A sudden, performative media attack (Congressman Lillienfield) forces the White House into immediate damage control: staff must choose between spectacle (visible tests/denials to placate press) and protecting individual rights and privacy — with reputa...
A sudden, performative media attack (Congressman Lillienfield) forces the White House into immediate damage control: staff must choose between spectacle (visible tests/denials to placate press) and protecting individual rights and privacy — with reputational stakes for the nomination and personal exposure for staff.
Events in This Arc
C.J. is transfixed in her office as Congressman Lillienfield's live press conference begins to air — an inflammatory, insinuating attack that questions who 'has the ear of the president.' Carol's …
In a terse hallway confrontation, pragmatic urgency collides with ethical stubbornness. Mandy urges immediate, mandatory drug tests to blunt Lillienfield's attack; Josh refuses on principle. Toby abruptly asserts command, shuts …