Trump is wrong that Obama White House refused to turn over documents in congressional probes

[tulc]

Trump falsely says Obama didn't give documents to Congress

Trump said that when Congress sought documents from Obama, the White House "didn’t do anything. They didn’t give one letter of the request. Many requests were made. They didn’t give a letter."

That’s not what happened. The Obama administration gave hundreds of thousands of documents to Congress in at least four investigations. For a fraction of those documents, the administration went to court to try to head off the request, but courts generally sided with Congress, and the documents were ultimately handed over. Experts say the scenario is typical of the longstanding skirmishing between the executive and legislative branches.

The documents handed over were mostly those of executive branch agencies, rather than the White House. In large part, that’s because questions never arose about Obama’s personal finances.

Trump's claim is ridiculous— so we rate it Pants on Fire!

tulc(this is President Trumps 97th pants on fire)

 

[The Barbarian]

The tragedy is that we have a president who thinks that telling obvious lies is perfectly all right, and that millions of Americans agree with him.

 

[FireDragon76]

The tragedy is that we have a president who thinks that telling obvious lies is perfectly all right, and that millions of Americans agree with him.

People are just numb. A smart move on Trump's part, but hardly original:

Joseph Goebbels - Wikiquote