I've said in public that it's simply untrue.

It is factually untrue,

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.

The argument that all Jews have a heartfelt investment in the state of Israel is untrue. Some have a heartfelt investment in corned beef sandwiches.

Very little of it is untrue, ... But it's all dramatized.

The higher up you get, so does the public scrutiny.