Agents soon told Steele his wife wasn't actually dead and that they knew he'd hired Fairfax to kill her. Steele stood up and an “odor of fecal matter” filled the air, Sotka said.  The agents “feared that Mr. Steele had defecated himself,” Sotka said. But defense lawyer Robert McAllister emphasized that Steele never confessed to the murder plot during that ruse by the FBI/Meghann Cuniff, SR. More here.

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Question: Have you ever figuratively had the poop scared out of you?