Because Jelly might not be the leader. Remember? Newt claimed spy to appear less threatening. This case might just be the opposite, Jelly might've claimed leader to save Drago's ass. But we can't know that. So I'd go for both.
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So the cultists are between Bean, Jelly, Alistair, Amethyst, Candy, Caimie and Lykos. 3/7... too many for a random lynch.
Let's try [Eliminate] Jelly
So that's...
newt - 8
amber - 9
Which, with the mayor around, might be either
newt - 9
amber - 9
or
newt - 8
amber - 10
So now we're trusting on 'luck' to get newt killed...
You claimed spy cause you already were on the hot seat. If we had believed you were cop, you would've gained the town's trust...
Anyway my hypothesis still applies; if you had recruited the vigi or the vigi didn't kill you for any reason, you could make an apprentice if you were the leader
Cause if newt is the leader he could make an apprentice assuming he acts before or at the same time as the vigi
If amber were the leader this would also apply, but newt's desperate approach looks more like he's a leader