The staff gives their testimony to find out who exactly was responsible for the data breach and the lobbying.
Key figures in the Meyer administration are called to testify before Congress about the Families First Bill.
Ben is first to testify, where he lets slip that Dan was not actually responsible for the HIV girl data breach.
Dan, Amy, and Jonah testify together about their actions around Families First. Dan and Amy attempt to explain the difference between lobbyists and consultants, while the committee gets sidetracked over a document full of insulting nicknames for Jonah (the "Jonad files").
Leigh Patterson testifies that she (and by extension Dan) were fired to cover up the use of child mortality data for the "I Care" mailer.
Tropes:
- Confession Cam: Several clips of depositions include the various characters being asked their thoughts about other characters.
- Framing Device: The entire episode is presented as news footage, congressional hearings from C-SPAN, and pre-recorded video depositions.
- Hauled Before A Senate Subcommittee: The entire plot of the episode.
- Hot Potato: Every member of administration tries to pass on the blame to the next person, ultimately settling on Bill Ericsson.
- I Need to Go Iron My Dog: When Selina needs to get away from the deposition lawyers for a moment.Selina: If you'll excuse me, I have to call the President of Africa... South Africa.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Sue, when she realizes she revealed that the administration was communicating using voice memos.
- Mike didn't realize that deleting the voice memos from his phone did not delete them from the cloud.
