Gu Nianzhi was silent for a long time this time, so long that even her own team thought she couldn't hold it any longer.
Her assistant asked softly: "Chief Gu, do you want to adjourn the court temporarily?"
Gu Nianzhi twitched his lips and said, "Let's ask about the situation first and then talk."
She stared at Lu Anpeng intently and said: "...the diplomat who was just appointed? 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 diplomacy Immunity can be used on him.”
Lu Anpeng thought to himself, don't I even know this? Otherwise, how can I get along in the American legal profession
He calmly took out the letter of appointment given to Kevin by the President of the United States, pointed to the time and date on it and said, "Look at it, Counselor Gu. The time when our President appointed Kevin as Cultural Counselor happened to be on Christmas Eve last year. The day before, that is December 23rd.”
"Christmas Eve is December 24th, and this appointment letter has taken effect."
Lu Anpeng smiled slightly, looking confident.
There was an uproar inside and outside the court.
The people sitting next to Gu Nianzhi looked at each other, thinking that since it had been registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, why didn't they know anything about it
When Kevin was arrested, if they knew that he was an American diplomat, why didn't the Ministry of Foreign Affairs come forward to inform them
There was also excitement on the Internet outside the court, and some people even deliberately set the pace.
[What happened to the diplomat? If a prince breaks the law, he is as guilty as the common people, let alone diplomats?].
[The person upstairs is either stupid or poisonous. Are diplomats and princes the same concept? Besides, where is the true prince in modern society? Even if there is one, it is still a mascot. Does it have real power?].
[The stupid little pinky upstairs, please find out about the Saudi prince. Does he have real power?].
[Bah, bah, bah! Don't deliberately change the concept upstairs. There is no way to wash away the immunity of diplomats. They just have it. If you don't accept it, jump off the building!].
…
This wave of public opinion is obviously not good for Gu Nianzhi, and it is also very bad for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The big guys who were sitting in the conference room of the Imperial Military Headquarters watching the live interrogation were all surprised.
Speaker Long looked at Prime Minister Bai and said unhappily: "Old Bai, what do you mean? The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is specifically trying to hold us back, right?"
Prime Minister Bai smiled bitterly and said: "This is also the first time I've heard of it. Don't worry, Old Long. I'll ask someone to find out what's going on."
While they were conducting internal investigations, Lu Anpeng had already laid out all the procedures.
Includes the letter of appointment from the President of the United States, a copy filed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire, and the effective date.
No more, no less, it was the day before Kevin committed the crime.
In other words, on Christmas Eve, he was already the cultural counselor of the U.S. Embassy in the imperial capital, officially recognized by both parties.
This position is neither high nor low, just the lowest level for enjoying diplomatic immunity.
But it has no real power. It is just like an honorary position. In the United States, it does not even need congressional approval. The president alone has the final say.
Considering the current unreliable president in the United States, Gu Nianzhi's eyes narrowed slightly.
It was indeed something he could do.
Her fingers were tapping on the plaintiff's bench in front of her, and there was no apparent change in her expression.
After Lu Anpeng presented all the evidence, he immediately asked the military court to dismiss the case and no appeal was allowed.
"This is not a question of jurisdiction, but a question of inability to litigate at all," he said.
Gu Nianzhi interrupted him rudely and asked in a deep voice: "If that's the case, why did you still fight the jurisdiction lawsuit for two months? Are you deliberately delaying the time?"
She hit the nail on the head, and even Lu Anpeng, a man who had seen big scenes calmly in times of crisis, paused.
He smiled awkwardly and said, "...how is that possible?"
"How is it impossible? Do you think everyone is stupid?" Gu Nianzhi pointed to the record of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that his team had just transferred, and said: "Yes, the appointment letter of the President of the United States does say December 23rd. The date, but when it was filed with our country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the time shown was yesterday.”
"Why did you wait for more than two months to register? Didn't you fight for more than two months to get this backdated letter of appointment?"
In other words, the appointment letter was actually obtained recently, but the date on the appointment letter they obtained was retroactive, earlier than the actual appointment time.
But this situation, which was obviously fraudulent, was approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire. This operation was even more outrageous.
