I think he does say the least, but I disagree on him lying since he backs it up with court transcripts and documents that were not allowed to be entered into trial. The rats do lie, I don't think that they lay it bare, I think they lie to justify what they did. Also the feds protecting them may tell them what to say. Merlino has no one telling him what to say. He may need a person to do that, since he is a bit obsessive to say the least.