On the Russia scandal, Trump's lies start to pile up

[DonViejo]

01/09/17 08:00 AM—UPDATED 01/09/17 08:38 AM
By Steve Benen

Almost immediately after Donald Trump met with U.S. intelligence officials on the Russian hacking scandal, the president-elect issued a written statement that claimed, among other things, that he’d learned “there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election.”

The next morning, Trump was even more explicit about the point he wants to emphasize, arguing that the intelligence he received “stated very strongly there was absolutely no evidence that hacking affected the election results.”

As Rachel explained on the show, Donald Trump clearly lied.

“Here’s what’s actually in the report: ‘We did not make an assessment of the impact Russian activities had on the outcome of the election.’

“So, our president-elect is lying to us. He says this report concluded that Russian hacking had no impact on the election. This report did not conclude that – and now we know because we can read it ourselves.”

Note the series of events: Trump lied on Friday in his written statement, got called out for his public deception, and then repeated the identical lie on Saturday morning.

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