"Truth isn't truth," and presidential inaugurations have nothing to do with presidents, apparently.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters on Thursday night that The Wall Street Journal's report about a criminal investigation into President Trump's 2017 inaugural committee is only distantly, vaguely related to Trump himself.
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