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Originally Posted by Jay Why
How do you know he was about to say "let me just double check"?
He could have been about to say anything.
He didn't correct himself, as he hadn't made a mistake.
You have suspicions, but nothing clear to base them on, so resort to "he has an expensive computer, so he must be cheating" level of thinking.
Inferring that Jnandez was about to say "let me just double check" is reasonable, since there aren't many other possibilities once he starts with "let me just double-" However, it doesn't appear English is Jnandez first language. So it's equally plausible that he misspoke, and realized it partway through. (As is, his actual utterance of "let me think this a little bit through" is also unusual diction.)
Other than that, yeah, gotta agree with your take. There's very little here to hang one's hat on. As you noted, it's a common bias in effect: the OP suspects Jnandez, and now looks to make the evidence (in this case, Jnandez' words) support that suspicion. That's different than starting with evidence, then seeking the suspect it implicates.