Thread by @JuddLegum

1. Wow.

Trump's hand-picked FBI Director just revealed that the White House has been blatantly lying about the Rob Porter domestic abuse scandal

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2. The White House claim -- again and again and again -- was that Porter's background check was "ongoing" and they needed to complete the process

THIS WAS A LIE, ACCORDING TO WRAY

The background check formally ended in January

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3. It's actually even worse than this, the FBI submitted an interim report in MARCH and its final report in JULY, then updated it with a bit more info in November.

The background check has been over for a long time.

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4. This is important because it establishes, definitively, that the White House knew about Porter's history for months but did nothing.

The FBI closed the investigation without issuing a security clearance, the White House still did nothing

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5. Why did the White House repeatedly lie about the background check being ongoing? Did they think they wouldn't get caught? Did they believe that Wray would refuse to disclose this information?

Who knows, but it was a huge miscalculation

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