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However, Pfiffner emphasized that "the most significant" lies told by Trump are instead "egregious false statements that are demonstrably contrary to well-known facts," because by causing disagreements about what the facts are, then people cannot properly evaluate their government: "Political power rather than rational discourse then becomes ...
While some such instances have proved to be real, some attribute certain occurrences to the U.S. government under the guise of a false flag operation; an example is 9/11 conspiracy theories. [87] The Moon landing is one of the most commonly-known conspiracy theories. It theorizes that the government staged the landing.
The burglars were discovered and arrested. Nixon tried to cover up both the burglary, the bugging, and the full extent of other illegal acts by his close staff. The cover up resulted in 69 government officials being charged and 48 being convicted or pleading guilty. Eventually, Nixon resigned his office rather than face trial.
Fact check: Trump, repeating old lies on ‘Meet the Press,’ falsely claims US is the only country with birthright citizenship Daniel Dale, CNN December 8, 2024 at 1:00 PM
As it turns out, though, the lines have been proven fake. According to fact-checking site Snopes, they found no record of Trump saying this in 1998 or any other time according to their research.
The Mueller report found that the Russian government "interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion" and "violated U.S. criminal law". [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 75 ] The report relayed two methods by which Russia attempted to influence the election.
Mexican government forces criminals across border [68] White-nationalist conspiracy theory involving murder of white South African farmers and expropriation of their land [69] Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio eating cats and dogs [70] Claimed that ISIS members were hiding within the Central American migrant caravans [71] [72]
Some Members of Congress believe that these lies to Congress are similar to CIA lies to Congress from earlier periods. [52] In the early 1990s Richard Barlow asked his managers to correct the record when blatantly false statements had been made to Congress. The official mendacity only became public after Barlow sued the US Department of Defense ...