Gu Nianzhi was silent for a long time this time, so long that even her own team thought she couldn't hold on any longer.
Her assistant asked softly, "Chief Gu, should we adjourn the court for now?"
The corners of Gu Nianzhi's mouth twitched. "Let's ask about the situation first."
She stared intently at Lu Anpeng and said, "… A newly appointed diplomat? Lawyer Lu, I want you to know that this case was committed more than two months ago. If he is a diplomat now, I don't think diplomatic immunity can be used on him. "
Lu Anpeng thought to himself, don't tell me I don't even know that? Otherwise, how could I survive in the American legal profession?
He calmly took out the letter of appointment given to Kevin by the President of the United States and pointed to the date on it. "Lawyer Gu, please take a look. Our president appointed Kevin as a cultural counselor on the day before Christmas Eve last year, which was December 23rd. "
"Christmas Eve is December 24th, and this letter of appointment has already taken effect."
Lu Anpeng smiled faintly, looking as if he had a card up his sleeve.
There was an uproar inside and outside the courtroom.
The people sitting next to Gu Nianzhi looked at each other and wondered why they didn't know anything about it since it had already been filed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
If they knew that Kevin was a US diplomat when they arrested him, why didn't the Ministry of Foreign Affairs inform them?
The internet outside the courtroom was also agitated, and some people even deliberately started a discussion.
[What's wrong with being a diplomat? If a prince breaks the law, he will be punished the same as a commoner, let alone a diplomat.]
[The person above is either stupid or vicious. Is a diplomat the same as a prince? Besides, how can there be a real prince in modern society? Even if there is, he's just a mascot. Does he have any real power?]
[The person above is stupid pink. Do you know about the Saudi prince? Does he have any real power?]
[Pfft pfft pfft! The person above, don't deliberately change the concept. Diplomatic immunity can't be cleared, they just have it. If you don't like it, jump off a building!]
…
This wave of public opinion was obviously not good for Gu Nianzhi and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The group of big shots sitting in the conference room of the imperial military headquarters watching the live broadcast of the trial were all very surprised.
Speaker Long looked at Prime Minister Bai and said unhappily, "Old Bai, what do you mean? Is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs deliberately holding us back? "
Prime Minister Bai smiled bitterly. "This is the first time I've heard of this. Don't worry, Old Long. I'll get someone to ask and see what's going on."
While they were conducting an internal investigation, Lu Anpeng had already laid out all the procedures.
This included the letter of appointment from the President of the United States, a copy of which had been filed with the Huaxia Empire's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the effective date.
It was exactly the day before Kevin's crime.
In other words, on Christmas Eve, he was already officially recognized by both sides as the cultural counselor of the UA Embassy in the capital.
This position was neither too high nor too low. It was the lowest level of diplomatic immunity.
However, it did not have any real power. It was just like an honorary position. In the United States, Congress did not even need to approve it. The president alone could make the call.
Gu Nianzhi's eyes narrowed when she thought about the unreliable president in the United States.
It was indeed something he could do.
Her fingers were tapping on the plaintiff's stand in front of her, and her expression didn't change at all.
After Lu Anpeng presented all the evidence, he immediately requested the military court to dismiss the case and not allow any appeal.
He said, "It's not a question of jurisdiction, it's a question of not being able to sue at all."
Gu Nianzhi interrupted him rudely and asked in a deep voice, "If that's the case, why did you still fight for jurisdiction for two months? Were you deliberately stalling for time?"
Her words hit the nail on the head. Even Lu Anpeng, who had been calm in the face of danger, paused for a moment.
He smiled awkwardly and said, "… How is that possible?"
"Why is it not possible? Do you think everyone is stupid? " Gu Nianzhi pointed to the filing records of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that her team had just transferred over and said, "Yes, the appointment letter from the president of the United States was indeed dated December 23rd, but when we got it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country, it showed that it was yesterday."
"Why did you wait more than two months to file it? Didn't you fight for more than two months to get this backdated retroactive appointment letter?!"
In other words, the appointment letter was actually obtained recently, but the date on the appointment letter they fought for was backdated, so it was earlier than the actual date of the appointment.
However, this situation was clearly fraudulent, but it was approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Huaxia Empire. This was even more outrageous.
