The next day, Jimmy returned to the office and suddenly received a notification in the afternoon that there had been new developments in the case that needed to be understood.

Jimmy rushed to the command center, and sure enough, Mahong was still there, "Hey, Mahong, how's the investigation going?"

Mahong: "Oh, you came just in time. If you had come an hour earlier, I could only have told you there was no progress."

Mahong walked to the side table, picked up a piece of paper from it, "This is sorted out and ready for you to see."

Jimmy took a glance, furrowing his brows, it seemed that the joint investigation team intentionally concealed some information.

In this document, it indeed mentioned that Neil Cavrey provided a box of evidence, and the materials inside could confirm Senator Pratt's corrupt dealings back then. However, Jimmy remembered Hughes mentioning one point, that this evidence could also prove James Bennett's evidence of the police murder, which was not recorded in the document.

The question Jimmy previously raised about why Peter's gun was with Senator Pratt's side already had an answer.

An agent, along with Director Karaway, after relieving Peter of his badge and service weapon did not securely keep it as per procedure, but instead placed it directly on a table on the 50th floor, and this mistake indirectly led to Senator Pratt being shot.

At the same time, they confirmed based on Senator Pratt's holster and the information given by the bodyguard that Senator Pratt also had a handgun on him, but this handgun was not found at the scene.

Peter was at the scene, holding his service weapon, so where did Senator Pratt's gun go? So Peter's words were correct, at that time there was indeed a third person present, that was James Bennett, which was also confirmed by Senator Pratt's bodyguard because he was the one who took James Bennett over, and then Senator Pratt ordered him to leave as they needed to speak privately.

The on-site investigation could construct a complete reconstruction of the scene based on Peter's description, and it was logical. If the construction of the scene was based on Peter shooting Senator Pratt, there was no explanation for why Peter would fire a second shot and aim it at the ground.

This was constructed based on ballistic shooting from the on-site investigators, so far, the majority of the agents tended to believe Peter's story was true.

Looking at the document in his hand, Jimmy could already reconstruct their investigation results, but to close the case, a complete chain of evidence was needed, which was still lacking.

Jimmy: "Can I take this with me?"

Mahong: "Yes, it was specially prepared for you, take it."

Jimmy: "OK, thanks. By the way, why are you still here? Didn't you go to the on-site investigation?"

Mahong glanced sideways at Jimmy, his face looking a bit unpleasant, "They need a contact person here, I arranged for David to follow them."

Jimmy: "Got it, I'll head back now. Goodbye."

Well, it seems he's been sidelined by the folks from DC headquarters, otherwise Mahong wouldn't have that expression. It's understandable, though, the people from DC probably wouldn't trust anyone from the Manhattan office anymore, after all, the prime suspect is a Supervisory Special Agent from the Manhattan office, not from the same team, but certainly someone familiar.

Jimmy left the command center, took the document back to the Public Affairs Office, and made a copy to give to Isabel.

Near the end of the working day, Jimmy received a call from Ruiz, "Jimmy, see you at your bar at 8 PM."

Jimmy: "OK." Ruiz must have something to say, as he chose Jimmy's bar, at least ensuring the bar is safe. Although it's crowded and noisy, it's much better than outside if you're careful.

Checking the time, Jimmy went home after work for dinner, sent a message to Nia, and then headed to the bar.

At the bar, Woody was off today, Jimmy asked the bartender for a bottle of whiskey to the small room, but he didn't go inside himself, he stayed outside in the hall, it's more interesting with more people, plus he could check how the bar's business was doing.

Every time at the bar, you could see different people, the myriad of human experiences fully displayed under the stimulation of alcohol, of course, there was inevitably someone who drank too much and wanted to cause trouble, and that's when the bar's waiters and security should handle it, but such situations are very rare, New York is relatively better in this regard than other places.

Near eight o'clock, Ruiz came over on time, Jimmy led Ruiz directly to the quiet little room.

Jimmy: "Try this, whiskey from a small distillery."

Ruiz: "Yeah, just a taste, I drove here."

Jimmy poured a glass for both Ruiz and himself, clinked their glasses, "So what's up? Why call me over in such a rush."

Ruiz exhaled a breath of alcohol, "When are you coming back?"

Jimmy: "Ah, that's not under my control anymore. I was supposed to come back now, but things got too big with Peter's situation, ever since Hughes' retirement, things have completely spun out of control."

Ruiz: "Have you met Hughes?"

Jimmy: "Yeah, talked a couple of times."

Ruiz: "Did Hughes have any suggestions?"

Jimmy: "No, he asked for my thoughts, I'm following the orders from above."

Ruiz: "Idiot."

Jimmy blinked, puzzled, and asked, "What?"

Ruiz: "I'm talking about you."

Jimmy: "I don't understand."

Ruiz angrily said in a disappointed tone, "Hughes already asked what you wanted to do, why didn't you directly state your demands?"

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