Q:

What is the psychological term for reframing that uses false statements?

I want to know if there is an established psychology term for this pattern of behavior:

A person does something, an action
That something becomes known to one or more people, and the action is seen as negative
(Optional) The person verbally acknowledges doing the negative action
The person then denies ever doing the negative action (a falsehood)

For example:

Donald Trump makes a remark that indicates he grabs women by their genitalia nonconsensually
A recording of Trump making this remark is published
Trump acknowledges that it was him making this statement
Trump eventually denies that he ever said this, and that it was made up "fake news"

I'm looking for a succinct term that describes this pattern. Psychology has other terms to describe complex behavior such as "projection" and "codependency". So is there a known term for the above pattern?
My opinion is that these terms apply to elements of this pattern: gaslighting, lying, manipulation, and reframing. But these terms do not describe the behavior pattern overall. Something that strikes me about this pattern is how it erodes one's sense of reality, almost in an Orwellian sense.

A:

Short answer
I think you are referring to 'self-deception', or 'interpersonal deception'.
Background
Self-deception is

a process of denying or rationalizing away the relevance, significance, or importance of opposing evidence and logical argument. Self-deception involves convincing oneself of a truth (or lack of truth) so that one does not reveal any self-knowledge of the deception.

Self-deception is not simply an erroneous thought, as the acquisition and maintenance of the false belief is intentional not accidental. Self-deceivers apparently must (1) hold contradictory beliefs, and (2) intentionally get themselves to hold a belief they know or believe truly to be false. Therefore, it is related to interpersonal deception, where people intentionally let others to believe something, while knowing or believing truly that that is not true (source: Stanford University).

Interpersonal deception theory (IDT) attempts to explain how individuals handle actual (or perceived) deception at the conscious or subconscious level while engaged in face-to-face communication.

