White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders concludes her daily press briefing on Jan. 11. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)The White House is no stranger to making misleading and false claims when denying things. Both of these things were effectively denied by the White House just last week. But it clearly created the impression that no changes on his legal team were in the offing. Rarely has a politician's office — much less a White House — been so willing to torch its credibility over basically nothing.

Source: Washington Post March 23, 2018 12:45 UTC