Yeah, which is a quote relayed by a guy who disagreed with that person was doing and who seems to have a real bee in his bonnet about the topic under discussion, calling it a "lie" when I can't see any dispassionate observer agreeing with that characterisation.

Did the person allegedly quoted actually think it was lie? Seems amazingly lucky that he got so close to the real figure if he did. It feels like someone saying "sometimes you got to break the law to get things done" because they jaywalked in the middle of the night when out buying some milk. The drama of the comment just doesn't seem plausible at first glance.