CHAPTER 34Kari and the investigative team waited until Mitch Whitmore hung up the speakerphone to make sure the line was disengaged. The latest communication from the foundation’s defense team was major news to everyone gathered in the prosecutor’s office. Stevens had called Whitmore to let him know that they would be considering an insanity defense. As soon as the indictment charging Cuddy Mullins with operating a Ponzi scheme was filed, they would ask the court to have him undergo a series of mental health evaluations.
“She was kidding, right?” Duffy shook his head in disbelief. “What a bunch of bullshit. Is that the best they could come up with? Cuddy Mullins was hallucinating each time he met with anonymous donors. What? Like they were his imaginary friends?”
“We all laughed when he