Lu Anpeng spread his hands, showing a "what can you do to me" gesture, and said with a smile: "Anyway, this is the appointment letter signed by our president and it has been registered and approved by your Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which means you also approved it. Kevin’s diplomat status began on December 23 last year.”
"This case occurred on the night of December 24 last year. At that time, Kevin was already a diplomat recognized by both parties and enjoyed diplomatic immunity in accordance with the law."
"As for why we still fought the jurisdiction lawsuit for two months, we are happy and your court has also filed a case. Why not fight it?"
Gu Nianzhi sneered and said: "It's obvious that you used the jurisdictional lawsuit to deliberately delay the time, so that you could work behind the scenes and get this diplomat appointment letter with a retroactive date."
"It's really unreasonable to beat him up now!"
"Whether it makes sense or not, I think Attorney Gu knows better than me!"
At this time, everyone with eyes inside and outside the court could clearly see that Gu Nianzhi was in a very disadvantageous situation, because the person who was trying to undermine her was not her opponent, but one of her own, the one from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who had given Kevin a retroactive appointment regardless of principles and regulations. The book is registered and approved by the deputy minister!
Prime Minister Bai was furious at this time, scolded the deputy foreign minister bloody, and ordered him to suspend his duties immediately and send someone to review his work.
At the same time, the cabinet launched a self-examination process to sort out the work procedures of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Speaker Long was still not satisfied and threatened to initiate impeachment proceedings in the parliament. Even the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister Bai did not want to let go.
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."
Admiral Ji said coldly: "I don't care if he is a diplomat or not, and I don't care when he became a diplomat! In short, if he kills our soldiers on our land, I can't let him go!"
Prime Minister Bai and Speaker Long looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
It's not that there are no other ways to deal with this matter, but because the trial has already begun, the whole world knows Kevin's new identity. Even if they know that there is fraud, it is really not that easy to break the situation.
It seemed that Gu Nianzhi was doomed in this fight.
Although he was scapegoated by a traitor, a lawyer who had never failed was about to encounter her own fate.
Some people on the Internet have started to get angry.
[Hahaha, if you walk a lot at night, you will always encounter ghosts, and Chief Gu is no exception].
[That’s right, the bullshit was blown before, right? But she is not unjust, at least there is a deputy minister who is going down with her hahaha].
[What nonsense is being said upstairs is the truth! Look at the faces of those Gu fans, they are so angry that they are deformed hahahaha!].
[Good point upstairs! I can laugh for a year!].
…
There was silence inside the court, and everyone's eyes were on Gu Nian's face.
She stood behind the plaintiff's table with a cold face, with a large screen in front of her, and the surveillance video had just been paused.
Against the background of blood and fire, her back was thin and slender, her skin was like cold jade, and her gaze was piercingly cold.
Lu Jin looked over from the corner where he was sitting, and suddenly felt that Gu Nianzhi looked exactly like Qin Suwen back then, and even had some similarities with He Zhichu's expression.
After all, they are all Qin Suwen's biological children...
Lu Jin had so many emotions in his heart that he forgot about his excitement and indignation.
Lu Yuan and Huo Shaoheng sat next to Lu Jin, one on the left and one on the right, with solemn expressions and neither spoke to each other.
At this time, Gu Nianzhi was thinking nervously, does she have no cards in her hand
Gu Nianzhi's memory is very good, just like Lu Jin's, he has a memory like a camera.
Now she was actually replaying all her information in her mind.
His eyes fell on the appointment letter of the US President presented by Lu Anpeng. Gu Nianzhi had a flash of inspiration and suddenly thought of some interesting information that Huo Shaoheng had found when he ordered the Special Operations Division to investigate Kevin abroad.
The plump, peach-colored, water chestnut lips were drawn up little by little.
Gu Nianzhi's jade-like eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Lu Anpeng and said, "Are you sure that this appointment letter from the President of the United States appoints Kevin as cultural counselor?"
Lu Anpeng nodded calmly, "There is also a passport number on it for comparison."
Gu Nianzhi stopped smiling, looked at Lu Anpeng seriously, and asked, "Really? Are you sure?"
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This is the second update today: Chapter 2103 "What Can You Do to Me".
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