[Magdalen] Putting those rumors firmly to rest!

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report
<http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report>)—In a fiercely defiant
statement on Tuesday, the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, denied
that any member of the White House staff has ever worked “in any way,
shape, or form” for the benefit of the United States.

Angrily addressing the press corps, Spicer said that any allegations that
members of the Trump Administration have ever acted in concert or collusion
with the United States are “unequivocally false.”

“At no time during the transition or afterward did any member of the Trump
team have meetings, conversations, or any other contacts that furthered the
interests of the United States of America,” Spicer said. “In the thousands
of communications that took place, the United States never came up even
once.”

Drawing a stark contrast with the Administration of former President Barack
Obama, Spicer said that many members of Obama’s staff were “clearly and
flagrantly working for the United States government at all times.”

“President Trump has put an end to that,” he said.

In closing, Spicer said that the recent effort to pass the Republican
health-care bill should silence “once and for all” those trying to link the
Trump Administration to the United States government. “If you look at the
interaction between the White House and congressional Republicans, there is
absolutely no evidence of coördination,” he said.

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James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
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