Exactly... typical victim position... it was their jobs.. if they couldnt do them they should have quit and then spoken...

Its another way of saying 'I decided to self enrich instead'...

They stayed for the paychecks? Thats self enriching and maflesense in office... them saying this is not a mitigation, its a confession.

"I was scared people might call me a bad name"...

If I were the judge only one person would ever attempt that excuse...