It could have been that he was a selfish person who did the most selfish thing and ducked out before he had to deal with the consequences of his actions.

The files are a big deal. He knew the gig was over, too high profile to hang out with Bill Gates, considers himself too good for anything else and he offed himself.

… and while I’d like to believe that, they fucking erased the tapes and had guards go off shift during that time, I mean, it’s straight out of the Kremlin playbook. An obvious accident.

They could have at least gone with the American playbook and just gave him a heart attack.