2-3-4 Challenge Book Discussions #2 discussion

Sam correctly figures out that someone was trying to smear Nick and point the finger at Peter, who never was intended to be murdered. Turns out it was the President’s son Chris Nelson who was behind the scheme. He wanted to lower Nick’s popularity and he himself be considered to run for President at the end of his father’s term. To get that information, Sam and the AUSA had to make a deal with Peter’s killer, Dante Fields, where he’d only serve eight years. First, should they have made that deal? Next, did you ever suspect this was tied to Nelson? Should President Nelson resign?

I certainly would have never guessed that the President's son was behind the whole scheme. I didn't even remember it being mentioned that the President had a son.

I think the only way they would have got Dante Fields to name his boss was to give him a deal. If they hadn't, the boss (Chris Nelson) would just hire someone else to do his dirty deeds.

They have nothing tying the President to his son's scheme. Chris is an adult and could be doing absolutely anything without the President's knowledge. If that is the case, I don't think he should resign. If it turns out the President had an inkling that his son was up to something, that's different.

Chris Nelson is the instigator and the bigger fish. The deal with Dante made sense.

As to the resolution to the threat - this is very unoriginal. We have already had a political villain. Nelson should definitely resign regardless of whether he knew his son's intentions. There is the appearance of impropriety

I think the president would have an awful time conducting business as usual, with the nation and the world leaders aware of his son's treachery.
I also hate to think that Nick would step into the Oval Office this soon in the story, if at all.

I know politics is a joke in general, but the people in Forces' federal government are a bunch of murderers or related to murderers. Aren't there enough criminals to catch in DC without putting them in Congress or the White House?

Force wants Nick on the fast track to the Oval Office, but this is ridiculous and more than farfetched. He wasn't ready for VP in my opinion. The thing is how can Nelson continue? People will believe that he put his son up to these shenanigans.