GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Whenever anyone tells me that a public official is corrupt,

Whenever anyone tells me that a public official is corrupt, I immediately evaluate whether it is more likely that this person would either lie or be lied to, or that the corruption he describes actually exists. I weigh the self-serving or slanderous motivations that person may have against the evidence that the public official is corrupt. If the evidence outweighs the possibility of slander, then I further investigate the charge.

If the author does not further investigate a corruption charge,