Maybe he was busy and didn't hear about it until later? Maybe he was asleep? Wouldn't it make more sense for him to lie and embellish about his experience durin

Maybe he was busy and didn't hear about it until later? Maybe he was asleep? Wouldn't it make more sense for him to lie and embellish about his experience during that day (as politicians often do with this kind of thing), rather than flatly state that he just didn't remember?