I saw it, too! Straight outta Q.
Of course. Set-ups and false flags. I used to watch the old "Mission: Impossible" series. I liked it until I had the mental maturity to analyze the stories. They took down the bad guys, sure, but never or rarely for his actual crimes; always by an entrapment they set up.
I thought he looked and sounded nervous, is all. facing that many people, I would be, too. Isn't this in the Bible Belt? I'd be uncertain about audience receptivity.