EDBLOG They're Not Even Good At Lying - By Josh Marshall

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They’re Not Even Good At Lying
By Josh Marshall | February 13, 2018 11:39 am

We’re going to bring you some more details about this shortly. But the White House’s position on the Porter background check was that it was an on-going process, so in key ways out of their hands. FBI Director Christopher Wray just confirmed that that is not true – that the check was mainly completed last year and that the file was officially closed in January, before any of the scandal broke. Here’s Dana Bash explaining.

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As Bash notes, it was on the calendar that Wray would be testifying in a public setting. So all but certain he’d be asked about this and presumably wouldn’t lie, in an easily impeachable fashion, on their behalf.

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1. So long Mr. Wray. Wal-Mart beckons.