The FBI's former honcho, Andrew McCabe, has all the expected excuses at the expected site, the Washington Post.
‘I did not knowingly mislead or lie to investigators. When asked about contacts with a reporter that were fully within my power to authorize as deputy director, and amid the chaos that surrounded me, I answered questions as completely and accurately as I could."
"At worst, I was not clear in my responses, and because of what was going on around me may well have been confused and distracted — and for that I take full responsibility. "
I take full responsibility while seeking to evade the full consequences that would befall anyone else is a Hillarism.
And I think we're all tired of those.
I was confused, distracted and the dog ate my homework... but I take full responsibility doesn't fly. And no one who was charged with lying to the FBI got a pass with that excuse.
Flynn was confused and distracted. It didn't get him a pass.
People have been charged with lying to the FBI under very dubious circumstances.
The director was charged with two counts of lying to a federal officer, with one charge stemming from an incident when an FBI agent, who didn’t identify himself, called McTiernan at home and casually asked if he had hired Pellicano. McTiernan, assuming the FBI agent was a nosy journalist, said no.
But why should the laws apply to those who apply them?