American Tax Officer-Chapter 559 - 282: Theyre All Eyeing Our National Taxation Bureaus Treasury

Chapter 559: Chapter 282: They’re All Eyeing Our National Taxation Bureau’s Treasury

“”Is that so!”

David’s mouth curled slightly as he replied, “You can talk about living to walk out of here once you make it happen!”

“You bastard, we’re about to get a presidential pardon, and once we’re out, you’re done for!”

Perhaps it was anger, or David’s mockery that clouded his mind, but at this moment Mariano blurted out the still confidential and secretly plotted matter in a burst of outrage.

David’s expression stiffened slightly upon hearing this.

According to the Constitution of America, the President indeed has the authority to pardon any criminal who has violated the law within America’s borders.

This includes prisoners held by the IRS.

In other words, if the President did issue such an executive order, both he and the IRS would truly have to comply from a legal standpoint.

After all, the President is America’s highest executive officer.

No matter how powerful the IRS is, it legally cannot refuse a presidential executive order from a constitutional perspective.

“So that’s what it is…”

David suddenly realized why the Sackler family’s people still had an air of indifference akin to a dead pig not fearing boiling water even after being taken to court and into prison.

He had wondered what had given them such courage.

Now it seemed likely they had received some signal about a presidential pardon that made them so emboldened, even behind bars!

“Haha.”

David coldly chuckled again, “A presidential pardon? Makes sure his order comes through before you celebrate!”

His purpose today

was actually just to put these three in their place and get some satisfaction.

Now that his goal had been achieved, David felt it was time to leave. Without wasting another word with them, he stood up and left.

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After David left the visitation room, Arthur grabbed Christine’s collar in a rage and rebuked, “You fool, how could you let that slip out now!”

As David had said before, a presidential pardon could get them out, but the order had to be issued first.

Now that this secret plan had been revealed to David, if he truly decided to intervene, who could guarantee the presidential pardon would be granted?

If it didn’t come through,

not only would they lose all their assets, they would be stuck behind bars for good, which would be a tremendous loss!

At this point, Mariano also realized he had misspoken and was filled with regret, but the words were out, and no amount of remorse could change that, so he could only silently accept the bitter outcome.

On the way back to the Los Angeles IRS, Nisen driving the vehicle couldn’t help but say, “Do you think the President is actually going to pardon them?”

“The Sackler family’s connection with Governor Bogwana suggests their network is quite complicated. If their shady friends really blow in the White House’s ear, it’s hard to predict what will happen.”

“Right, it’s tricky. If these guys do get pardoned by the President, then we’re essentially slapped in the face.”

Bucky Simmons, who had come along, also voiced his thoughts, one after another.

Meanwhile, David remained silent, thoughtfully looking out the window.

The conflict at EW was raging, and the White House had already made it clear that they would support the W side, but supporting W required substantial funds, which was why the White House had repeatedly commended him.

From this, it was clear the White House needed him, as presently, he seemed to be the only one in America capable of mobilizing such a significant amount of money for the support fund.

In other words, it seemed unlikely the White House would dare to offend him easily.

However, to prevent any unforeseen events, David still felt he needed to communicate with the higher-ups about this matter immediately, and so he took out his phone.

At the same time, in Washington D.C., at the IRS Headquarters,

Obadiah, Deputy Director Donald, and many other senior IRS officials were still basking in the joy of the Sackler family asset transfer and the huge settlement payment announced by the UBS Group.

Just then, Donald felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He immediately took it out and saw that it was David’s number. Without hesitation, he answered, “Speak, David.”

“Regarding the Sackler family’s assets, indeed, if the Swiss Bank is accurate, the money has now been transferred back to America’s accounts, totaling 17.83 billion US dollars, all of which we have now fully frozen,”

David’s report from the other end of the phone brought even more joy to the high-ranking officials present.

17.8 billion, plus the 8.2 billion from the Swiss Bank settlement, that’s 26 billion in total.

This was another massive tax revenue influx for the IRS following the Hollywood tax audits.

“Excellent, very Wrigley, it seems our IRS’s book of merits must mark down another thick entry for you, David!”

A calmed down Deputy Director Donald stated after the jubilation.

“By the way, Deputy Director Donald, I’ve got information from the Sackler family that I wanted to check if you were aware of.”

“What information?”

“According to them, it seems someone is working on a presidential pardon for them?”

“What, really?”

Upon hearing this, Donald and everyone else from the IRS present were somewhat astonished.

They had not heard about this at all, and had not received even the slightest bit of news!