if he admits it people will say " why didn't you do something to stop all of this " when it's actually chess moves and sometimes you let a pawn take your queen to establish checkmate, even if it is awful and sickening.. maybe the only way to show people how awful those in power are is let them do awful things.
losing their job isn't a big deal if they have hundreds of thousands or more stashed away and probably book deals afterwards. These people need punishment, they're just going to get replaced with some other corrupt pinhead, if they actually suffer consequences maybe the line of corrupt pinheads won't be so endless.
woulda been worse if he didnt have the vaccine. /sarc