@Builder,
Well, ya know, when you don't want the truth known, and you deny what you know to be true, that's one thing. It's a lie, of course, but that's all you can really say about it.
But it's much worse when someone else mentions what you know to be true, and then call THEM liars on national TV. And then compound that charge with lies of your own. That kind of character assassination goes beyond merely lying. It's utterly cynical corruption on display.
But this is really directed to the chumps who believe this crap, and, like their mentors, accuse anyone telling the truth of "lying" and otherwise assault their character. They are so cocksure that they know the real truth, because they refuse to listen to anybody who is not a liar. "Everyone" agrees with them. The chumps.