You may not be on trial, but your politics do seem to be on trial in the court of public opinion. Your answers to questions about your political past do have an effect on how that all plays out. Being only halfway honest (if that) to questions about your political past, and giving the appearance of withholding information about it, informs those who are deciding what to believe and what not to believe coming from you. I don't think you have been completely forthcoming in your answers to my questions.

Because I don't have all of the relevant information available to me to make an informed decision about what to believe and what not to believe, and because you seem disinclined to help me out in this regard, my tendency will be to disbelieve anything you say unless it can be proven otherwise.