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BootinUp

(51,274 posts)
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:17 PM Jun 2017

White House rebuffs Comey: 'The President is not a liar' [View all]

Source: CNN

(CNN) Accusations of lying whizzed across Washington Thursday as fired FBI Director James Comey concluded his bombshell session on Capitol Hill.

Comey himself suggested during his three-hour sworn testimony that President Donald Trump had a shaky commitment to telling the truth. The White House decried the accusation.

Meanwhile, Trump's outside lawyer insisted that it was Comey who lied when he detailed conversations between himself and the President, raising the suggestion that Comey committed perjury while testifying under oath.

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"I can definitely say the President is not a liar, and I think it's, frankly, insulting that question would be asked," spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters during an off-camera briefing at the White House.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/08/politics/trump-james-comey-liar/index.html



And Nixon wasn't a crook. I hope twitter gets going on the iamnotaliar hashtag
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😂😂😂😂😂 nt helpisontheway Jun 2017 #1
Yeah, he's not a liar, and he's not Putin's puppet. Riiiight! Zen Democrat Jun 2017 #2
"no liar! no liar! you're the liar!" unblock Jun 2017 #5
Who you gonna believe, the White House... dchill Jun 2017 #3
there should have been a laugh heard around the world. barbtries Jun 2017 #4
Sarah Huckabee Sanders was "insulted" ... Jopin Klobe Jun 2017 #6
Great........ SergeStorms Jun 2017 #49
Bollocks... dae Jun 2017 #7
Yeah, I think we've heard this before... Wounded Bear Jun 2017 #8
Trump started his time in office by lying before God with his hand on the Bible. keithbvadu2 Jun 2017 #9
Sarah, darling, release the tapes that proves Comey perjured himself. Brother Buzz Jun 2017 #10
And President Obama really was born in Kenya. deurbano Jun 2017 #11
Thank God gibraltar72 Jun 2017 #12
Sounds eerily like "I am not a crook" George II Jun 2017 #13
"People have got to know whether or not their president is a liar. Well, I'm not a liar." The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #14
Well that settles it. Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #15
Of all the statements to make DFW Jun 2017 #16
Yes he is. No he's not. Yes he is. No he's not. Yes he is. mahannah Jun 2017 #17
You keep telling yourselves that. neeksgeek Jun 2017 #18
Republican Pres Trump is not christian either. Presbytarians don't have to ask if they're christian. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #19
No liar! No liar! Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2017 #20
... BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #21
"The president is not a liar." sakabatou Jun 2017 #22
If that's the best they can do Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #23
i think they're lying again 0rganism Jun 2017 #24
Tapes... show us the tapes. C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #25
No, he didn't lie, the FBI didn't investigate the prostitute piss episode, that is true. The_Casual_Observer Jun 2017 #26
whizzed underpants Jun 2017 #27
Trump never tells the truth, what is sad is that half of this country still doesnt know that Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #28
Fine. He's a confabulator, a bullshit artist, a scammer, a conman, an unreliable narrator. politicat Jun 2017 #29
Oh right, and Nixon wasn't a crook either! BigDemVoter Jun 2017 #30
"I am self funding and will hire the best people, not the biggest donors!" DJT Facebook 4/3/2016 Freethinker65 Jun 2017 #31
Can I say: "Are you fucking kidding me?" Kleveland Jun 2017 #32
drumpf lies constantly! greatauntoftriplets Jun 2017 #33
Oh no, Penn Voter Jun 2017 #34
Washington Post: 100 days of Trump claims csziggy Jun 2017 #35
Let's got to the record, shall we??? Maeve Jun 2017 #36
Okay, he's not a liar. dawn frenzy adams Jun 2017 #37
Trump countered with a lie. WhiteTara Jun 2017 #38
the word Trump defines the word "liar" as Nixon defined the word "crook" Stuart G Jun 2017 #39
He's not a liar? So they're saying he's so stupid he actually believes all that bullshit he says. tclambert Jun 2017 #40
His tiny little fingers lie, at 140 characters a session. Historic NY Jun 2017 #41
They are quite brazen with their lying Zorro Jun 2017 #42
Reminds me of Nixon's I AM NOT A CROOK onetexan Jun 2017 #43
Yep DeminPennswoods Jun 2017 #50
Why are you slapping yourself? Why are you slapping yourself? truthisfreedom Jun 2017 #44
Lie, lie you know he does lie BHDem53 Jun 2017 #45
Cereal Lier trusty elf Jun 2017 #46
Yeah, yeah.. like the "white house" is going Cha Jun 2017 #47
Tapes or tax returns would shut this down immediately. Dave Starsky Jun 2017 #48
Today's cry:Pres not a Liar. Tomorrow's cry:Pres is not a crook. delisen Jun 2017 #51
thats will go down in history with I Am Not a Crook and I am Not a Witch samnsara Jun 2017 #52
Still soft balling it - "had a shaky commitment to telling the truth" Bucky Jun 2017 #53
Now that is funny. nt doc03 Jun 2017 #54
That's a powerful argument, "The president is not a liar." Nitram Jun 2017 #55
Great retort (sarcasm) rock Jun 2017 #56
FBI notes are called evidence Greensix1 Jun 2017 #57
Blue House Rebuffs White House ProfessorGAC Jun 2017 #58
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