That's the most bizarre thing about a bizarre episode. I certainly certainly certainly don't endorse someone embezzling or blackmailing or insider trading but I can at least understand the motivations however much I disapprove of them.

But risking your career/potentially ruining your life because someone criticized your employer in a newsletter (or whatever happened exactly)? That's something you rebut in print or maybe get a lawyer involved if you think there are material/malicious falsehoods. The head of Communications must have skipped that class when they took communications in college.