Object

Donna's Diary

Rain hammers Donna's stoop as Cliff lunges with perjury blade—a diary glimpsed amid tangled sheets during their intimate night, now the lie she swore away under Committee oath. Josh thrusts it into Cliff's reluctant grasp on the chill park bench, one-hour coffee-shop scrutiny enforced by subpoena shadow and counter-threats from its October 4th-5th secrets; compact, creased from concealment, its pages pulse with private revelations threatening White House ramparts.

3 appearances

Purpose

Personal journal capturing daily thoughts, events, and sensitive dates like October 4th and 5th.

Significance

Catalyzes Donna's perjury accusation, escalates to subpoena brink, and wields mutual destruction—exposing blurred personal-professional lines while endangering administration secrets in a storm of vendetta and vulnerability.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S3E5 · War Crimes

Rain-Soaked Ambush: Cliff Exposes Donna's Diary Perjury

Serves as explosive centerpiece of confrontation; Cliff testifies to glimpsing it during their post-intimacy night at her apartment, accusing her of perjuring by denying it under Committee oath—its concealed pages symbolize White House secrets fueling the leak probe, transforming a private relic into prosecutorial leverage.

Before: Concealed in Donna's possession, denied under oath

After: Still hidden but now directly challenged as perjury evidence

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S3E5 · War Crimes

Josh Hands Over Donna's Diary to Cliff Under Threat of Mutual Destruction

The creased diary—pulsing with Donna's perjury-veiling secrets and Cliff's own October exposures—serves as the negotiation's nuclear core, handed from Josh's protective grasp to Cliff under draconian terms, transforming from White House shield to Oversight scalpel in this fragile détente amid leak-war escalations.

Before: Concealed in Josh's possession while seated on the park bench

After: Transferred to Cliff's possession, en route to coffee shop for one-hour review

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S3E5 · War Crimes

Josh's Awkward, Shivering Comfort for Donna

Donna's diary, the explosive evidence of perjury risks and White House secrets, is handed from Josh to Cliff at the event's outset; Cliff clutches it as contraband and carries it away toward the coffee shop for his one-hour scrutiny, shifting possession and escalating the stakes of their blackmail truce.

Before: In Josh's hand, just given to Cliff

After: In Cliff's possession, carried away to coffee shop across the street

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