Rugby Football Union chief disciplinary officer Judge Jeff Blackett had equated the offence to abuse of a match official, a position Armitage rejected.
The only plausible conclusion for your failure to give this assurance is that you were aware that Damian Green, or another Member of Parliament, was the subject of the investigation - conducted not under the Official Secrets Act, but an antiquated common law misconduct offence.
An attempt therefore, to re-open the case and direct allegations against Ms Thanou for an offence which has already been settled, with the official approval of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, would violate many rights afforded to Ms Thanou and which they could be dealt with by the appropriate Courts of Law.