Whiter shade of fail
WHITE House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is facing a barrage of questions about whether she purposely misled the American people.
The questions follow the fallout over Rudy Giuliani’s stunning revelation about hush money paid by President Donald Trump’s lawyer to a porn star who alleges a tryst with Mr Trump.
“Again, I gave you the best information that I had,” Ms Sanders said over and over again Thursday in response to questions about why the White House failed to disclose that Mr Trump had reimbursed his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, for the $130,000 payment to keep Stormy Daniels quiet.
“Were you lying to us at the time? Or were you in the dark?” one reporter asked.
It was an awkward position for Ms Sanders, who is tasked with speaking on behalf of the President.
It also highlighted the difficulty the White House communications office has had in navigating an unpredictable and freewheeling President.
“As a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!” Mr Trump tweeted last year.
Ms Sanders on Thursday had to acknowledge that Mr Giuliani hadn’t given her a heads-up that he would reveal that Mr Trump had reimbursed Mr vCohen.
She said she didn’t know about the reimbursement at all until Mr Giuliani’s interview Wednesday night.
“I’m not part of the legal team and wouldn’t be part of those discussions,” she said when asked whether she’d been caught off guard.
“They were (caught off guard), Mr Giuliani told CNN on Thursday in reference to White House staffers. “There was no way they wouldn’t be.
“The President is my client. I don’t talk to them.”
“Again, I gave you the best information that I had.”
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS