I trust him because I don’t think he wants to ruin his reputation and be made to look like a crazy nut job.
He strikes me as someone who really doesn’t care what people think about him. He is secure in who he is and what he does. Maybe I feel skeptical because I have wanted someone to really push this issue since 2007, and now someone with time and money and influence is really doing just that, and its too good to be true.