liejacking
Falsely accusing an opponent or potential critic of the exact thing that you are saying or doing before they get a chance to call you out on what you are saying or doing.
Thus, bystanders and third parties become confused as to what is real and what isn't, and you stand a chance of getting away with what you are saying or doing.
Thus, bystanders and third parties become confused as to what is real and what isn't, and you stand a chance of getting away with what you are saying or doing.
He told a lie and then immediately said "but the fake news media will lie and disagree with me". Now the press can't call him on his lie without looking like liars themselves and neutral bystanders feel like they have to take a middle-ground. That's some shady liejacking right there.
liejacking by AdLibera September 13, 2020
