Yeah, it smells because he wants a story concocted that fits around/explains away the defense's evidence of innocence.
This is the reverse of how it usually works. Normally, when someone gets arrested, the defense looks at all the reports and conducts a defense based on possible holes in the prosecutions case. In this case, it's the prosecution which seems to be looking to conduct a case based on possible weaknesses in the defense's case. It's amazing!