David Schertler
David Schertler
directions following immediate limited orders
Mr. Yates' role...was limited to following the directions and orders of his immediate supervisors.
asking best deals deceive facing fairly giving grand intent issues maybe prosecutor remember special
This guy, every day, deals with some of the most important issues facing the American people. You're asking him to recollect conversations, some fairly short, and he's giving his best recollections. Maybe he didn't remember correctly, but he didn't have the intent to deceive the special prosecutor or grand jury.
charges federal happen law message minor muscle others relatively send trying
These charges are relatively minor federal charges. It does show they're trying to use some of the muscle of law enforcement to send a message to him but probably to others as well that this could happen to you.
charge
You didn't have that, so why did you charge him?
accounting cases prosecuted seeing today
We're seeing cases of accounting improprieties that are being prosecuted criminally today that would not have been prosecuted that way 10 years ago.