Legal/FOIA pressure exposing Leo McGarry’s past and the White House’s effort to protect institutional reputation (subpoena → videotaped deposition → Claypool reveals rehab record → Josh's violent outburst → staff vows closed ranks).
Legal/FOIA pressure exposing Leo McGarry’s past and the White House’s effort to protect institutional reputation (subpoena → videotaped deposition → Claypool reveals rehab record → Josh's violent outburst → staff vows closed ranks).
Events in This Arc
A moment of playful intimacy between Josh and Donna — Josh pitching the dignity and tasks of caddying, Donna pushing back with pragmatic questions — is abruptly ruptured when a …
At a tense deposition Claypool relentlessly corners Josh about a past internal drug probe, then produces a Secret Service record revealing Leo McGarry's stay in a rehab facility for alcohol …
Josh bursts into Leo's office with the legal blow: Claypool has Leo's confidential rehab records and a reporter will be called. Rather than panic, Leo reveals calmly that his family …