With that being said, in the world of public discourse, the public trust/good governance considerations, must be kept separate from the criminal justice issues.
Poloncarz, Flynn and Howard all must thread a tricky needle when publicly addressing the criminal investigation's status and progress, and in public comments, must exercise caution and care in the interests of the ensuring due process and county liability.
One need only recall President Nixon's famous comments concerning Charles Manson while the legal process was underway, to understand how an obvious observation can ill-serve the broad interests of justice.