James Polk

James Polk materializes as the 11th President of the United States, yanked into C.J. Cregg's arsenal during Oliver Babish's merciless dissection of the MS cover-up. She thrusts his diverticulitis forward to banalize executive infirmities—'It could be anything with these Presidents'—deflecting legal lances with historical camouflage. Polk's concealed affliction mirrors Bartlet's flu deception, cementing his spectral utility as a shield for White House secrecy, where past leaders' silent sufferings fortify present-day evasions amid subpoena shadows.