A team of FBI, led by a senior detective, arrived at the New York Governor's office and showed their documents.

"Mr. Thomas Dewey, you are under investigation for allegedly accepting political donations and being involved in a murder case. This is an investigation warrant from the federal court. Please come back with us for questioning."

Dewey stood up with a sullen face.

The other party has a federal court subpoena and Dewey must cooperate.

When Dewey was led out of the government office building, countless reporters gathered downstairs of the state government building. As soon as Dewey walked out, the reporters began to take pictures frantically.

A governor.

a presidential candidate.

Now that he has become a suspect, this is definitely big news that will shock the entire United States and even the world. How can the reporters let him go?

Dewey was taken away by the FBI for investigation.

No matter what the outcome is, this incident will have a very negative impact on him, which is also what President Johnson wants.

If you don't step on it now, when will you step on it?

FBI New York detectives questioned Dewey. Dewey did not make too many excuses about the political donations. He admitted that he had met Song Mouwen and accepted a political donation of 5 million US dollars from him.

This matter is very easy to check.

By retrieving the bank information, the source of the funds can be clearly checked. The account in Sao Paulo, Brazil belongs to a certain person named Song. After all, such a large amount of funds cannot be managed by someone else. Dewey has no excuse.

If you received the money from Song, it would be easy to explain, after all, it was just a political donation. If you can't find the source, it would be more troublesome, and people would suspect you of a bigger conspiracy, so Dewey chose to admit it truthfully.

Regarding the Arnold murder case,

Dewey naturally would not admit that he sent someone to kill the reporter. He only said that he was blackmailed by the reporter, and then handed the matter over to his assistant. In order not to alarm the reporter, the assistant asked the prosecutor to secretly investigate the matter.

As for the pursuit between the two parties in Los Angeles, Dewey explained that he was not aware of it, and that the situation at that time was definitely about arresting the suspect, not murder.

Dewey's assistant was also brought in for investigation, and the assistant's statement was exactly the same as Dewey's.

"That reporter is a blackmailer. His actions from beginning to end were all about blackmail. I admit that it was against the rules to privately mobilize prosecutors to handle this matter, but I definitely did not intend to kill him. I just wanted to catch him."

The focus of the matter naturally fell on the four prosecutors, but they had already received the notice and also insisted that their purpose was to arrest people, not to kill them.

As for the car chase on the streets of Los Angeles that day, they initially planned to track him, but were discovered halfway, so they had to change their strategy from tracking to intercepting, but their actions later became more intense.

Things are at a stalemate.

Although Dewey could not be convicted, he was still a suspect, and a restraining order was issued against Dewey and his assistant, temporarily prohibiting them from leaving the United States.

Dewey's side began to counter-accuse Arnold, saying that he was extortionist and should be sentenced.

However, Arnold filmed the video from the beginning and insisted that he came up with this method just for investigation and not to blackmail the other party for money.

The FBI has also temporarily restricted Arnold from leaving the United States. If they find more sufficient evidence to prove Arnold's fraud, they will sue him.

A few days later.

The FBI held a press conference to announce the results of the investigation.

This incident attracted so much attention that there were at least two to three hundred reporters present. The spokesperson looked at the crowd of reporters below and said into the microphone:

"Now we are announcing the results of the investigation into the Los Angeles manhunt. Of course, these are only the results of the current investigation and no conclusion has been drawn. The FBI will continue to investigate."

"First, regarding Governor Thomas Dewey's acceptance of political donations from other countries, Thomas Dewey himself admitted that this was true. On that day, representatives of the leaders of the Eastern countries came to see him and expressed their willingness to support his election. The two sides had a good chat and finally supported his campaign with $5 million in campaign funds, which were transferred to Dewey's secret campaign fund account the next day."

"The Federal Election Campaign Act has strict regulations that prohibit the acceptance of foreign donations for elections. In this regard, Dewey, as a presidential candidate, did violate the rules."

"We have handed over the evidence in this regard to the federal court, and the $5 million has been frozen by the federal court."

After listening to the spokesperson's announcement, the reporters thought that if the charge was proven, it would definitely have a very negative impact on Dewey's election campaign.

Does accepting foreign funding mean that one is preparing to sell out the interests of one's own people?

Foreigners manipulate US elections.

These are unacceptable to voters.

"Secondly, regarding the rumor that Dewey sent someone to murder the journalist, Dewey said that after being blackmailed, he was afraid that the police would leak the information, so he chose to investigate privately and used the prosecutor's undercover police."

"The prosecutors and police officers took extreme actions when arresting journalist Arnold, and failed to legally characterize the murder."

The reporters thought.

Even if the manhunt has no legal basis, Dewey did use the prosecutor's power to investigate privately, which is an abuse of power.

It is not a valid reason not to trust the police.

The people will never accept an official who abuses his power.

"Third, regarding Dewey's accusation of blackmail against Arnold, we conducted an in-depth and detailed investigation. Arnold's confession said that after learning that Dewey had accepted political donations from foreigners, he hesitated because the evidence was insufficient. He also had a selfish motive of wanting to make an investigative documentary, so he took a private approach."

