Object
Ainsley's FBI File (Leo's Copy)
Leo unveils a manila-bound dossier pulsing with federal scrutiny—stapled reports, clipped memos, and shadowed records of Ainsley's past. He brandishes it mid-confrontation, the packet thudding into view as Ainsley's spine stiffens, rhetoric evaporating under its accusatory heft; Margaret and C.J. witness the pivot from clash to coerced choice.
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Purpose
Compiles FBI investigative records, background checks, and surveillance notes on Ainsley Hayes, deployed as concrete proof of prior federal attention.
Significance
Leo wields it as psychological dynamite, puncturing Ainsley's defiance and transmuting ideological fury into recruitment leverage; its reveal escalates surveillance paranoia, forces a midnight deadline, and signals the Bartlet White House's hunger for adversarial brilliance.
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