Surely the second case is where you point out the hypocrisy because it means the hypocrite also does not believe their actions are needed, thus supporting the o

Surely the second case is where you point out the hypocrisy because it means the hypocrite also does not believe their actions are needed, thus supporting the observer's belief? You could look at the UK where several government officials have broken the quarantine rules. You can see that as meaning they don't really think the rules are needed, but politics demands they act like something has been done. Someone who thinks the lockdown rules are unnecessary would point this out.