Insight

Chapter 13

The grand arraignment hearing at the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan drew an unprecedented crowd of journalists and public protestors.

Eleanor sat at the defense table wearing a drab gray jumpsuit, her sleek updo gone and her arrogant expression replaced by cold fury.

Her high-priced defense attorney stood before the judge, arguing passionately for release on a multi-million-dollar bail package.

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The federal prosecutor stepped forward, slamming the staircase security footage and the newly recovered financial ledgers onto the bench.

"Your Honor, the defendant is a violent flight risk orchestrating corporate murder; we request remand without bail," the prosecutor demanded.

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