THEORY: Cheatle was threatened by the FBI, hence why she kept deferring to them.
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It was her only way to publicly state that they were the ones who orchestrated this.
Obviously she's still completely incompetent either way.
"I do not recall"
"I'm not going to comment on an ongoing investigation."
"I'll have to refer you to XYZ."
All just excuses for not answering the question.