Yes, likely part of the plan to flip and flip back all along.  Alan Dershowitz, who I think is also controlled by Trump did the same thing. He said "stop the presses" we need to have the FBI look seriously into the allegations by these very credible women. Then, stuff comes out, and Dersh is like "if these women lied they should be brought up on perjury charges and prosecuted" after establishing the credibility of being a fair arbiter.