Theodore McGregor's Commerce Committee Testimony

A formal record of Theodore McGregor's statements delivered to the Commerce Committee — preserved as a dated hearing transcript and/or audiovisual hearing recording with committee headers, speaker attribution, and precise timestamps. Characters reference its timing and wording as a factual anchor: Leela cites the testimony's timestamp as temporally linked to a sudden stock surge, and staff treat the document/recording as potential evidentiary material that transforms a political problem into a legal exposure.

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Purpose

To document McGregor's sworn statements before the Commerce Committee, providing an authoritative public record (transcript/recording) that establishes when and what he said for oversight, factual determination, and potential legal or regulatory follow‑up.

Significance

Serves as the crucial chronological clue tying a public hearing to an anomalous market event; its timestamps and wording escalate suspicion of insider trading, redirect investigative attention to counsel, and shift narrative stakes from legislative politics to legal jeopardy.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E4 · Five Votes Down

Leela Forces Toby to Confront a Suspicious Stock Windfall

The formal record of Theodore McGregor's Commerce Committee testimony is invoked by Leela as the causal anchor tying the timing of the 71% stock surge to McGregor's public statements, converting political coincidence into potential evidentiary linkage.

Before: Exists as an external, time-stamped transcript/record of committee testimony offstage.

After: Becomes a focal piece of evidence that White House Counsel will want to examine in relation to the trading history and Toby's interactions with McGregor.

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S1E4 · Five Votes Down

Carol Interrupts — Five Votes Recovered

The Commerce Committee testimony (McGregor's transcript/recording) is invoked by Leela to link the timing of the testimony to the stock surge; it acts as the evidentiary hinge that turns a political relief (votes secured) into a legal alarm (possible insider trading).

Before: Exists as an official transcript/recording held by congressional archives and counsel; its timestamps are known or verifiable.

After: Becomes a focal item for Counsel's investigatory interest and a primary piece of documentary evidence to be examined.

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