Sometimes the real 'tell' when it comes to guilt is the behaviour of the guilty party.
Like a puppy who chewed up your favorite slipper, and knows they did wrong.
Only these aren't puppies, they have badges and stuff to hide behind, claim colour of law, and are rabid rat paranoid that the American People are going to react with the sort of malice that, well, they would, if they thought they could get away with it. There are limits, after all, and sooner or later some judge will invoke them (kinda like border laws).
They know they done wrong, went too far, and are expecting trouble over it.
Well, just wait until your father gets home (and stew). The days of this regime are numbered, and it will be replaced in 2024.
Then the prosecutions can start, with a bunch of fresh faces on the bench.
For now, we endure...