I could have leaked, or planted, or bent a fact here and there, could have made the case a little stronger than the truth strictly supported, could have reached out and pushed.

I did not, and it was a deliberate choice, made over and over across those months.

Every single thing that brought the Prescotts down was true, and was their own, and was gathered rather than manufactured.

The recording was Trent’s own voice.

The dash-cam footage was a machine recording a fact.

The fabricated reports were their forgeries, not mine.

The deputy’s testimony was his own knowledge.

I did not build a case against the Prescotts.