[xymostech]

My source was also the Lawful Masses stream, but it sounded like the original excuse was made in April, but it took until November for him to actually produce the death certificate to prove that he had lied about when his grandfather had died.

[justinclift]

It sounds like he didn't lie though?

His grandfather did pass away a few days prior.

Depending upon what was happening with the related family, there can be a whole bunch of things that need urgently taking care of in relation to it.

[ricardobeat]

That point is made in the article - he could have simply said the Grandfather died that week, and it would have been accepted. Instead he doubled down on going on attack, most likely because it did feel like a lie when he said it or was not the actual reason he missed the proceedings.

[saalweachter]

One of the risks of operating in bad faith is that people will stop giving you the benefit of a doubt.