Arlene Niederlander

Arlene Niederlander surges into White House shadows as the widow unleashing a wrongful death malpractice suit against Abbey Bartlet, charging fatal negligence in a post-CABG infection that claimed her husband's life. Her dismissed claim resurfaces in Oliver Babish's stark counsel office confrontation, morphing personal anguish into congressional weaponry—House Government Reform Committee investigators exploit the ethical breach of undocumented prescriptions, tainting the First Lady to ensnare President Bartlet amid scandals, her offstage resolve fracturing administration armor with unrelenting legal fury.