Watching parties above Drumgold now squirm wreaks of Drumgold being a puppet for them, himself unbelievably exposed and caught out yet sheltered as the findings came to the fore.
It's been a conga line of Labor party interests needing an excuse as to why there was no guilty verdict .. none so exposed as the Gallagher and Wong led Labor tactics team who used these allegations as though they were a fact in carrying out a political hit job on people who could not publicly defend themselves due to the nature of their position.
That said near $3mil payment looks more and more shakey the longer this goes on.