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“I let my emotions draft my words and get the better of me.”

What a pathetic excuse from the General Counsel of one of the world's most powerful firms when caught engaging in employee retaliation. This isn't acceptable from any lawyer.

>>anigbr+(OP)
if you were cynical, you might say this is just yet another attempt at spin; to present himself as a relatable human (like "we all get angry, we all make mistakes", although note he didn't use e.g. angry, but "frustrated", "upset", and "emotions", vaguer and more passive options).

this could work, too, as long as you forget that drafting words seems to literally be his job (for which i'm sure he's handsomely rewarded).

>>anigbr+(OP)
Lifting it from one of my comments downthread:

Better to make the world's worst excuse than lie in a way that'll instantly be revealed in discovery for any case that comes of this.

The surprise is that he let himself be reached for comment at all. Between that and the "yeah, I sure goofed it, huh?" style of what he said when he was, I wouldn't be too astonished to see a golden handshake eventuate in the fullness of time.

>>anigbr+(OP)
Not smart or articulate.