Of course he is in on it. Ciarmella came to him and said “I’ve got a second hand hearsay accusation, but I can’t submit it on this form which requires direct, first-hand knowledge.”
Atkinson replied “No problem. I’ll change the form for you to allow hearsay.”
See the face chart at 14.
Atkinson was moved from the deep state coup gang (where he worked under Carlin, Carlin who had been Mueller’s chief of staff) to the position of ICIG specifically to protect the coup gang.
Atkinson was put there to be their “backstop” in tradecraft parlance.