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The lie

"Well, I wonder why the Secret Service, if this was nefarious, why the Secret Service allowed these people in. The president had Secret Service protection at that point, and that raised a question with me," Jay Sekulow, a member of the president's legal team, said on Sunday on the ABC news program "This Week."

The reality, brought to you by Secret Service spokesman Mason Brayman

"Donald Trump, Jr. was not a protectee of the USSS in June, 2016. Thus we would not have screened anyone he was meeting with at that time," the statement said.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKBN1A10Q9?il=0

Lock if old

 

[ascii42]

The president had Secret Service protection at that point

Well, this point would only make sense if the president were there at the time.

 

[norm9]

Are lawyers allowed to lie now?

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

lol, trying so hard to find an excuse for these cunts.

 

[Intheflorsh]

Remember when Trump wanted to hire his own private security company in place of the secret service? I wonder why. 🤔

 

[TheCochese]

Next rebuttal to the USSS will be that Trump indeed was there.

 

[Neuromancer]

Well, this point would only make sense if the president were there at the time.

Well to be fair when a president gets SS protection their family does too.

 

[Xe4]

Are lawyers allowed to lie now?

Lawyers lie constantly. It's kind of part of their job.

 

[nocturnedelight]

well he wondered why, and it's because the Secret Service had nothing to do with Trump Jr at that point.

Technically not a lie, but the same bullshit statements per usual.

 

[theWB27]

They're lying while knowing who they're talking to and the ones they're talking to don't live in reality and will soak that shit up.

They're dumbfounded why smarter people haven't been defeated by these lies and decided to accept them. But... true to a liars way they'll keep on with the keep on.

 

[norm9]

Lawyers lie constantly. It's kind of part of their job.

They massage the truth so there's subtlety. This is blatant.

 

[Random Human]

Come on NYT, we need that 8th name!

 

[cameron]

The lie was shot down in a matter of hours.

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/886691682892357632

Also, the clown lawyer was on all 5 Sunday Morning Political Talk Shows.

https://twitter.com/amjoyshow/status/886608297557729282

 

[Xe4]

They massage the truth so there's subtlety. This is blatant.

They sometimes just straight up lie too, they're just better at not getting caught. Trump has really shitty lawyers, haha.

 

[Random Human]

The lie was shot down in a matter of hours.

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/886691682892357632

Also, the clown lawyer was on all 5 Sunday Morning Political Talk Shows.

https://twitter.com/amjoyshow/status/886608297557729282

By the way, for anyone who hasn't seen this guy in action, he's probably one of the most unlikable people I've ever seen on TV.

 

[cakely]

Wow, wrong topic. Sorry!

 

[BoboBrazil]

By the way, for anyone who hasn't seen this guy in action, he's probably one of the most unlikable people I've ever seen on TV.

Is anyone associated with Trump likeable? This is just another lie to add to the pile.

 

[Saint Gregory]

By the way, for anyone who hasn't seen this guy in action, he's probably one of the most unlikable people I've ever seen on TV.

He was willing to take this job. Would anyone who was likeable deliberately throw that all away to defend Trump?

 

[Drkirby]

If this was June 2016, the only one potentially attending that could have Secret Service Protection was Trump. I can't even think of another likely choice, I doubt one of the Bushes was attending, and VPs only get protection for 6 months after they leave office.

Unless we want to try and say Hillary Clinton was there.

 

[Slayven]

Lawyers lie constantly. It's kind of part of their job.

But considering what he is probably being paid, you would think he would be better at it.

I am starting to think all the competent lawyers avoid Trump and Co, and you are left with ambulance chasers with egos

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

But considering what he is probably being paid, you would think he would be better at it.

It's Trump, so he's probably being paid nothing.

 

[Slayven]

It's Trump, so he's probably being paid nothing.

And you get what you pay for

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

I wondered just how bullshit that quote was when I first saw it. So, all of it.

 

[DarthWoo]

Even had he not been full of BS, would the Secret Service really have any say over what visitors to allow in, so long as those visitors don't present a physical danger to the people they're protecting? It's not the Secret Service's job to prevent their wards from committing crimes.