Eli Raphelson

Eli Raphelson is the speaker of the house and the true main antagonist of White House Down, who planned the attack beforehand.
==History==
John Cale once saved Eli's nephew from an explosion in Afghanistan; feeling sympathetic for him, Eli gave him a job as a Capitol Police officer and hires him as his security guard. Eli is present in the United States Capital at the time a bomb is detonated in the Rotunda. Thankfully, he escapes uninjured. He is taken to the Pentagon along with Carol Finnerty and General Caulfield, while a group of terrorists who formerly worked for the government take over the White House. 
As the chaos at the White House continues, President James Sawyer is presumably killed, but survives, and later, Vice President Alvin Hammond is killed when Air Force One is shot down by a missile, making Eli the new president. He secretly sends nuclear launch codes to Martin Walker so he can launch an attack on Iran, and at the same time, orders an Air Strike to stop the threat, as well as to hide the evidence regarding his involvement. However, John Cale and his daughter Emily thwart Eli's plans; Martin Walker is shot to death by John, and Emily uses a presidential flag to get the pilots to call off the attack.
Afterwards, John is informed by Carol that Martin isn't the one who contacted the terrorists, and that someone else did. Eli, Carol, and Caulfield come to the White House. John tells them that President Sawyer didn't make it. Eli proceeds to call off President Sawyer's peace treaty. John realizes that Eli planned the attack to protect his friends' defense contracts and do away with the peace treaty; to prove it, he has Carol dial the call-back number on Martin's pager, causing Eli's phone to ring, revealing him to be the mastermind. Eli taunts John, saying that people will never believe the US President would help a gang of terrorists use a nuclear football against other countries. President Sawyer appears and confronts Eli, reprimanding him for his actions, and has him arrested. As he is taken away, Eli furiously claims that President Sawyer isn't suitable for office, and swears that his friends will get back at the President; President Sawyer says that Eli's friends will join him in prison if they try.
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