Shifting

These were are "lies," of course, not "shifting explanations," and readers can't count on these liars to not also double as "trusted sources" (anonymously or not).

Trump’s Shifting Explanations Follow a Familiar Playbook

The former president and his allies have given often conflicting defenses of his retention of classified documents, without addressing why he had kept them.

A playbook familiar to Haberman, who wrote the piece, and frequently helps to call the plays.