Chapter 89 Politics

***Gideon***

My lips curve slightly.

“Implied?” I say.

“Yes.”

“And did she provide evidence of federal interest?”

“No.”

“Did she provide documentation of wrongdoing on my part?”

“No.”

“Did she present anything at all beyond political concern?”

Another pause.

“No.”

I sit back again.

“Then what you’re describing, Mr. Bates, is not a compliance event. It’s intimidation.”

Bates exhales slowly. “We hav