Hrmmm... yes, but it doesn't affect his opinion, it merely exists, and should be considered related to the facts of his former threat of a case against him, or

Hrmmm... yes, but it doesn't affect his opinion, it merely exists, and should be considered related to the facts of his former threat of a case against him, or or should be a situation that is considered a subtle something ... anyway, someone already put my point much better than this, see elsewhere.