It's the 900 lb. gorilla in the room. Everyone sees it, but nobody talks about it - except the "conspiracy theorists" who are ridiculed, scorned, ostracized, and ignored.
OF COURSE, "The Big Guy" was involved. If "The Big Guy" learned anything at all during his 49+ years of "public service" it was how to cover his ass while raking in millions. It's what they do.