Back to the wife example.
Say you wife has a history of cheating (fraud) and has been caught many times (gets sued and looses) Has cheated with this ex boyfriend before ("Russia if you can hear me") are you going to trust her?
What about if the cheating wife got caught a bunch of times, had people sign NDAs, paid them off to not talk, and THEN made a whole plan to cheat with a young, newly elected comedian, but then called it off when she got caught cheating?
Do you cut her some slack or does this solidify her pattern of untrustworthiness?