American Tax Officer

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All major media have arrived at the court, and among them, ABS, CBS, and NBC are particularly excited.

For no other reason than, as they've said, this time they have been authorized to broadcast the trial live—a groundbreaking event that is sure to attract tens of thousands of Americans to watch, and the viewership is sure to explode!

"Oh my god, the Western Suburb Branch actually allowed this round of the trial to be broadcast live, this is too unbelievable…"

"I've always wanted to see an IRS court trial, to see those convicted criminals lose their composure in frustration, and now I finally have the chance!"

"Many have been criticizing the IRS courts for being autocratic, and now, look, the Western Suburb Branch is allowing it to be broadcast publicly, isn't that democratic enough?"

"..."

Netizens and viewers hadn't expected the Western Suburb Branch to break with tradition and allow the media to broadcast the trial live, but the thought of witnessing every move in the courtroom naturally filled them with excitement and anticipation.

Amidst the media coverage and public discussion, invited guests from city hall, the state legislature, and various famed individuals from Los Angeles gradually arrived at the scene.

Among them were Phipps and the two legislators, Springholt Fubinen and Timothy Walker, who later joined the critique against the "black tax" bill.

In truth, they were not keen to come, because various signs had already indicated that the Camora Family was likely done for, and their presence would hardly bring any benefits.

However, as the Camora Family was indeed the leader of Los Angeles' underground, and as this family had publicly supported the three of them,

If they didn't show up, they would undoubtedly dishearten the criminals; by attending, they may not help how the Camora Family would fare, but at least they were showing support for the family, providing comfort to those criminals.

"Director David has arrived."

"Director David, is the Western Suburb Branch confident about convicting the Camora Family today?"

"Director David, to intercept the Camora Family members, the IRS went to great lengths to deploy F-22, F-35 Fighter Jets, isn't it a waste of the taxpayers' money?"

"Director David..."

Upon seeing David's arrival, the media swarmed him.

Seeing that David was not interested in giving interviews, Buckynison and others beside him tactfully stepped forward and blocked the journalists.

As he walked into the hall, David noticed that Felton and State Director João had also taken an early stand there.

João came forward and asked, "How about it, Director David, are you confident about today's trial?"

"Don't worry, Director João, everything is under control; I'm just going to meet Judge Nicola."

After a brief exchange, David took the elevator up and came to Judge Nicola's office, knocked on the door, and then pushed it open to enter.

"You've arrived, Director David."

Nicola put down the file in her hands, raised her head to look at David, and said with a hint of concern, "Director David, allowing the media in to broadcast live... there won't be any trouble, will there?"

"Don't worry about that, our evidence chain at the Western Suburb Branch is very solid; there won't be any negative impacts."

The reason IRS court sessions have always been closed is mainly that, when faced with tax evaders with incomplete evidence chains, indeed, authoritarian methods are needed to convict them.

But now that he had such a complete chain of evidence, no one could find fault with it, so, naturally, he was not afraid of any public opinion impact.

"That's good to hear..."

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Upon hearing this, Nicola let out a sigh of relief.

In the time that followed, the two discussed some of the details of the case and the sentencing standards. Stay updated through empire

It wasn't until 2:25 PM that they each got up to prepare and then entered the courtroom.

Upon arrival, it was evident that the three major media outlets granted permission to broadcast live were in position, and the various distinguished guests invited had already taken their seats.

After checking the courtroom, David's gaze landed on the Phipps family, seated in a row, who returned his sharp look with one of their own.

"All rise!"

Upon the court staff's cue, David diverted his gaze and proceeded to his spot.

At that moment, through the aisle, Judge Nicola made her appearance and after taking her seat, she stated, "Please be seated. The court is now in session, bring in the accused!"

Through the opposite aisle, members of the Camora family were brought in one by one.

Seeing the elite and officials, who used to be on friendly terms with their family, quietly observing their trial from the spectator seats, the Camora family members felt a mix of sadness and anger.

Before they could dwell on their emotions, Nicola spoke from the bench, "Rickel Camora, Bowersen Camora, Victoria Camora... you are hereby charged with tax evasion, murder, drug trafficking... among other offences. Do you plead guilty?"

"Your Honor, our family runs legitimate businesses, I know nothing about these slanders of murder and drug trafficking, I deny them!"

As the spokesperson for the Camora family, Rickel stood up to deny the allegations immediately, not allowing the situation of being in the dock to fluster him.

He only denied the drug trafficking and murder charges and not tax evasion because when they attempted to flee the country by plane yesterday, the cash they carried was indeed indisputable, so that was all he could say for now.

Nicola nodded slightly and then looked towards David who was seated, "I invite the Western Suburb Branch's representative to make a statement."

David picked up his prepared documents and walked to the stand, addressing Nicola, "Your Honor, according to our investigation, the Los Angeles assets of the Camora family total 1 billion US dollars, and since the passage of the Black Tax Act, their accumulated profits amount to 110 million US dollars."

"Moreover, yesterday they tried to flee the country out of guilt. After being intercepted and brought back, we discovered they were carrying 63 million in cash on the plane, cash that does not have a legal origin,"

"Additionally, I've found several Swiss Bank accounts belonging to the Camora family, containing 1.5 billion US dollars. As for the source of these funds, our Western Suburb Branch has also conducted an investigation and found that the money was obtained through..."

As David continued with details of the Camora family's operations and the laundering and transferring of money, many in the spectator seats started to look uncomfortable.

Because the Camora family's funds were laundered so cleanly and transferred out with such efficiency, many of them in attendance were inextricably involved.

However, recalling what Mayor Grice told them yesterday—that David would not implicate them—they finally relaxed.

While the crowd might have relaxed, the members of the Camora family were stunned, shocked, and confused.

From what they knew, the Western Suburbs Branch had only been investigating them for a few days. They couldn't comprehend how their family's operational model and money-laundering channels had been completely exposed, let alone how their Swiss Bank funds had been thoroughly traced.

Of course, they were not aware of David's "extra help," otherwise, they wouldn't have been so surprised.

"Alright, Director David, hand your documents up for me to review," Nicola stated.

A court attendant immediately took the documents from David and handed them to Nicola on the bench, who then went through them carefully for about ten minutes. Finally, she looked toward the defendants and challenged, "Defendants, according to these documents, there is indeed a large amount of money laundering, asset transfers, tax evasion, and other activities in your family.

How do you explain this?"

No one from the Camora family answered, while their lawyer Cathy spoke up, "Your Honor, I would like to review these documents."