Kabuki theater. Wray and Garland told him to leave to give cover for themselves. Only an idiot would believe Wray an Garland didn’t know the contents of the laptop was all true.
Yep, he played the fall guy. Problem is he only fell into his pension, not prison where he belonged, along with Wray. Have to omit Garland for right now as he wasn’t there during the initial laptop cover-up, so perhaps he didn’t know, but for sure wasn’t in charge at the time. I believe they call that a verifiable alibi. 🙂