James Comey Lies About Shutdown Payroll, Gets Fact-Checked…

James Comey Lies About Shutdown Payroll, Gets Fact-Checked On Twitter

by Jeff Dunetz

These days it seems that leftists don’t give a tinker’s damn about truth or fact—about anything. Case in point: Former FBI Director James Comey, has shown he is skilled at being deceitful. James Comey took to Twitter with a completely false claim about payroll during the temporary government shutdown. Comey was brutally fact-checked on Twitter after posting the lie that families of FBI agents would spend Christmas without a paycheck.

“FBI families will spend Christmas without a paycheck. This president promised Mexico would pay for the wall, but innocent people are now paying the price for another lie. Our thoughts are with hardworking public servants and their families,” he said.

James Comey @Comey

FBI families will spend Christmas without a paycheck. This president promised Mexico would pay for the wall but innocent people are now paying the price for another lie. Our thoughts are with hardworking public servants and their families.

Led by Gabriel Malor, he was quickly fact-checked on Twitter:

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor

Per OMB guidance, checks for Pay Period 26 (December 9-22) will be processed as usual. Which means federal employees will get their normal direct deposit between December 28 and January 3.

It’s the paychecks *after* that, starting with Pay Period 1, that are stopped.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor

This, of course, makes perfect sense if you think about it for just two seconds. The money for December 9-21 salaries was appropriated and obligated. So those payments can be sent as part of normal shutdown operations.

It’s the pay period after that where there is no money.

Of course as is the practice on Twitter, others joined in:

Or as Judge Judy once famously said, “Don’t pee on our legs and tell us it’s raining.”

Read more at The Lid…..

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