Tsutsui also later backtracked on his claims and apologized for it. RedState backtracked later and the writer of the story apologized. Pierce denied them, and Seward hastily backtracked. Later, he backtracked and clarified it was only 8 employees that lost their jobs. He later backtracked, saying he wanted to continue catching. He eventually backtracked, claiming a misunderstanding. But he quickly backtracked after Raja Ja'afar made threats against Sultan Abdul Rahman. Ibrahim later backtracked from his comments. However, it proved to be a false allegation as the maid backtracked later. Nielsen later, in May 2018 backtracked, saying that she agreed with the intelligence community's assessment. That afternoon, he backtracked westward to Lake City. The Interior Ministry subsequently backtracked from its previous claim. After Sempill made an official protest, Churchill backtracked. After further consultation, the Government backtracked. They backtracked their steps and eventually found Owney lying on top of the mailbag.