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Trump Again Disproven By His Own Justice Department

on June 11, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 11: James Wolfe, former director of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee, walks out from the Washington FBI Field Office after being processed on June 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. Wolf... WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 11: James Wolfe, former director of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee, walks out from the Washington FBI Field Office after being processed on June 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. Wolfe was arrested last week on federal charges for leaking committee information to reporters. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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December 12, 2018 12:06 p.m.

President Trump, with his ambivalent relationship with the truth, has found himself at odds with his Justice Department many times, on matters large and small, ranging from claims about terrorist attack data in the United States to whether he directed Michael Cohen to break campaign finance law to silence alleged mistresses.

Now we can add another example to the long list of occasions that the Justice Department has had to distance itself from something the President has claimed.

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