On the ground, Norman began his team appointments immediately after taking office.
General Ross was appointed Secretary of State, and Matt Murdock was nominated for Chief Justice. This was a standard procedure; generally, such proposals would be passed, requiring only the final process to be completed.
Once Congress approved the President's nomination, Matt would successfully take office.
The current President of the Senate, who was also the Vice President, was still the same guy who had colluded with AIM. On the day after the inauguration ceremony, Norman took people to arrest him—the evidence was conclusive. He had secretly funded research into Extremis and facilitated Killian's Terrorist attacks.
This arrest stunned people from both parties—they were not fully aware of the Vice President's involvement in this matter, and those who were could not possibly bring it up. Thus, after Killian was captured, this Vice President, who was already destined to step down, had been nominated by both parties as Vice President.
As a result, he was arrested the day after the inauguration.
Public opinion exploded: the two parties had actually elected a Terrorist as Vice President!
Congress looked at each other in dismay and stamped the Chief Justice appointment issued by Norman.
Chief Justice Matt Murdock encountered a major case as soon as he took office: the Vice President funding Terrorists to carry out Terrorist attacks on domestic soil, funding illegal biotechnology research, and a series of over 30 other crimes.
Killian ratted out the Vice President, and the Vice President ratted out a series of sponsors and planners. Digging deeper, Norman arrested dozens of officials involved, and some of the people involved had already met a mysterious death.
"Miguel Vull, do you admit to providing various forms of assistance to the multiple Terrorist attacks planned by Aldrich Killian, including the attack on the current President, Norman Osborn?"
Matt sat at the highest point of the courtroom, adjudicating these people one by one.
As the Vice President with the highest power and status in the incident, he was actually the easiest to convince. He had already signed an agreement that would allow his daughter to stand up again: using Osborn's technology.
"I admit it. In addition, more than 40 other officials assisted me in facilitating Killian's team during this operation." Vull had resigned himself to his fate.
On the other side, Killian's expression was somewhat dull—it wasn't because he was shocked by Vull, but because he, with his super-recovery abilities, had participated in many human experiments during this period, and his mind had suffered some damage.
But he still had the ability to plead guilty, so he tremblingly admitted to Vull's statement and added:
"Also, we didn't kill that accountant from Roxxon Corporation. In the attack against Osborn, Roxxon also provided us with assistance."
As soon as these words were spoken, it caused an uproar.
Matt, sitting in the judge's chair, said: "Do you have any evidence to show that Roxxon Oil Corporation participated in this incident?"
"No."
Matt frowned. He had a unique way of judging whether the other party was telling the truth, so he knew that Killian was indeed not lying; Roxxon had participated in the attack, but Killian, as a co-conspirator, had no other evidence.
Harry, in the gallery, shrugged, indicating that there was nothing he could do about this. The key witnesses had all been dealt with by Roxxon, as had the physical evidence, and the scattered pieces of evidence could not be linked together at all.
This behavior could be considered Roxxon's way of cutting off one's arm to save the body—although they couldn't convict Roxxon, that didn't mean they couldn't deal with their henchmen.
After repeated questioning, Matt struck the gavel.
A large number of involved personnel were sentenced to life imprisonment, including former Vice President Vull and Killian, although Killian and these Extremis soldiers would be held in Osborn's Blackgate Prison.
"Congratulations, Chief Justice Murdock. How does it feel to personally judge these criminals?" After the trial ended, Harry took the initiative to congratulate Matt.
"Well, it's not bad, but I'm more concerned about what's going on with Roxxon Corporation." Matt smiled and shook hands with Harry.
If it weren't for Osborn, he would probably still be struggling in Hells Kitchen.
Moreover, Osborn had indeed not done anything that caused heaven's wrath and people's resentment, and the two sides were cooperating happily.
Harry said: "Roxxon Corporation's influence here is deep-rooted, and it's not easy to get hold of their dirty secrets."
"Then we should keep an even closer eye on them. Coercing the official system to assassinate the next President, and not even being able to find evidence against them after failing—their reach is too extensive."
Harry nodded in deep agreement. In his view, Roxxon Corporation was indeed difficult to deal with; in the comics, they had even sued Thor and mined all the way to Asgard. In short, their power was immense.
However, in this World, their path of development was about to come to an end.
Thinking carefully, there were indeed some things that Matt could pay attention to.
"If you're really interested, I've heard some things about Roxxon that you can look into," Harry said. "In 2007, there was a huge explosion at a Roxxon drilling platform in New Orleans. The explanation at the time was operator error and negligence by the person in charge, and that Roxxon had no responsibility."
"But I've investigated some of the data on that explosion. Many details are incomplete, and the sentencing and conviction were also strange: they said it was negligence by the person in charge, but that person happened to be nearby on the night of the incident—with her daughter."
Matt felt something was wrong when he heard this.
A person who is negligent would naturally not care about their work, and if they didn't take pride in their work, why would they let their daughter near a dirty, and even potentially hazardous, drilling rig?
"Now that you mention it, it reminds me of the case Killian brought up." Matt stroked his chin and said.
The case Killian brought up was the incident two years ago where the Roxxon Knock spilled crude oil in Pensacola.
After investigation, Matt could see that it was indeed true, and President Ellis played a very important role in this matter.
So, was the explosion in New Orleans the same?
Harry patted Matt on the shoulder: "In any case, whether from the perspective of business competition or national security, I hope you can pay attention to this Roxxon. My father would also be very happy to provide you with help."
"But before that, there is another case that needs you to preside over." Harry took out a paper document and a hard drive.
"The CIA has done a lot of unsavory things abroad over the past few years, most of which are related to the Rollins Family."
Matt touched the Braille on the document, his expression looking not very good.
Although he had become a powerful Chief Justice, Matt was still hateful of evil at heart, and he was in a very bad mood right now.
Matt said: "The CIA will not cooperate with my investigation."
"They will. Director Marian has already agreed. Even if she didn't, the President would order her to do so. Dealing with this matter properly depends on you."
"What? I thought you would ask me to conduct the case as a closed-door trial." Matt was stunned.
Harry smiled: "Of course, this will be a public trial. The CIA and NSA both need to straighten out their positions—democracy and the rule of law, Your Honor, Chief Justice."
Over the following weeks, Norman's administration had already arrested a large circle of officials, and the American people were impatient to see who would be the next one caught.
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