Trump blasts Washington Post report that he offered pardons to aides over border wall orders

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Trump on Wednesday blasted The Washington Post over a report that he urged aides to do whatever is necessary to complete construction of the wall along the southern border, and that he would pardon them if they broke the law.

The president dismissed the report, which was published Tuesday night and included on the record comments from the White House press office, as a "totally Fake story."

"This was made up by the Washington Post only in order to demean and disparage - FAKE NEWS!" Trump tweeted.

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The Post reported that Trump has privately suggested that he would pardon officials who carry out potentially illegal orders connected to construction of a wall at the southern border and that he has grown worried not completing the structure by the 2020 election could hurt his reelection chances.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-blasts-washington-post-report-that-he-offered-pardons-to-aides-over-border-wall-orders/ar-AAGsCoB?li=BBnb7Kz

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Once again, he tweets about things that are actually true,

or else he wouldn't tweet about them.

[struggle4progress]

2. "I didn't say that. And besides, when I said it, I was only joking!"

Trump only 'joking' about pardons if laws broken in pursuit of border wall: WH official
By JORDYN PHELPS Aug 28, 2019, 4:27 PM ET

After a Washington Post report that President Donald Trump has suggested to federal officials that he would pardon them if they broke the law and ignored regulations in order to fast-track construction of his promised southern border wall before the 2020 election, a senior White House official insisted on Wednesday that the president was only "joking" ...

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-joking-pardons-laws-broken-pursuit-border-wall/story?id=65239809

[Maeve]

3. Count the lies! No, there is no new wall, the Post isn't a lobbyist

and he most certainly did say it (even if he was joking--hell, why keep a promise?)