seriously, it may directly
Endangering cooperation with political allies, leading to antagonism.
After the shock, Brooklyn slowly came to his senses.
Because of this, Michael Grady did not choose a formal campaign speech event, but the New York Military Academy, which was a private presidential event for middle school students.
The political meaning of this campaign speech is not very strong.
This is not speaking to Cornell students or Syracuse students.
This is just a speech by an alumnus who is facing Mr. President.
The political meaning is not strong enough, it is more like an expression of intention to cooperate.
But Brooklyn is still confused, will Michael Grady cooperate with Mr. President?
As for the third sentence, it was Michael Grady who proposed going to the New York Military Academy, which shows that Michael Grady was well prepared.
He ignored the summons of General Kuhl and did not participate in the pre-trial of so many middle- and low-level military officers. He went to the President to convey an inexplicable intention. It was not a temporary move.
"I see."
Brooklyn taught Winston what to do and gave Winston instructions.
Winston is a mature politician who knows how to handle this situation better than he does.
On the contrary, he was worried about himself, so he hurriedly called to inform him.
After ending the call, Brooklyn walked into the court with a normal expression.
During my time away from Brooklyn, the court was so noisy that it almost turned into a vegetable market.
The bustle subsided a little as Brooklyn walked in.
When Brooklyn sat on the judge's bench and coughed twice, the bustling sound became quieter.
Brooklyn raised his head and scanned the audience. Instead of continuing to maintain order, he asked about the presence of the parties and lawyers of the prosecution and defense parties.
As he spoke, the scene finally became quiet.
After confirming that all relevant personnel were present, Brooklyn continued the previous procedure and asked General Kuhl questions, asking General Kuhl how to respond to the accusations made by the prosecution and the evidence provided.
General Kuhl entered a not guilty plea.
But to the surprise of most people, neither General Kuhl nor his legal team challenged the evidence and accusations provided by the prosecution.
In fact, if you think about it for a moment, you can understand that the two parties in this matter are Brooklyn and Michael Grady, New York and the military. The outcome of the trial is directly linked to the outcome of the conflict.
There's no point in questioning it at this point.
Even if the questioning is reasonable and several accusations are successfully removed after a debate, so what?
If the military and Michael Grady at the center of the struggle lose, prosecutors can always bring more evidence and bring more charges against him.
General Kuhl was very cooperative in the court. His unexpected cooperative attitude made many people who had finally squeezed in to watch a big show disappointed, and made the trial process extremely smooth.
It went so smoothly that it felt a bit like an anticlimax.
After Brooklyn recorded the defendant's plea of not guilty on its intranet, it did not announce the defendant's bail amount and payment method as in ordinary cases, but only requested that the defendant be prohibited from leaving New York City.
How to restrict military suspects is the only issue worthy of discussion at this morning's regular meeting.
After comparison, Brooklyn decided that restricting departures from New York City was an appropriate request.
Next is the announcement that the prosecution and defense will submit a list of evidence and select jury members.
After the announcement, Brooklyn banged the gavel and announced the end.
After packing up his computer and water bottle and returning to the inner courtyard, Brooklyn hurriedly searched the Internet for a live broadcast of the speech at the New York Military Academy.
Brooklyn doesn't believe that Mr. President's staff will miss this good opportunity to build his image in vain.
Sure enough, he found the live broadcast of Mr. President's campaign speech on many official websites such as A that were not mentioned.
Brooklyn ultimately chose A.
Judging from the picture, A should have grabbed a good position.
The live sound recording was very clear.
Due to the nature of the New York Military Academy, the discipline of the students who came to listen to the lecture was very well maintained. There was no noise, crowding, or shouting.
Everyone stood there politely and listened to the speech quietly.
The only voice in the audience was Mr. President.
Brooklyn had no intention of listening to what the President was saying. His eyes wandered back and forth in the picture, looking for Michael Grady.
Is attending the speech at the New York Military Academy an attempt to undermine cooperation with Mr. President?
Brooklyn can only think of this, otherwise this move by Michael Grady means nothing.
But how should he destroy it?
The President is no fool, and Brooklyn can prove that.
It's probably impossible for Michael Grady to deceive the President by writing bad checks.
He must come up with some real materials and show sincerity.
Merely attending a lecture for middle school students is not a sign of sincerity.
What's more, he participated in an individual capacity.
——The military would have to be crazy to authorize Michael Grady to come and support the President.
If Patrick Nestor is offended, if the old man is really crazy, even if he can't kill the military, he can still make it disgraced.
After all, for Patrick Nestor, a man who is about to complete the journey of life, it is simply unforgivable to be deceived a few steps before the end.
Michael Grady wants to sabotage cooperation with the president, but how should he sabotage it?
Brooklyn thought about it again and again, always thinking that the president would invite Michael Grady to the stage to share his military service experience with the alumni, but he still couldn't figure it out.
He always felt that Michael Grady's current behavior was in violation of the rules.
No matter how awkward it looks!
After listening to Michael Grady's speech for a while, Brooklyn decided not to pay attention to this matter yet. He still had a lot of work to do.
Michael Grady's speech is full of his personal style, concise, capable and efficient.
Brooklyn pouted, closed the website, logged into the intranet, and browsed the event records.
Among the several cases involving military personnel that opened in court today, only Brooklyn's case ended, and the others are still in progress.
After closing the intranet, Brooklyn was about to call Webster when he received a call from Bob.
A few dozen minutes ago, he received a call from Winston, who told him that Michael Grady had made a puzzling move.
Now, dozens of minutes later, he received another call from Bob.
I hope this morning's phone call won't continue to be a bad one.
Brooklyn muttered something silently in his mind and swiped the screen to answer.
"Boss, Burke Forsman is seriously injured and is being rescued. You should go and have a look. I have prepared the ticket."