I like this. Somebody is turning the thumbscrews. The rats have independently weaved webs of lies, apparently in a panic, before they had a chance to get their stories lined up, and have ended up with a hopeless tangle. Look for more rats to bail soon.
...”Look for more rats to bail soon.”
Pffft. IMO, they’ll scatter two or three shiny objects over here and over there and in two weeks this will be a nothingburger. And if they bail (whatever that means, they are undoubtedly going to be well paid) not only are there plenty more where they came from, but these two/few will lay low and find themselves doing something else in a few years. To the left, these guys are heroes.