The small, static-heavy television screen in the correctional facility's common room flickered with the bright, artificial glare of studio lighting.
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Chapter 5 - THE PREDATOR'S PANICOn stage, the color drained completely from Adrian’s face. He stumbled backward into the podium, his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water as his own voice continued to confess to the cover-up in front of millions of viewers.
"That's... that's a deepfake!" Adrian shouted into the microphone, his voice cracking with rising panic. "It's an electronic smear campaign by political opponents!"
Before he could run off the stage, three unmarked black SUVs pulled up directly to the plaza VIP entrance.
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State police officers and federal marshals swarmed the platform, led by a senior prosecutor holding an emergency bench warrant.
"Adrian Vale," the lead prosecutor announced loudly, holding up the legal papers. "You are under arrest for perjury, obstruction of justice, subornation of perjury, and accessory after the fact in the vehicular homicide of Thomas Reed."
