Another way of doing things was to act as the victim of everything, as if their trust had been taken advantage of.
That was one way to appear good-natured to the public in many ways, as it would make others believe that those involved with such a scandal were just bad people who had taken advantage of such kindness.
A more thorough way of dealing with things would be to take a more extreme approach that involved being at the forefront of everyone when it came to calling out the bad deeds of those involved in the scandal and pushing for their immediate punishment.
If they did that, then they could appear to be on the side of justice during such a situation, even if they had some connection to it.
They could garner support and trust by cutting off those involved with the scandal, as they would set those people as the scapegoats or sacrificial lambs.