Lu Anpeng spread his hands and made a "what can you do about it" gesture. He smiled and said, "No matter what, this is the effective appointment letter signed by our president, and it was also filed and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Huaxia Empire. This means that you also recognized Kevin's diplomatic status from December 23rd last year."
"This case happened on the night of December 24th last year. At that time, Kevin was already recognized as a diplomat by both sides and enjoyed diplomatic immunity according to the law."
"As for why we still fought for jurisdiction for two months, we were happy to, and your court also filed the case. Why didn't we fight?"
Gu Nianzhi sneered. "It was obviously you who used the jurisdiction lawsuit to deliberately stall for time so that you could work behind the scenes and get this backdated diplomatic appointment letter."
"Now you're making the accusation. How ridiculous!"
"I think Lawyer Gu knows better than me whether it's reasonable or not!"
At this time, everyone inside and outside the courtroom with eyes could clearly see that Gu Nianzhi was in a very disadvantageous position because the person who undermined her was not her opponent, but her own people. It was the deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who disregarded principles and laws and registered and stamped Kevin's retroactive appointment letter!
Prime Minister Bai was furious at this time and scolded the deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He ordered him to be suspended immediately and sent someone to review his work.
At the same time, the cabinet launched a self-examination procedure to sort out the work procedures of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Speaker Long was still not satisfied and threatened to start impeachment proceedings in the Senate. He didn't even want to let the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister Bai off.
Prime Minister Bai sighed and said, "Old Long, if this makes you happy, then you can do it. But the most important thing now is to think about what to do with Kevin's case. "
General Ji said coldly, "I don't care if he is a diplomat or when he became a diplomat! In short, he killed our soldiers on our soil, so I can't let him go! "
Prime Minister Bai and Speaker Long looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.
It wasn't that there was no other way to deal with this matter, but because the trial had already been held, the whole world knew about Kevin's new identity. Even if they knew there was a trap, it really wasn't that easy to break out of the situation.
It looked like Gu Nianzhi was doomed to fail this time.
Although she had been set up by a traitor to take the blame, as a lawyer who had never lost, she was about to meet her Waterloo.
Some people on the Internet had already begun to be sarcastic.
[Haha, if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts. Chief Gu is no exception.]
[That's right, she was bragging too much before, wasn't she? But she wasn't wronged. At least there was a deputy minister who fell with her, hahaha.]
[What nonsense are you spouting! Look at the faces of those Gu fans. They're so angry that they're distorted, hahahahaha!]
[Well said, above! I can laugh for a year!]
…
The courtroom was silent at this time, and everyone's eyes were on Gu Nianzhi.
She stood behind the plaintiff's stand with a cold expression. In front of her was the big screen, and the surveillance video had just been paused.
Against the backdrop of blood and fire, her back was thin and slender. Her skin was like cold jade, and her gaze was bone-chilling.
Lu Jin looked over from the corner where he was sitting. He suddenly felt that Gu Nianzhi's appearance was very similar to Qin Suwen's from back then. Her expression was even somewhat similar to He Zhichu's.
After all, they were both Qin Suwen's biological children..
Lu Jin's heart was filled with mixed emotions, and he had forgotten his excitement and indignation.
Lu Yuan and Huo Shaoheng sat on Lu Jin's left and right. Their expressions were solemn, and neither of them spoke.
At this moment, Gu Nianzhi's mind was filled with nervousness. Did she have no cards left?
Gu Nianzhi's memory was very good. Just like Lu Jin's, she had a photographic memory.
Right now, she was actually replaying all of her information in her mind.
Her gaze fell on the letter of appointment from the president of the United States that Lu Anpeng had shown her. Gu Nianzhi had a flash of inspiration. She suddenly thought of the interesting information that Huo Shaoheng had found when he had ordered the special operations forces to investigate Kevin abroad.
Her plump, peach-colored lips curled up bit by bit.
Gu Nianzhi's jade-like eyes narrowed slightly. She looked at Lu Anpeng and said, "Are you sure that this letter of appointment from the president of the United States is appointing Kevin as a cultural counselor?"
Lu Anpeng nodded calmly. "There's also a passport number on it for you to check."
Gu Nianzhi stopped smiling and looked at Lu Anpeng seriously. She asked in return, "Really? Are you sure? "
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This was today's second update: Chapter 2103, "What Can You Do About Me".
There were two updates today.
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