Given the serious charge that you have laid out above, it is now imperative that we discover the source of the claim made by Dalton, that this does not constitute new evidence.
Did he take the advice of the Attorney General? Or is he providing a personal opinion, in which case, what legal qualification does he have to make such a statement?
What is Dalton prepared to do to verify the statement he has made?
If he has nothing other than opinion he should step aside, his input is worthless and could be construed as deliberately misleading.