I did not attend his interview.

No dramatic arrest in his driveway.

No SWAT team.

No federal agents because somebody said the word wire.

The local prosecutor’s office and financial-crimes unit reviewed whether the evidence supported charges under state law related to misuse of entrusted financial authority and theft.

If interstate financial communications created federal interest, that would be a separate decision.

Not mine.

The hardest thing happened before any charging decision.