I am sure most of you will disagree with my decision to claim without a positive result, but I feel that my reveal as a PR will identify one scum, even if it's not in the tradition way. I see it going two ways:
1) Scum counterclaims. We either lynch scum, or lynch me then lynch scum. Either way, we get a scum -- obviously the first is better than the second, but second isn't awful. It will leave us in MYLO, still with a no-lynch in hand, and much stronger reads.
2) Scum doesn't counterclaim. We believe me. We lynch Ashersky. Great!
I am THAT sure on Ashersky being scum. I am willing to bet the game on it. He is not town, people.
Basically, my revealing will catch us Ashersky, whether it's before or after my lynch. There was no way I was going to get two positive results from investigating. Besides, they would be counterclaimed, and we'd have the same fight we're going to have today. I'd rather do it when we have mislynches to spare and 2-3 days left to play than at the end.