There is NO way, Nick, to justify making those General Assistance checks out to cash without verifying receipts to accompany them.
Did she show you those receipts of where the "cash" went?
Did she show you bank statements with each deposit confirmed when and from where, and each expenditure matched to it's receipts or to qualifying people?
An audit, Nick. Did you guys do an audit during your little chat?
Because, until you do, there is, right now, less appearance of innocence out of that office than there is of guilt.