LogFAQs > #968716130

There are a few things to take into consideration when weighing whether a claim makes sense.

1. Does the claim and claimed actions match with how they've played the game.
2. Do the results of the claim, if any, match with how they've played the game.
3. Do the motivations and timing for making the claim more closely align with town or scum motivations.
4. A distant #4 this early, does the claim make sense to exist in the setup

Hb fails in all 4 categories, but the truly damning pieces are 2 and 3. A player with cop scans isn't claiming so far ahead of things like that to confirm innocent someone that wasn't getting any notable pressure to rationalize a vote on two people who are currently voting them.

Scum motivations are clear. He wanted to get the claim out before things got too dicey, and he wanted an excuse to discredit people voting him.
Scum interpretation of the results of his actions are clear. A cop as town doesn't make that jump in logic from an innocent scan. Simply too far of a stretch. A cop would keep that scan close to their chest until Abacus was getting heat, or the cop was in danger of dying. (Hb could last a LONG time without getting night killed, which is the only time he's not going to be able to squeeze that result out)