GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Moralist:A statement is wholly truthful

Moralist:A statement is wholly truthful only if it is true and made without intended deception.A statement is a lie if it is intended to deceive or if its speaker,upon learning that the statement was misinterpreted,refrains from clarifying it. Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principles stated by the moralist?

(A) Ted’s statement to the investigator that he had been abducted by extraterrestrial beings was wholly truthful even though no one has ever been abducted