Character

Deposition Room Observers

forthright alarmed restrained observant tension‑amplifying watchful

A loose collective of non‑participating individuals who occupy the deposition room — legal aides, court staff, press, and bystanders — whose silent scrutiny and visible reactions harden the hearing’s tone. Their presence intensifies consequences when Claypool produces Leo McGarry’s treatment record and Josh reacts physically: they constrain counsel behavior, magnify reputational risk, and convert a procedural inquiry into a public moral reckoning. They do not drive events but they make every provocation consequential, shaping strategy and foreshadowing institutional fallout.

5 appearances

Legal proceedings / courtroom atmosphere

Also known as: observers, witnesses, deposition observers, other people in the room

Deposition Room …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

5 moments

S1E11 · Lord John Marbury

Deposition: Leo's Past Laid Bare

Tense and expectant — the room's attention heightens the emotional stakes and amplifies reputational risk for those involved.

Deposition room observers sit silent but alert as the paper is produced and the shove happens, their presence magnifying the consequences and converting procedural argument into a public spectacle.

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S4E2 · 20 Hours in America Part II

Leo's Domestic Ritual Interrupted by Breaking News

Likely distressed and disoriented; communicated information under duress to authorities and press.

Referenced by C.J. as the source of a crucial eyewitness detail — that swimmers were in the water during the explosions — their report escalates concern about civilian exposure and …

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S4E2 · 20 Hours in America Part II

Cooking-Show Calm Shattered by Kennison Bombing Briefing

Distressed and likely traumatized—speakers whose testimony raises the human cost of the incident.

Witnesses are reported in C.J.'s briefing as sources relaying that there were swimmers in the water at the time of the explosions; their observations are a key detail shaping casualty …

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S4E20 · Evidence of Things Not Seen

Damage Control: C.J. Locks Down the Narrative

Alarmed and factual — providing immediate-sensory observations that fuel media narrative.

Witnesses are quoted by the reporter reporting that the shooter did not enter the grounds and that at least one bullet struck a White House office window — their observations …

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S4E20 · Evidence of Things Not Seen

Damage Control: Shaping the Line

Possibly shaken and uncertain—recounting what they saw to reporters.

Witnesses are invoked by the reporter as sources describing the shooter's position and the apparent window strike; their testimony supplies narrative details C.J. must consider verifying.

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