American Tax Officer-Chapter 837 - 419: The Great Purge in New York_2
Chapter 837: Chapter 419: The Great Purge in New York_2
Watching Butler scramble away in haste, the expressions of the City Hall staff still crouching nearby were somewhat complex.
From the conversation between the two men, it seemed David had a hold over Butler, which left him terrified.
And since David had a grip on Butler, they weren’t necessarily safe from his reach either.
Had they stepped forward instead of Butler just now, they might have been the ones in trouble!
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This thought made everyone even more apprehensive.
“What are you all staring at, not working anymore, huh!”
While everyone was still unsettled, David’s dismissive words snapped the City Hall employees back to reality.
They quickly acted as if nothing had happened, treating the Internal Revenue Service team and everyone else as if they were invisible, and hurried back to their posts to ‘busy’ themselves.
“Haha.”
The stark contrast in the City Hall employees’ behavior caused a burst of suppressed laughter among the inspectors from the Manhattan Branch.
Meanwhile, at a distance, due to being blocked by the guards, the media journalists who could only take shots from afar were baffled.
Just moments ago, the two sides seemed on the verge of conflict, and now, in less than two minutes, an official had fled in a pathetic state, and everyone else had scattered like they were playing dead?
The IRS had come all the way to your City Hall to exert pressure, and you could still bear it?
What on earth did Inspector David say to scare them like this?
Because the media reporters hadn’t heard the conversation inside the hall, they all had big question marks written across their faces.
About seven or eight minutes later,
From the right-hand corridor, Mayor Andre of New York finally appeared, accompanied by a white man in his fifties.
[Name: Peg Dennis.]
[Occupation: Deputy Governor of New York State.]
[Monthly income: 31,000 US dollars.]
[Monthly gray income: 3,000 US dollars.]
[Detailed income situation:…]
[Amount of tax due:…]
[…]
After reviewing the information of the Deputy Governor of New York State, David felt quite moved.
It could be said that he was one of the most incorruptible officials David had ever seen.
And even more notably, he was the Deputy Governor of a state.
When he arrived in the hall and saw the various ‘busy’ activities of the public service employees, Andre frowned deeply, noticeably annoyed.
This was City Hall!
People from the IRS had barged in making noise, were they all dead?
Didn’t they know to save some face for their City Hall?
Of course, Andre was unaware of the earlier exchange David had with Butler, otherwise, he would understand why they all turned into such scared ostriches.
“Inspector David, I presume? I’ve long heard of your reputation. But your visit today, accusing our own New York City Mayor of tax evasion, is the IRS serious about this? Does Director Obadiah know?”
Peg didn’t cower at David’s reputation; he approached with an accusatory tone.
David didn’t bother with small talk but immediately dialed Director Obadiah’s number and said, “Director, I am at New York City Hall, and the Deputy Governor is here as well. He would like to speak with you.”
“Give him the phone!”
Peg was surprised that David had made the call so directly, but after a brief hesitation, he still took the offered cell phone, saying:
“Director Obadiah, as the head of the Internal Revenue Service, shouldn’t you teach your subordinates a lesson? Not too long ago, you took our city’s Police Chief, and now you’re making a scene here at our City Hall. What do you think this place is? You should be clear, New York is no ordinary city; this is the financial center of the world!”
“Deputy Governor Peg, I will certainly discipline my subordinates, but right now it’s your state officials who are suspected of tax evasion. So, it doesn’t matter if it’s City Hall or even the State Government; we will carry out our duties!!”
Director Obadiah on the other end of the phone was unapologetic and pushed back firmly.
“You…”
Peg was speechless, her face darkening as she replied, “You say tax evasion, but do you have evidence? Taking away the mayor of the world’s number one city without evidence, do you know how much impact that will have on us?”
“Deputy Governor Peg, whether there is evidence or not, you’ll find out soon enough. Don’t talk about taking away one of your mayors, even if today our Inspector David had to take you, Deputy Governor Peg, you would still have to follow us. There is no second path to take!”
Although the Deputy Governor of New York State was indeed a prominent political figure in America, to Director Obadiah of the Internal Revenue Service, there was naturally no need to fear her too much.
“All right, Director Obadiah, the IRS does have the power indeed, but if there’s no explanation provided afterward, I will take this case to the President’s face to fight with you!”
Seeing that this matter had completely gained the support of Director Obadiah on the backend, Peg had nothing more to negotiate and could only hang up and hand the phone back to David.
“Mayor Andre…”
“Fine, I’ll come with you!”
At this point, what else could Andre say? He could only follow David, pulling a long face as they left.
Before long, David led Andre out the door, right next to the media journalists who were in wait.
At the moment, the media journalists were stunned once more; they were not blind, how could they not see whom David was taking out with him.
This was the Mayor of New York.
Moreover, in the future, barring any accidents, with his experience as the mayor of the number one city in the world, it was very likely he’d enter state government or even take up a major position in the Cabinet.
But Chief Inspector David just said to take him away?
The media journalists originally thought that maybe it was just taking away some official, but they had not anticipated it to be such an important city mayor.
“What are you standing around for? This is absolutely the front-page headline for tomorrow, quick, take the shot!”
A journalist, snapping back to attention, hurriedly reminded the cameraman.
Triggered by his shout, everyone else present also snapped out of it and frantically started taking photos of Suyi and his entourage.
…
At the Manhattan Branch Office, seeing David actually bringing Andre back, Nehem’s mouth twitched.
But he quickly recovered and stepped forward, saying, “Sorry, Mayor Andre, you know how the IRS is with tax evasion cases; we can’t show favoritism. But rest assured, if you are indeed innocent, we will certainly not wrong you!”
They were, after all, in Manhattan, New York, and this man was New York’s highest-ranking official. Until he was completely dismissed from his position, Nehem did not dare to utterly offend him.
Otherwise, if the mayor were released innocent, and he then decided to trip them up, the Manhattan Branch’s tax collection would have some serious trouble.
“Mm…”
Andre clearly did not want to say much and weakly responded.
After taking Andre to the detention room, David exchanged a few words with Nehem and then said to the inspection team from before, “Let’s move on, next!”
“Wait… Chief Inspector David, who’s next?”
Nehem asked with a slight nervousness.
“Off to the Seagram Building!”
“Is it time to make a move on Stevenson?”
“David nodded.”
The main entrance.
Watching David and the others leave and drive away, the pestering media journalists immediately followed.
But soon, as they were following, they noticed something was amiss.
This time, the direction David and his team were heading… was actually the Seagram Building!
This place housed the offices of the two major contenders in the senatorial race for New York State.
Surely not, surely not!
The group of media journalists seemed to sense what was about to happen next, all starting to tremble.
A police chief and a mayor are one thing.
But if a senatorial candidate was also poked for suspected tax evasion, then the congress would definitely be shaken tomorrow.
