The role of Mormon apologist is to make it possible to believe. All Gee has to do is find some way around the "proofs" that JS was full of it. If he can come up with one way JS can still be a prophet, no matter how tortuous the route, then he's presented an "out" for those who want it to be true.
This is very similar to a defense attorney trying to raise "reasonable doubt" in the minds of a jury. He doesn't have to present a likely case that his client is not guilty, just a possibility that the prosecution's case has not proven things completely.
Gee may not necessarily believe that the points he makes are true but only needs to believe that they COULD BE true, that they are not logically impossible.
He believes that JS was a prophet for non-scholarly reasons and so must adjust the scholarship to defend that conclusion. Often Mormon scholars, such as Gee, believe things that would be shocking to mainstream Mormons but have to defend a more orthodox view of JS. Again this is similar to a defense attorney who argues to keep certain evidence out of the trial in order to present the jury with a more favorable picture of his client than even he knows is true.
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