“Irrelevant.”
Why? If he took one for the team as the poster suggested, that might help identify the team.
"Why? If he took one for the team as the poster suggested, that might help identify the team."
Irrelevant because he WAS on the team (donations or not). He was a policy agent for Barney Frank and the Obama administration. If he could not support the policies, he could have quit, or become a whistle-blower, kill himself, or sold his silence for a better position (I'm sure there were other options). He also could have some personal baggage that was about to come to light and chose the ultimate avoidance method.
Don’t forget the (Kinda’s Sarc) tag on the original post. The response was referring to the Godfather II allusion in a previous post.