Critical Reasoning

sjd00d wrote:Below is an excerpt from a letter that was sent by the chairman of a corporation to the stockholders.

A number of charges have been raised against me, some serious, some trivial. Individuals seeking to control the corporation for their own purposes have demanded my resignation. Remember that no court of law in any state has found me guilty of any criminal offense whatsoever. In the American tradition, as you know, an individual is considered innocent until proven guilty. Furthermore, as the corporation’s unbroken six-year record of growth will show, my conduct of my official duties as chairman has only helped enhance the success of the corporation, and so benefited every stockholder.

Which of the following can be properly inferred from the excerpt?
(A) The chairman believes that all those who have demanded his resignation are motivated by desire to control the corporation for their own purposes. - the passages talks about individuals, but we can't infer all those individuals have done what this answer claims.
(B) Any misdeeds that the chairman may have committed were motivated by his desire to enhance the success of the corporation. - We know the company grew, but we cannot infer that it grew from the chairman's misdeeds.
(C) The chairman is innocent of any criminal offense. - We can't infer this-in fact, it seems he faces some unsettled criminal charges, thus he uses innocent until proven guilty
(D) The corporation has expanded steadily over the past six years. - This can be clearly inferred from the passage because he talks about " unbroken six-year record of growth"
(E) Any legal proceedings against the chairman have resulted in his acquittal. - We don't know. He said innocent until proven guilty...so he might not have been in court yet.


OA is D which I don't understand. D is stated explicitly in the argument, it can't be an inference, right? although extreme, B was my choice

Can I please have just the folks who really have a good grasp on this respond. I have seen several answers in previous posts but none of them make sense. I want to understand the rationale here.