Thanks, dlog. To me, it is self-evident that management can not be held criminally liable, just because the FDA raised questions, and then Declined to review the evidence in the EUA application. That's all it took for criminal charges to be brought in this case. That would mean the FDA could act with impunity by hiding behind a Decline determination, which doesn't need to be justified, as a Denial would require.
Wife and daughter went to law school, but I was the only one who filed Motions or Objections, subpoenaed evidence, and argued a case which the judge thought I had, but I couldn't convince him of the damage Naked Shorting had on a company's equity financing capability. I found what I thought I was meant to do when I became a Special Investigator for the US Government for awhile after 9-11. But after some time, I knew I was ultimately interested in getting on the other side of investigations concerning the US Government. I'm still proud of the federal credentials I held, and I'd be happy to retake them as a contracted investigator, if our new Administration gets serious about things.