Do you believe the part where he said he didn't realize the consequences of being default public? That part is inconceivable to me. I believe he did know the is

Do you believe the part where he said he didn't realize the consequences of being default public? That part is inconceivable to me. I believe he did know the issues and decided to proceed anyway to see how bad the public reaction would be. His actions and response are consistent with behavior. It sounds much better to say "I didn't think through it" than "I knew it was bad and wanted to try it anyway."