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Elizabeth Bartlet-Westin

steadfast grounded loyal
Elizabeth 'Liz' Bartlet-Westin anchors the eldest daughter's steadiness within President Josiah Bartlet and Abbey Bartlet's intimate family circle, her punctual returns to the family farm weaving restorative escapes amid Oval Office tempests. As daughters Ellie and Zoey converge under parental watch, Liz embodies unseen familial glue binding against political storms. Now ensnared in Special Prosecutor Clem Rollins' grand jury subpoenas—compelled alongside parents, sisters, and top aides for testimony and documents in the MS probe—her deepened entanglement exposes the presidency's private sphere to legal siege, testing the resilience of Bartlet kinship under federal scrutiny.
3 appearances
Presidential Family
Also known as: Liz

Elizabeth Bartlet-Westin's Journey

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3 moments
S3E2 · Manchester Part II
Abbey Erupts at C.J. Over Unnamed Marital Rumors, Revokes Cider

N/A (mentioned only)

Elizabeth 'Liz' Bartlet is noted by Abbey as arriving soon for a family hike, invoked in context of proposed photo-op—not yet present or active.

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S3E3 · Ways and Means
Babish Corners Rollins: Leaks, Waivers, and Impaneled Subpoenas

Drawn into legal maelstrom (inferred unease)

Named on subpoena list, summoned for testimony and documents in family-wide probe.

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S3E3 · Ways and Means
Rollins Formally Subpoenas Bartlet Family and Inner Circle to Grand Jury

Subpoenaed remotely

Named in subpoena roster for testimony and documents, drawing eldest daughter into legal maelstrom targeting family sanctuary.

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Affiliations

Grand Jury (investigatory indicting body)
Judicial investigatory and indictment proceedings; federal legal pressure with direct political and media consequences
White House Senior Staff (Bartlet Administration — The West Wing)
Executive governance, West Wing operations, presidential communications, crisis management, and logistical coordination
U.S. District Court
Federal Judicial Proceedings for Special Prosecutor Investigations and Grand Jury Subpoenas
United States Attorney General
Federal Special Prosecutions and Grand Jury Investigations