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Michael Flynn Is Worse Than a Liar

The word <em>lie</em> has lost its power in the Trump era. Try replacing it with <em>fraud</em>.
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The Trump administration has introduced the country to a colorful troupe of liars like none other in memory. Starting with the president himself, the past two years have brought to the national stage a phenomenal array of promiscuous fabricators. It therefore stands to reason that so many of the offenses ferreted out by Special Counsel Robert Mueller are crimes of dishonesty. Prosecutors take their crimes where they find them, particularly as they work their way up the ladder to the most important targets.

Defenders of the president lately have taken to disparaging Mueller’s charges

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