It is appropriate to invoke these days if you don’t trust the process. For Thompson I would just suggest in the Harry Truman style, “the son-of-a-bitch is no good.” It’s true of so many who “investigate” these days.
This explains it all, even if you are as innocent as a newborn babe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE&t=1364s