"Arnold's entire process was recorded. The FBI has obtained all the videotapes that Arnold handed over. Now we cannot prove that Arnold was blackmailing. We can only say that Arnold used illegal means in this news investigation."

"This is the situation reported in the incident report. There are indeed some doubts. The FBI will continue to investigate. Well, today's press conference ends here. No interviews will be accepted at this press conference. Thank you, journalists, for coming. Goodbye."

The spokesperson left promptly after speaking, not giving the reporter any time to react.

It has been confirmed with solid evidence.

If there is no conclusive evidence, there is no confirmation either.

Many people feel that this matter is handled in a somewhat muddled way.

But that's how things are in the world.

This matter involves too many things.

Some people want to keep Dewey because the interests of many financial groups are involved. In order to push him to power, they have made great efforts. Now there are still two months before the election. There is no way to push another person, so they can only keep Dewey.

This involves the game between financial groups. The FBI was also very cautious and did not use strong measures.

In other words, the two sides did not really fall out.

It's like playing mahjong. There are people at the table. The previous player may win this time, and the next player may win the next time. You can't fight to the death just to win a hand of cards. Capital investors are not that stupid.

Various newspapers quickly reported the news, and some even published the FBI's bulletin verbatim.

The New York Times: "Dewey admitted to accepting political donations, which may have a certain impact on his election support."

Los Angeles Times: "Who gave Dewey $5 million? Let's talk about the big country in the East."

Global Times: "He accepted political donations, abused public power, and was even suspected of murder. Is such a person suitable to be president?"

The political camp can be seen from the content published in newspapers.

After reading the newspaper, people began to talk about it. Many people used to be very optimistic about Dewey, but now they find that such a fair law enforcer has become a lawbreaker, which is hard for many people to accept.

The first crime is accepting political donations from other countries.

Crime 2: Trying to cover up the crime after committing it.

The third crime is abusing power and arbitrarily using the prosecutor’s police force.

The fourth is suspected of murder.

Although the FBI has not confirmed the murder, people are not fools. Why did you mobilize the prosecutors? A chase on the streets of Los Angeles, with dozens of shots fired, was it a murder or an arrest? People have their own judgment in their hearts.

Many people were very disappointed with Dewey.

My impression of Dewey took a 180-degree turn.

After finding out that I have been cheated, I now hate that person as much as I loved him before.

......

Dewey looked extremely unhappy after reading the newspaper.

He knows,

Although he does not have to go to jail, the next election will probably be extremely difficult. It is difficult for people to accept a president who makes mistakes, especially during the election period.

"Blah~!"

Dewey picked up an ashtray and smashed it against the bookshelf, knocking several European antiques off the bookshelf and onto the ground.

Originally, his situation was very good, but because of this mistake, he fell and got his head broken and bleeding. The person he hated the most now was the man named Jiang.

The team behind him put in a lot of effort to ensure his safe exit this time. If it weren't for the fact that the general election was approaching and there was no way to replace him, he would probably have been abandoned directly.

But now there are only two months left, and it is too late to change the candidate. We can only do our best to protect him. Now Dewey is still a candidate and will still participate in the November election.

But now Dewey no longer has the same determination to win the election two months later.

Although he has not been convicted of murder, the Sword of Damocles will always hang over his head.

The FBI can reopen the investigation at any time.

It made him unable to sleep or eat.

......

After reading the newspaper, President Johnson smiled slightly. This incident was a heavy blow to Dewey.

Dewey's original voters often talked about the fact that he had dealt with hundreds of gang members as a prosecutor.

But such a star law enforcer breaks the law knowingly.

Although Dewey was not sent to prison, his image had already collapsed.

After this incident, his approval rating will surely increase significantly again. Next, he will prepare for speeches in San Francisco and Los Angeles to expand his advantage.

Hardy said that he would hold the biggest speech for him in these two cities. Where should they go?

Finally, Johnson chose to go to Los Angeles first.

He wanted to press on with his victory and deliver the greatest speech of the century when Dewey was at his lowest.

......

Hardy finished reading the newspaper.

Put it aside.

There is really no way to put Dewey to death. If the investigation continues, the worst that can happen to Dewey is to send a marshal to abandon his position and let his assistant take the blame, saying that he gave the order privately. Dewey can still escape the disaster of going to jail.

Two days ago, Giannini called him and other bigwigs from other conglomerates contacted Giannini and asked him to help plead for Hadi to let go of the matter and not pursue it further.

Regarding the issue of the casino lottery, the other party is willing to help mediate, and I believe that the result that Hadi hopes for will appear soon.

This is the chip given by the other party.

He also said that he owed Hardy a favor and that the two sides could cooperate on business in the future.

Hardy decided to accept a favor from the head of a consortium.

It is not an irreconcilable conflict, and this condition does not affect the next election. The election between Johnson and Dewey will still be a fair competition for both parties.

'Fair play'.

What a wonderful word.

Hardy likes a fair fight.