A defendant doesn;t have to prove his innocence.
Correct, because as Joe's linked video demonstrates, one can incriminate oneself.
However, not exposing oneself to a legal process
upfront(!), of digging for additional explanation of what went down
and why or why not (!) thus contextualizing decisions of a public office, reeks of hiding relevant evidence. Especially when there's
no evidence to clear one of the allegations.