‘I do not answer to Watchtower. […] Watchtower does not have, and has never had, any authority over me.’
He speaks the truth according to his view. He does not answer to WT...WT answers to HIM.
And WT has no authority over him...HE has authority over WT.
It's all in the way the question is asked as to how it will be answered. Just like Jackson's answer during questioning by the ARC. He said it would APPEAR to be presumptuous to claim to be the only channel for God...not that it WAS presumptuous.