You are just guessing so you and the media should give him the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise shouldn't you Dr Meerkat?
I looked up sanctimonious in the dictionary
sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous (săngk'tə-mō'nē-əs) adj. Feigning piety or righteousness: “a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old Meerkat that looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity” (Mark Twain).
