The second copy sent to Warren’s attorney had an equally troubling route.

It had arrived at the family counsel’s office while Warren was in the middle of a complicated hospital expansion.

Margaret held a broad administrative authorization to coordinate the Hale family’s property affairs, though she had no right to make parenting decisions on his behalf.

An archived covering email from a junior lawyer referred to “Mrs.

Hale senior’s instruction that further communications from Grace Bennett be answered through the usual channel.”

“Does that prove your mother concealed the pregnancy?” David asked Warren during a meeting I attended remotely.