The faker-in-chief: No single day without a lie

[pbrower2a]

How in the hell can you get away with this much lying and not be impeached yet (or get elected in the first place)?

Lying is not a crime in itself unless it constitutes perjury or fraud, involves obstruction of justice, or as part of a war crime.

Lying about one's behavior while under investigation for a crime may not be what one is convicted of, but just remember the FBI technique of inducing a suspect to tell self-serving lies that other testimony or evidence already collected contradicts.

The lies that the President tells damage the competence of his Administration and the good will of the American People.  These go beyond statements of some unpopular ideology.

[pbrower2a]

We can presume a lie if its presenter

(1) tells a falsehood in seriousness, and

(2) has no legitimate reason for believing that it is the truth.



This leaves room for errors, delusions, hallucinations, jokes, ideological bias, and deliberate fiction.