"His part in Hammer's...mess. Mm-" He wouldn't know about that, about that, would he? "He got caught up in some bad business involving our previous director. Was involved in several murders, but he was cleared not too long ago."
Coulson probably shouldn't have been talking to him. It might have been the stand in liaison between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Asgard in the past, but he wasn't technically allowed to be working. "He's probably in his office," he said, gesturing vaguely to the elevator. Not that you could just walk right on up. "...I'll take you up." On leave or not, you didn't leave an Asgardian loitering in the lobby.