Tainted Robes by Joe Nobody

Author:Joe Nobody
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kemah Bay Mareting LLC

Driving back to his place, Griffin found himself glued to the morning news channel.

Washington, DC was in a full-blown meltdown. The president, blasting both the opposition party and the judicial branch for recent and unexplainable events, was demanding that the House of Representatives begin impeachment proceedings against Francis Kendall, as well as several other federal court judges.

In fact, impeachment was the word of the day it seemed, an equal volume of rhetoric blaring across the airwaves from the ranks of those who despised President Turner.

What was even more disconcerting to Griffin was a short segment interviewing the assembled protestors on the Washington Mall. According to the report, hundreds of thousands from both sides of the aisle were organizing, planning to converge on the nation’s capital in force. “Lately, it seems the whole country is on edge; ordinary peaceful demonstrations have inevitably morphed into free-for-all riots,” the marshal thought out loud. “Exercising the people’s First Amendment rights without a clash just doesn’t seem likely anymore.”

By the time Griffin had returned to his apartment, Kit was there waiting for him. Her disgruntled expression made it clear she had been following the headlines as well.

“We’re under attack,” she stated bluntly.

“I know… it feels that way to me. Somebody is dropping information bombs on us, one right after the other.”

Shaking her head, Kit’s tone was melancholy. “You know the old saying, ‘Information is power.’”

The duo entered Griffin’s residence with sour faces, Kit summing up her frustrations first. “To be honest, I’m not sure that there is even a crime being committed. I’ve never seen, heard, or read about anything even remotely like this.”

Griff’s eyes opened wide. “Well, let me help you with that, Counselor, because I can think of quite a few criminal charges. Conspiracy being the first on the list. Obstruction. Tampering. Treason? It has to be illegal to plot to bring down the government, right?”

“Yes, that would be illegal for sure,” she nodded, still having trouble wrapping her head around the scope of recent events.

“What did you find out about Cyber Ace?”

Clearing her throat, she removed a thin, 4x6 inch spiral notebook from her purse. “They are located in San Jose, California. They are a privately held S Corp, with ownership declared as an investment trust out of Singapore. That trust is then owned by a shell company, which is owned by another trust, which is owned by another firm out of Japan. That’s as far as I got today.”

“Wow,” Griffin responded, “and the plot thickens.”

Kit smirked, “While I agree, nothing I found was illegal. A lot of foreign investors regularly buy, sell, and trade portfolio companies like football teams swap linemen.”

“With a player to be named later,” Griffin smiled. “So, let’s call San Jose and set up an interview.”

“I tried,” she frowned. “The phone number listed is for technical support, which is out of India. The nice lady on the other end kept asking me for my customer number or contract date. I explained that I had pre-sales questions about their product and was immediately transferred to a voice mail system.

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