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

Chapter 1440: Running for Mayor

The golden liquor flowed into the glass, and the ice cubes made a crisp collision sound with the glass wall. Frank Reagan was not old enough to have trembling hands, but just now, he almost spilled the bottle of Middleton whiskey in his hand, which was worth thousands of dollars, all over the table.

“I didn’t.”

The director was about to speak while choosing his words, but was interrupted by Dana Moger who suddenly stood up from the sofa. "No, you can. No one is more suitable than you to lead this city. It is decided."

"Dana, you can't do this. We discussed this issue a long time ago. I said I would never be a qualified politician."

"So you're willing to watch the city you've spent your life protecting become a meal for corrupt politicians?"

"Wait a minute." Jack raised his hand to interrupt the two people's argument. "Can someone explain to me what a special election is? Isn't the voting deadline in a few days? Why does Director Reagan still have a chance to become the new mayor?"

"According to Section 30 of the New York City Charter, if a mayoral candidate is unable to take office after winning the election, the current mayor can call a special election," Taylor explained for him in a low voice.

The election process for New York City mayor is divided into primary and general elections. The primary stage is where each party nominates, using ranked choice voting. Voters registered for that party can vote for up to five candidates in order of preference to determine the nominees for each party.

The general election is to select the final mayoral candidate from among the nominees of each political party and non-partisan independent candidates.

In other words, although the election is about to end and Quinn Alonzo's plan seems to have succeeded, Griffin and Walker, the two candidates who entered the "final round", are actually puppets controlled by him.

But according to Taylor, no matter who wins, as long as he cannot successfully perform his duties, New York City will have to restart a special election. At this time, if Frank Reagan is willing to run as a nonpartisan independent candidate, his chances of winning will be very high.

After all, the Reagan family's title of guardian of New York City is not something they gave themselves. Three generations of the family have been police officers, and one son died in the line of duty. In every aspect, their family is impeccable.

Especially in the past two years, after Frank Regan was appointed police commissioner by the current mayor, he has appeared on TV much more frequently than before and his public image has been extremely positive.

Jack's eyes suddenly lit up when he thought of this. This kind of thing was easy for him. All he needed was a sniper rifle.
"As long as we can find evidence that Quinn Alonzo rigged the election and that Griffin and Walker accepted funding from the Mafia and 'HR,' the FBI can charge them with federal felonies."

Dana Moger glared at Jack. Although she had no idea what her subordinate was planning, she knew he was up to no good when she saw his eyes rolling around.

"Yes, that's right. After the election results come out, just send them to jail." Jack raised his hand and touched his nose to hide his guilty look.

"This is an important decision. I need to discuss it with my family." Frank Reagan glanced at Jack. "Tomorrow is the weekend. I hope you can also come to the Reagan family's weekend dinner."

"I knew that an old man like you wouldn't be willing to retire so early." Dana Moger stood up with satisfaction, picked up the bottle of wine from the table and added some to everyone's glasses.

"Wait a minute." Jack suddenly felt overwhelmed. The bosses had decided? But who could tell him how to send Quinn Alonzo and the two mayoral candidates to jail? He did have some evidence in his hands, which was the account book that Fusco had revealed to Simmons, the senior contact of "HR".

Lai recorded a large number of names of people who had received his black money on it. In addition to Simmons, there was also Landon Walker, one of the mayoral candidates. This district attorney could even be directly regarded as a member of "HR".

But the list does not include Quinn Alonzo or another mayoral candidate, Ed Griffin, whose campaign finance issues were strictly violations and not enough to send him to prison.

The only thing that could link Alonzo to "HR" was the secret account, but the account had now been emptied, and the evidence Jack had based solely on the confession was not enough to ask the judge for a search warrant for wiretapping.

Besides, although Jack had told Reese that he would not interfere with the "POI" mission, since he already knew that it was "Genmei" who was fishing, he had to keep watch.

Although the "machine" baby will definitely stare at its father, but looking at its current semi-autonomous autistic state where it has difficulty even speaking while lying flat, Jack can only say that what kind of father creates what kind of child.

The female boss glanced at Taylor who was sitting next to Jack, then turned her gaze back to Jack. Although she didn't say anything, her meaning was very clear.

Rubbed his brow with a headache, Jack sighed, "Taylor is Hannah's best friend who grew up with her, she's one of us."

Dana Moger raised her eyebrows slightly, obviously thinking that the relationship between the two parties was more than that, but since Jack said so, there was no need for her to delve too deeply into it. After all, the relationships between young people nowadays were much more complicated than that.

"Let me put it this way, Jack. You can use whatever means you deem necessary. My only request is that Quinn Alonzo and the future mayor be sent to prison in a reasonable and legal manner."

She emphasized again, "We must ensure procedural justice. Once we are suspected of intervening in local elections, it will not only damage the FBI's long-standing image of neutrality, but will also cause trouble for Frank's subsequent elections."

In the past, the FBI even dared to interfere in presidential disputes and even followed some stupid special prosecutor to privately investigate the sitting president.

Although Jack secretly complained in his heart, he also knew the pros and cons. Once his opponents stirred up public opinion and accused Frank Reagan of colluding with the federal government and persecuting the independence of local governments,
Then forget about running for mayor. He might not even be able to serve as the current police commissioner and will have to retire early.

"I need to think about it." Jack really thought it would be easier to just shoot him when the time comes.

Just like when he was in Paris, he would find a good position more than two kilometers away and pull the trigger. Then he would investigate himself without worrying about being exposed. The most he would do is break the perfect record of detective Jack Taverner who always solved the case.

If he follows his female boss's request, all Jack can think of is the old trick of using Lai Ya's account book to fish.

The account book is in his hands now, and few people know what is written on it. As long as Lai Ya's mouth is shut, this account book may be a good bait.

(End of this chapter)