The choice of not breaking the law in collecting names in the first place, of not knowingly going ahead with a case he knew was bogus. His work was a scam from

The choice of not breaking the law in collecting names in the first place, of not knowingly going ahead with a case he knew was bogus. His work was a scam from the start, he had the choice to stop or come clean at every point of the way. He’s supposed to ensure the people represented exist. That responsibility shouldn’t go away because he paid some poor runners 10$ to write down the names. Imagine a rule of law where that was a legitimate escape from consequences. I could sue your boss in your name for some made up bogus claim, and when you come out saying: “wtf, I never had any say in this!?” I could walk away clean with a “oh yea, that’s true and I knew that was the case from early on, but I paid this hobo 2$ to write down your name, and I had to carry on, just in case you’d want to actually bring the suit anyway”, while pocketing my cut of the case costs.