Trump And His Press Secretary Flagrantly Lied On Their First Full Day In Office. That Matters.
White House,Sean Spicer,Press Secretary,Inauguration,Politics
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On Saturday, President Donald Trump’s first full day in office, he gave a speech at CIA headquarters in which he lied about the size of the crowd at his inauguration and falsely claimed that he had never feuded with the U.S. intelligence community. Hours later, his press secretary emerged from the West Wing, lied about the size of the inaugural crowd and took no questions.
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