Don’t confirm anything. Not to anyone. Not unless a copper asks, and even then, we keep it tight.
Before I say anything there is a very good chance I would have said and done the same thing Matt said and did.
Having said that. What Matt said isn't all that far removed from what Casey said to Levi a few chapters back "The number one rule of getting by in our world, mate. Deny! Deny! Deny! At least until the irrefutable proof has been presented.’ Yeah Casey statement is a bit more extreme but as much as I hate to say it the difference may be semantics.