Then why hadn't he come out and denied his involvement?

He should have denied any involvement with the dead guy.

That means every local can deny involvement, and most probably will.

However, the government has denied any involvement in the event.

The central leadership of the party had denied involvement in the attack.

Later all five went on television to deny any involvement in the murder.

That is why the leadership had to deny its involvement.

National and state leaders of the party have strongly denied any involvement.

The authorities said no other car was involved and they denied any involvement by the police.

But the person I spoke to about this denied any involvement in such an attack.