It was an "accident" . . . and I get that.
"What's that, your honor? Why yes I was shooting @ the mountains in general, saw the former director of the FBI on the slopes & got so excited, the gun went off by, uhm . . . accident.
What's that?? The speaker of the house, et al? Yeah, same deal! Boy-oh-boy . . . I mean -- what are the odds, heh, your honor?"