American Detective: Starting as a Rookie Cop in an American TV Show

Chapter 1382 Maureen's Speculation

Power-for-sex transactions, academic corruption, and loss of teacher ethics
Watching the scene in front of him, Finch's glasses widened and a series of related derogatory words flashed through his mind.

Jack coughed lightly, and subconsciously lifted Maureen with his left hand without making any expression, trying to hook her long legs and hold her down, and gestured towards Finch's seat.

"This is Harold Finch, the founder of POI that I mentioned to you. He is the most powerful artificial intelligence expert in the world, bar none."

Maureen blushed slightly and slapped Jack on the chest in an angry tone, "Why didn't you tell me that there were other people here?"

Jack's eyes subconsciously swept across the glass door of the study room with a translucent frosted sticker on it. He didn't quite understand the train of thought of his beautiful professor. Could it be that she was planning to do something here without any outsiders around?
Finch shook hands with Maureen who took the initiative to extend her hand to him, suppressed the messy thoughts in his mind, and said seriously, "Thank you for coming so quickly, Professor (Maureen) Cahill. I know you have been very busy recently."

Maureen only flirted with Jack in private. After putting on her gold-rimmed glasses again, she quickly returned to the image of a serious and rigid professor. This huge contrast made someone feel itchy.

"About the assassination of New York City Councilman Mike DeLancey? What can I do for you?"

"Jack told me that he knows nothing about politics, so he can only turn to you for help, hoping that you can help us find the real murderer." Finch used the desk in the study room as an evidence board and placed photos of related people on it.

The photo includes Mike DeLancey himself, Powell, who is considered the real murderer, and the city councilman's close friends, political allies and political enemies.

Except for Powell, the other photos were basically taken from public reports. In other words, most of them are public figures or politicians.

Jack originally wanted to find Zoe, but her identity as a senator was a little too eye-catching, and her every word and action would attract the attention of interested people.

Although Maureen is likely to become a cabinet minister in the next government, this is currently just an unspoken private deal.

Most of the time before, she appeared as Zoe's staff, deputy or "wife", which was relatively low-key, so Zoe returned to Washington and moved her to New York.

"It seems that you have already screened the suspects, those who may have political conflicts or conflicts of interest with Delancey."

Maureen reached out and put away the photos on the table one by one, obviously doing a process of elimination, "Politics is often seen as an art of compromise.

Although preliminary polls show that DeLancey is likely to help the Elephant Party regain the mayoral seat in New York City after 20 years, it is only a possibility. "

Maureen put away the photos without much hesitation, and soon there were only a few photos left on the table.

"Politicians' private fights can be life-and-death, but most of the time they don't go to such extremes. After all, the mayor of New York City is less important than the presidency."

Her words made Jack and Finch nod their heads repeatedly.

Although they claim to know nothing about politics, one of them is a genius with a very high IQ, and the other has received basic education in the "Everyone is Like a Dragon" in his previous life and has been a "keyboard politician" for quite a long time.

In this matter, what they lack is just enough relevant information, not that they are really unable to understand.

Politics is not mathematics after all. Even if you are given a formula, you still cannot learn it. Compared with the presidential election, which is already in full swing, the New York City mayoral election, which will start in half a year, is not even in the warm-up stage.

In the view of some industry insiders, the data of the preliminary polls for the Delancey city councillor only looked good. Although some people from the Democratic Party shouted "pill", that was just the media's usual fussing.

Even if someone is far-sighted enough to see De Lancey as a thorn in his side and plans to make plans in advance to kill him, in theory they should not choose this time period.

Now the presidential candidates of the two parties are fighting fiercely, and negative information is flying everywhere. If a political rising star of the POP is assassinated at this time, the blame will easily be directed at the Donkey Party on the other side.

Soon Maureen had cleared almost all the photos off her desk, leaving only one.

"Is this Peter Matheson, DeLancy's campaign manager?" Jack recognized the tall, thin, middle-aged white man at a glance.

In the video that Zoe sent him from the banquet, this person was the first to go on stage to warm up the audience. He left him with the impression of being very eloquent.

"So our judgment is that this is not a political assassination, at least not a purely political assassination. According to information Zoe received from a 'friend' of hers on the Judiciary Committee, a contracting company under DeLancy's name is being secretly investigated."

Jack raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Investigating what?"

"Financial fraud, cutting corners in the municipal projects they undertook, and suspected bribery of municipal inspection officials."

Maureen smiled mysteriously, "Because there were rumors that De Lancey might switch from the Elephant Party to the Donkey Party, which made some people in the party feel a little worried, so a special investigation was launched against him.

But according to the investigation by federal prosecutors, it was not him but Matheson who actually ran the company. "

“So you think they had an internal conflict, and when Delancey found out he was under investigation, he wanted to cut off his own tail and make Matheson a scapegoat. Of course, his deputy, as the actual operator, was not completely innocent either.

Therefore, Matheson, unwilling to give up, decided to strike first and kill Delancey, so that he could put all the blame on the dead man. "

Maureen showed a teachable look, "It doesn't really matter what the truth is. The key is that Matheson is the most suspicious at the moment."

Finch's expression was a mixture of admiration and confusion. "But even so, we can't get evidence to prove that Matheson was the mastermind behind the murder of Delancey for a while."

"Then go get some evidence." Jack's expression suddenly became relaxed. He took out his phone and checked the time. "It's still early to 12 o'clock. The media reported that Matheson organized a vigil in front of the hotel where the incident occurred. We should be able to see him now."

Finch frowned in confusion. "What are you going to do, Jack? Is Matheson going to admit in front of you that he murdered Delancey?"

Jack handed him his phone with a confident look, "The evidence we need is different from the evidence the court needs. Is your app for hacking into nearby people's phones still usable? Install it for me."

(End of this chapter)