Unless Judy says otherwise to those questions, I will agree with this way of thinking. As to Franziska...I believe it could have gone either way, actually.

[ she shifts, crossing her arms, as she explains. at least she still seems to be keeping her "fine i guess i'll help in trials" promise to bigby, though at least half of what she's said that hasn't been defending him has been playing devil's advocate. ]

That woman absolutely was the sort of person who had absolute confidence in her ability to do things. I do not think that means she absolutely had that ability. Either she was overconfident as was her apparent nature, and the staff assumed as you did she was one of the six...or she really did have the ability to protect others and was an idiot who played her hand too soon.

Those are the only two options. Without confirmation on the count of people on either side, we can't say for sure just yet.