Chapter 862: Chapter 432: Sullivan Takes the Blame

“Alright, Chief Inspector David, I’ll be leaving now. Contact me anytime if there’s anything,” Katherine said.

After Katherine had left, David immediately picked up the phone and said, “This is David.”

“David, we just received a notification from the White House. President Biden wants to meet with us, probably about the scandal. What do you think?” Obadiah’s voice came through the phone.

“The President wants to meet with us…”

David narrowed his eyes, deep in thought.

From the information coming from all sides, it appeared that the White House was essentially at a dead-end because of the scandal.

Inviting them over at this time surely wasn’t because of pressure to resign.

If Biden were to resign, he would have called a Cabinet meeting to announce it, and there would be no need to discuss it with the Internal Revenue Service.

So it looked like there was only one possibility left–Biden wanted to negotiate to save his presidency!

In an instant, David figured it out and then replied, “If that’s the case, I think we should go!”

David was particularly firm with Biden.

Mainly because Biden had taken the initiative to target him this time.

And if the other party really had come to their senses, then there was no need to go through the cumbersome impeachment process in Congress, which would naturally be for the best.

“I agree with Welton Hendonald and others; why don’t you come back to Washington D.C. first? We’ll go to the White House together tomorrow morning!”

“Mm, I’ll take a private jet back to Washington D.C. later.”

…

At seven o’clock in the evening.

Sullivan, harried and dust-covered, arrived at the White House, pushed the office door open, and said to a visibly distressed President Biden, “Sir, I’ve negotiated with the Senate, and they are willing to support Newlan’s ascension. We…”

“Stop right there!”

Before he could finish, President Biden abruptly interrupted him, saying, “Sullivan, I shouldn’t have listened to you and gone after David.”

“Sir, this…”

Sullivan found himself at a loss for words.

He had spent the whole day ‘tangling’ with those old senators to fix the FBI situation, trying to make up for his previous strategic errors.

But now, it seemed that this was not enough to compensate in Biden’s eyes.

However, thinking about it again, it made sense.

It was because of his lobbying that Biden had decided to target David, but unexpectedly, David held so much damning information about the White House and even Biden himself.

Now, with that information having been leaked continuously, the current administration had faced unprecedented criticism and censure, which couldn’t be fixed by simply arranging their own FBI director through the Senate.

“Of course, although you bear responsibility for this, I am equally responsible. Hence, I plan to rectify this mistake, so I hope you can understand the actions I will take next,” Biden explained.

Hearing this, Sullivan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Having known the President for many years and being a smart man himself, he could tell that Biden was preparing to compromise with David, and even more worrying, he might become a scapegoat.

This realization panicked Sullivan; he hastily said, “No, sir, I’ve already persuaded the senators. If Newlan takes control of the FBI, we can use this department’s power to clear those so-called damaging materials and regain the initiative…”

“Haha, Sullivan, you’ve been intelligent all your life; how have you suddenly become so confused now? Do you really think that just an FBI can turn the situation around and defeat David?”

Before the scandals were exposed, Biden actually had a sliver of hope, still believing that as the President, David wouldn’t dare to directly confront him so boldly.

But unexpectedly, David not only had the courage but had also secretly prepared a plan against him.

So now, he had no confidence in defeating David anymore.

Sullivan’s face turned ashen. At this moment, he truly regretted listening to the Freemasonry Group’s lobbying and regretted his decision to challenge David due to his own pride, which resulted in his current predicament.

According to what Biden had just implied, he was preparing to negotiate with David, and if he was singled out as a scapegoat, his lifetime of efforts might just go up in smoke.

…

That night, the presidential scandal gripped the hearts of countless Americans, many of whom couldn’t sleep.

The next morning, David, back in Washington D.C., entered the conference room at the main office. By then, Obadiah Ville Tonghen and all other senior officials were already seated.

“After the night, the White House scandal has fermented even more than we imagined. We’ve even done a data comparison, and it’s reached the impact level of the Nixon Watergate scandal. What do you all think?” asked David as he took his seat, getting straight to the point.

“The White House deserves this, who asked them to listen to Sullivan’s lobbying and interfere in our affairs!”

“Now that the White House is in a difficult position, if we add fuel to the fire at this time, it’s not impossible to bring Biden down.”

“I support removing Biden and having Katherine take his place, which could be more beneficial for us.”

“Indeed…”

…

After discussing, more than half of the senior officials present felt that removing Biden would be more beneficial for the Internal Revenue Service.

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