As I read the whole transcript, I was amazed at the firmness that characterized Folsum’s words.
Earlier in the transcript he had mentioned this really damning piece of evidence:
They were told that Col Ewers was tainted. I don’t recall who they were told by, but he indicates they were told.
He also says later that it was amazing that no one in that room of lawyers saw the potential for UCI.
If Col. Ewers was the senior lawyer in the room, no one was going to point it out to him. The judge found the whole episode pregnant with the intimidation of subordinate officers.