Chapter 15 - My father made everything worse

Robert had no operational role in invoices.
But after the party, he tried to protect Daniel.
He called the foundation’s outside bookkeeper.
Said:
“Do not send anything to Michael without my approval.”
The bookkeeper refused.
Good.
Then he called one vendor asking whether they could:
“Clean up descriptions.”
The vendor documented the call.
Very good.
My father later claimed he meant:
Correct inaccurate descriptions.
Prosecutors viewed the timing differently.
Combined with the phone recording—
“Destroy the phone”—
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he created potential obstruction exposure where none had existed for him before.
Powerful men sometimes create crimes while trying to hide embarrassment.