An interesting observation from commenter Catsy.
He’s just lying about his role to the peons. He didn’t lie to the SEC.
In which case he also lied on his Public Financial Disclosure Report, which says this:
Mr. Romney retired from Bain Capital on February 11, 1999 to head the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. Since February 11, 1999, Mr. Romney has not had any active role with any Bain Capital entity and has not been involved in the operations of any Bain Capital entity in any way.
Both are official documents filed under penalty of perjury. And they cannot both be true.
See here for a bit more context.
Is it true that Romney told mutually excusive stories to two government agencies, the FEC and SEC, and both under threat of perjury? It would be nice to have someone who knows the relevant law shed some light on this.