they know his reputation as a very good private equity fund manager. let s say they invest because they have confidence and learn after the fact he had nothing to do with what was going on at bain capital at the time, they might be upset with that. they might feel defrauded in a way and it could believe the source of a civil suit against mitt romney. so that would not be of a criminal nature, but it could get him in trouble. the flip side of that would be possible problems with what he told the office of government ethics on the june 1st filing he filed just this year in which he stated he left bain capital in february of 1999. if some evidence emerges that he was indeed active after february of 99, that could mean that he made a false statement to oge and that could possibly have criminal implications. but it s important to note, there s no firm evidence of that just yet, so we want to be cautious before we make serious allegations like that.
those are not noted as passive. so that s a big distinction to make. the executive salary is for doing a job. one thing is the issue of mitt romney s integrity. the other, of course, is the s.e.c. if mitt romney is misleading the s.e.c. in terms of his involvement with the company, what are the repercussion there is? could this be a criminal charge? i m told that s not likely, at least not with the s.e.c. i m not an attorney, to i ll leave it to them. but one thing you might hear in the next segment is that if an investor looks at those s.e.c. filings and sees mitt romney on there as the man in charge, and they know his reputation as a very good private equity fund manager. let s say they invest because they have confidence and learn after the fact he had nothing to do with what was going on at bain capital at the time, they might be upset with that. they might feel defrauded in a