$300K is what HE made over several years. His firm charged them $1.6 million over several years. He never said he was a “historian,” he said he was a consultant and he gave them advice as a historian. That’s just like saying I work for a hospital, but I am also a mechanic and when my boss had problems with his car one day I gave him advice as a mechanic.
So what kind of advice from a historian will get you 1.6 million.
How much did he bill per hour for this “advice”?
And what are the specific’s of his “advice”?