Leak/press intrusion into private White House business — reporters and a wire story (invoking the First Lady's preference) clash with the administration's need for disciplined messaging and private decision-making.
Leak/press intrusion into private White House business — reporters and a wire story (invoking the First Lady's preference) clash with the administration's need for disciplined messaging and private decision-making.
Events in This Arc
C.J. opens with a formal condolence for Bernard Dahl, but the press immediately hijacks the narrative to ask about Fed succession. Danny drops a wire-story bomb — the First Lady …
In Lilly's office, the First Lady's media offensive is in motion — Lilly schedules Larry King and readies Abbey's anti–child labor crusade — when Sam interrupts with a blunt, institutional …
In the Outer Oval at night Danny waits while Charlie shuffles papers and Mrs. Landingham departs. After a quiet, blunt conversation in which Danny advises Charlie to be 'hassle free' …