Quaritch nods. "Good answer. Best I've heard all morning, in fact." And he takes a deep breath. "Could you give me a bit more detail? McKinley is trying to say you had no reason to hit him."

He knows that's baloney, but he still needs a contradicting statement. The fact that the video's audio is actually inaudible at that point otherwise leaves it as his ear vs. McKinley's word. He wins in that case, but this is...not his favorite situation to be in if he can help it.