When Abel got the call on 5/17/15, he clearly saw a big hit as a way out of his crummy office in McClennan County to at least, Austin, and maybe Washington. And it might have worked out, except he failed to sort it out.
Now, he’s got a tiger by the tail.
Not to worry. The corrupt DC politicians will cover for him. Most we will get out of this is years of congressional investigations that accomplish nothing.