Special Prosecutor Clement Rollins's MS cover-up probe escalates via subpoenas to Bartlet family and senior staff, prompting White House counter-spins and smears that provoke GOP oversight hearings by Randall Thomas, transforming legal truth-seeking in...
Special Prosecutor Clement Rollins's MS cover-up probe escalates via subpoenas to Bartlet family and senior staff, prompting White House counter-spins and smears that provoke GOP oversight hearings by Randall Thomas, transforming legal truth-seeking into partisan power struggle.
Events in This Arc
A black sedan delivers Special Prosecutor Clem Rollins to the Federal District Court amid a chaotic swarm of shouting reporters. As he emerges, they aggressively demand details on subpoenas targeting …
In the bustling Communications Office, Oliver sharply confronts C.J. for sabotaging the independent probe by manipulating the press and using Ainsley. Donna, piecing together the partisan trap, deflates upon learning …
At the 6 a.m. press gaggle C.J. uses practiced banter to flatten routine questions, but the mood shifts when Ralph Gish, the science editor, alleges a NASA commission report showing …
After dismissing his staff, Vice President John Hoynes is left alone with senior White House figures who have come to confront him. Josh bluntly asks about an affair with housekeeper …
On the portico at night, Bartlet and Leo confront Vice President Hoynes as the leak storm closes in. Leo tries to marshal facts and fury—phone logs, motive, comeback—while Bartlet pleads …
On the Potomac at night Agent Wes shifts the scene from confusion to crisis: barking orders for Harbor Patrol and forensics, he delivers the gut-punch — Zoey has been taken …
A quick, brutal escalation: forensic results confirm Zoey was drugged with GHB, turning a disappearance into a deliberate abduction. Leo hands Bartlet a faxed Polaroid and a translated ransom that …