Here’s the problem. That higher up should be notified in writing. I’m just saying, it can, and would, be denied at a later time when the problem comes to light.
Not that higher ups would intentionally throw someone under the bus to save their own a*s..
Digital recorders are cheap and effective.
If she’s doing so in writing she needs to stick to objective facts: This person is related to me, for example. Why did she not speak out during the interview about her own conflict of interest? Something very shady going on.