By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
When Sarah Sanders gathered in front of reporters the day after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017, the White House deputy press secretary made a claim that became an ongoing narrative.
She asserted that “countless” FBI agents had confided in the White House that they no longer had confidence in Comey.
Turns out, she wasn’t telling the truth, according to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
In an interview with Mueller’s team, Sanders, who has been promoted to press secretary, said the assertion was a “slip of the tongue.”
“She also recalled that her statement in a separate press interview that rank-and-file FBI agents had lost confidence in Comey was a comment she made ‘in the heat of the moment’ that was not founded on anything,” the report stated.
