I.e. he's nobly taking the fall for fraud committed by others that he knew nothing about in the lab he was paid a large amount of money to run and who attached

I.e. he's nobly taking the fall for fraud committed by others that he knew nothing about in the lab he was paid a large amount of money to run and who attached his name to said papers he had nothing to do with. Even the spun version doesn't make him look very good.