If - The Key Word In William Barr's Duplicity

Several years ago two Mormon missionaries attempted to convince me of the truth of their religion by first making a hypothetical statement and then treating it as unassailable fact. The following is the essence of their argument:

One day Joseph Smith was standing in a grove of trees when two men appeared to him, and one said, "This is my beloved son. Hear him."

If that happened, who do you suppose those two men were?

Now since God and Jesus appeared to Joseph Smith…

I am not suggesting that those Mormon missionaries were deliberately using this deception. In fact, I am convinced that they believed they were were telling the truth.

William Barr, on the other hand, is an accomplished liar who knows precisely what he is doing with the words he uses.

In his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1, 2019, Barr demonstrated his ability to do the Mormon missionary shuffle to create a false defense for Donald Trump and undermine the Mueller Report when he said the following:

If the president is being falsely accused, which the evidence now suggests that the accusations against him were false, and (if) he knew they were false, and (if) he felt that this investigation was unfair, propelled by his political opponents, and was hampering his ability to govern, that is not a corrupt motive for replacing an independent counsel. 

...The evidence is now that the president was falsely accused of colluding with the Russians and accused of being treasonous. ...Two years of his administration have been dominated by allegations that have now been proven false.