Chapter 651: Chapter 328: The Eve of Taking Office
Three days later, the case against the news corporation was held as scheduled at the federal court in the East Area of New York.
In a last attempt to turn the tide, Murdoch’s side had spent a fortune to hire Arica’s top legal team, consisting of as many as 16 people.
But despite the elite legal team, they were rendered ineffective in the face of docunts presented by Gavin, the witnesses he brought, and so turncoat criminals from the news corporation.
When the verdict was delivered, the news corporation was found guilty of multiple charges including phone hacking, insider trading, bribery, and manipulating public opinion, and the related personnel were sentenced to 5 to 8 years imprisonnt.
Upon hearing the verdict, the legal team seed to have already received certain instructions and ultimately conceded to accept the result without filing an appeal.
News Corporation Headquarters.
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After seeing the outco, Murdoch seed as if all his strength had been drained from him. He appeared to age several years in an instant.
In the days following the FBI’s formal announcent of their top executives’ indictnt, he had endured unimaginable pressure.
So extremists even exposed his ho address, threw eggs and rotten vegetables at his doorstep, and hurled insults day and night. Moreover, these people also targeted his family and relatives with various verbal attacks and discrimination, causing him and his family indescribable suffering.
Therefore, after hiring the legal team, he personally negotiated an understanding: should the prosecution’s evidence presented in court not allow for a reversal of the verdict, there would be no appeal.
Appeals take ti, and based on current trends, the longer it dragged on, the more he and his family would suffer. Only by pleading guilty quickly could the storm be quelled.
Collecting his thoughts, Murdoch picked up the desktop phone and called in his secretary, giving careful instructions.
Soon after, Murdoch walked out of the News Corporation building. However, he didn’t imdiately get into his car but instead turned to look at the News Corporation building, his eyes filled with pain, reluctance, and helplessness…
He knew that from this day forward, both the corporation and this place would no longer belong to him, and his life’s work would ultimately benefit soone else.
At this mont, he regretted it. If he hadn’t succumbed to greed and targeted Director David, perhaps he wouldn’t have ended up like this.
But it was too late for regrets, and in the end, he could only give up his lingering gaze and leave by car.
Half an hour later, a statent was issued by the News Corporation.
As for the content of the statent, it was a national apology from Murdoch, claiming that he had failed to manage the group and its subsidiaries adequately, which led to cris such as phone hacking and corruption.
To show his accountability, he decided to resign from all his positions at the News Corporation, and also announced the dissolution of the board of directors. As for the new board, it would be reorganized at a future shareholders’ eting.
With that, the Murdoch era at News Corporation officially ended.
For the entire Arican dia industry, this would an a new reshuffling.
Naturally, such an outco was exactly what the general public wanted to see, and many celebrated on social dia.
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Los Angeles IRS, Director’s Office.
“Okay, I’ve got it, Deputy Director Donald, I’ll handle the transition of the Los Angeles IRS properly…”
After hanging up the phone, a hint of joy appeared on David’s face.
His appointnt date had been set for October 12.
The thought of stepping into the highest echelon of power within the Internal Revenue Service soon sent his spirits soaring.
Of course, in the anti, besides handling the transition here, there was another important matter he had to attend to. He imdiately picked up the phone and made calls to Ted, John, and Sally…
The following day at noon, the three of them arrived at David’s office.
Despite having spent a night’s contemplation, the opportunity to handle such a significant matter left them unable to suppress their excitent.
“Director David, this is a preliminary public relations strategy that we developed for you after last night’s discussion. Please take a look.”
Sally handed over a docunt.
Although they had dealt with the hurdle that was the News Corporation, there had been considerable controversy over his promotion previously, guided by that group.
So when Donald had called the day before, he told David it would be best to take advantage of the next few days to properly promote and guide his positive image back.
So, David imdiately reached out to the three of them, asking them to work overnight to co up with a complete strategy to be quickly implented.
After carefully reviewing the docunt for about ten minutes and confirming there was nothing inappropriate with the plan, David said, “It’s good, let’s implent it like this!”
“Alright, we’ll get right on it as soon as we get back!”
“Oh, by the way, there won’t be any issues with the News Corporation, will there?”
Although Murdoch had done quite so damage to the News Corporation before leaving, its foundation remained. This type of promotional institution was still very important to David, and he naturally didn’t want to see any mishaps.
“Though we’re not the actual controllers at the mont, once the shareholders’ eting is convened, we can officially take over. Don’t worry about that,” said Sally confidently.
“Alright then, go back and arrange things. I’ll get in touch if there’s anything else.”
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