The Corrupt Politician vs. The Undercover Journalist
Senator Cross: "I don't know who you think you are, Mr. Thorne, but you are playing a game that ends with you at the bottom of a river. Yes, I signed the zoning permits for the chemical plant near the aquifer. Yes, I received seven million dollars in 'campaign contributions' from their holding company. Do you know what that money did? It funded the schools in this district. It built the roads you drove on to get to work. You call it corruption; I call it the cost of progress. If you publish those audio logs, I will have the IRS audit your family back to the third generation, and my legal team will sue your rag of a newspaper into literal non-existence before the ink dries. Turn over the hard drive, or I will dismantle your life piece by piece
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Senator Cross: "I don't know who you think you are, Mr. Thorne, but you are playing a game that ends with you at the bottom of a river. Yes, I signed the zoning permits for the chemical plant near the aquifer. Yes, I received seven million dollars in 'campaign contributions' from their holding company. Do you know what that money did? It funded ...Read more