I figure it's basically a coded ransom demand. "There, we've made it clear we don't care about reality, there's no way to lawyer out of this, we've got him and

I figure it's basically a coded ransom demand. "There, we've made it clear we don't care about reality, there's no way to lawyer out of this, we've got him and we mean to keep him, unless you can make an offer to change our minds?"