*No one outside of his party ever knew about it;
*No one outside of his party will ever know about it;
*If anyone outside of his party found out, it would be labeled a "typical lie" of the western infidels;
*No one cares whether he did it or not;
*No one WANTS to know about it (denial mode);
*Those who do know about it, think that it is either "water under the bridge," "who cares," "too bad," or "he probably deserved it";
*Some variation of the above.
Pride has little or nothing to do with it at all.