American Tax Officer

Chapter 856: Chapter 429: The Pit

White House, Presidential Office.

“Fake, fake, this damn David, I knew he still had more on me!”

Seeing the situation turn so bad, Payden was also infuriated.

Standing beside him, Sullivan also looked no better.

It seemed he had underestimated David, who had not only investigated the President but had also gathered so much incriminating evidence.

Additionally, the two consecutive damning articles released by Pinkman were of a high caliber.

If the opponent had released everything all at once, their response would not have been what it was now.

But now, the opponent had first released the initial article, leading them to rebut in front of the whole country.

After their rebuttal, the second article was then published, which essentially slapped their previous refutations back on their faces in front of the global audience, turning their responses into a joke!

“I warned you earlier that we should be cautious in tackling him, and now look where we are, how do we step down from this?”

Payden looked at Sullivan with a hint of blame.

If it hadn’t been for Sullivan, who immediately persuaded him to confront David upon returning, he wouldn’t have been so direct, despite his dissatisfaction.

After all, too many had fallen at David’s hands.

Now look, the opponent indeed had even more dirt on him, and they were really in trouble.

At this moment, Sullivan, too, looked distressed; he didn’t expect that David would truly hold so much powerful dirt on Payden himself.

Their minds were indeed thrown into chaos with such a barrage of revelations.

…

Meanwhile, on Senado Island.

“What exactly is going on? Didn’t we remind Payden to be cautious, how did it still turn out like this?”

Seeing the situation deteriorate so suddenly, the Freemasonry members also looked quite displeased.

Previously, when they had conflicts with David, the White House had been neutrally muddying the waters.

They had barely brought the White House to their side, but now David had given them a thorough cleanup, and if Payden was forced to resign like the Watergate incident, their situation would be even more difficult.

They knew that if Payden were forced to resign now, the next in line would be Vice President Katherine, who had clearly sided with David during the last offshoring tax act.

So once this woman took charge, with David controlling Congress and the Presidency, what play would they have left?

Might as well prepare for the worst!

“Now discussing this is pointless; in this situation, we absolutely cannot afford to lose Payden, let’s think about how we can resolve this for him!”

As the backbone of Freemasonry, Henrietta was also very annoyed with the situation, but he knew that preserving Payden was now crucial.

“Mr. Henrietta, the second article listed a lot of damning evidence against Payden’s son, rebuttal is impossible, and the national public is already in anger from being deceived, so I think, Payden should personally come forward and make a sincere apology to the public!”

Prescott stepped forward and said.

In the past, after the Lewinsky scandal broke, Clinton’s sincere apology had eventually won the public’s forgiveness and turned danger into safety.

Today, if Payden sincerely apologizes and admits his errors to the public, there is a great chance to turn danger into safety again.

“What do you think about Prescott’s suggestion?”

Henrietta surveyed the room.

Everyone glanced around, but ultimately, no one spoke up to offer suggestions or objections, clearly agreeing with this approach.

“Since no one has any objections, let’s call Payden then, and offer him this suggestion!”

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White House, Presidential Office.

Payden put down the phone with a gloomy expression.

Freemasonry had asked him to hold a press conference to admit his wrongdoings, and after discussing it just now, Sullivan and his advisory team also proposed this solution.

It seemed that this was the only way to proceed.

“Let’s hold a press conference!”

“Yes, Mr. President!”

Half an hour later, a new round of press conference was held.

Different from the last time, which was hosted by Wylder, this time it was Payden himself.

Under the scrutiny of all spotlights, Payden walked to the center and said regretfully, “Hello everyone, in light of the Washington Post’s accusations and criticism against me, I deeply realize my mistakes.”

“Actually, when I first saw the article published by Buckman, I wanted to hold a press conference and apologize to everyone, but as you all know, I… I have a wayward son.”

“He ran into my office crying as soon as he heard the news, begging me not to publicize this matter, so I… I…”

At this moment, Payden suddenly choked up, his eyes starting to redden.

Then, Wylder, also very attuned, immediately pulled out a few tissues and walked up to hand them to Payden.

Taking the tissues, Payden wiped his damp eyes, and continued, “I really did not want to agree, but my unfilial son, he even threatened me with his own life, saying ‘A father is to blame for an untaught child,’ and his becoming like this has a lot to do with me, and also because I became the President.”