article_snippet.sent: Clark was emphatic that Bates had done nothing criminally wrong and went so far as to say the reserve deputy was a victim.
article_snippet.sent: Bates did not commit a crime.
article_snippet.sent: Bates attorney, Scott Wood, told CNN on Friday Bates would contact the network later.
article_snippet.sent: Bates had not issued a statement or called back as of Sunday.