Threat, legality and political response — Congressman Bertram Coles' incendiary public threat forces the communications and legal teams (Toby, Leo, staff) to decide between criminal/legal accountability and restrained institutional posture.
Threat, legality and political response — Congressman Bertram Coles' incendiary public threat forces the communications and legal teams (Toby, Leo, staff) to decide between criminal/legal accountability and restrained institutional posture.
Events in This Arc
Leo returns from the Oval to a room keyed up about the President's temperament. Josh's blunt "How's his mood?" fixes the anxious tone; Sam produces a radio transcript naming Congressman …
Leo convenes senior staff after the President's fury, and Sam produces a damning transcript of Congressman Coles threatening the President alongside military officers. Toby erupts, demanding legal and even treason …
In a frantic communications bullpen Toby and Sam frantically sculpt the President's language — insisting the downing be framed as morally indicting with a third adjective (the repeated, grinding rehearsal …