Meatball Gets Caught Telling Another Whopper

TO THE FAINTING COUCH!

Meatball, ya big, dumb lyin' dickhead! Turns out Matthew "Big Dick Toilet" "Patent Scam" Whitaker may have made a little oopsie on his résumé for 30 years straight. The Wall Street Journal    reports that the Acting Attorney General repeatedly claimed to have been named an Academic All-American as a tight end at the University of Iowa in 1990-1992, but does not appear on the list of recipients of the honor.

 Whaaaaaat? A member of the Trump administration telling fibs? CLUTCH THE PEARLS.

In fact, Whitaker was named an All-District regional honoree, a large pool from which All-Americans are eventually selected. Whitaker falsely claimed to have received the honor on his former law firm's website and on the résumé he submitted to the patent scam firm in 2014 -- which, I Really Don't Care, Do U? But the Journal reports that the lie was included in his application for a federal judgeship in 2010, and in the 2009 press release announcing his departure from the US Attorney's office in Iowa. Lucky thing Whitaker's the highest unelected law enforcement officer in the land, not some maintenance worker, or he might get fired for that shit.

The Justice Department spokeswoman has a very good explanation for the error and it is to blame the University of Iowa's athletic department -- you know how jocks are, amirite?

Kerri Kupec, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said Mr. Whitaker relied on a 1993 University of Iowa football media guide, which listed him as a "GTE District VII academic All-American." (GTE was the contest sponsor at that time.)

She referred further questions to Steve Roe, an assistant athletic director at the University of Iowa, who said that "if there is confusion at all, part of it could be how we listed it in our media guide."

See, one time in 1993 the school was confusing in its paperwork, so it's totally fine for Whitaker to lie about it for 30 years after that. That's just NCAA rules!

(And if we may be permitted a brief aside as the parent of two student athletes, there is NO DAMN WAY a D1 player is "confused" about the level of honor he received. This guy wears a Rose Bowl participation ring -- he understands the difference between All-District and All-American.)

The Journal points out that this lie would likely have been picked up if Meatball had been vetted like a normal nominee and not simply handed a shiv and jammed into the Justice Department with instructions to go murder the Mueller investigation.

It is possible the Academic All-American matter would have arisen during independent vetting from the Senate, if Mr. Whitaker had gone through the confirmation process. In his previous position as chief of staff to Mr. Sessions, Mr. Whitaker didn't require Senate confirmation.

But in Trumpland, lying on your application is pretty much a job requirement. Can't trust a guy who's not willing to get his hands a little dirty, right?

And, lookie here! Wonder who that "Whitmat" guy is who's always editing the Iowa Hawkeyes and Matthew Whitaker Wikipedia pages.

Here is the link to the other Wikipedia contributions of Whitmat, whoever they are https: //t.co/BLkGCfWXvv https://t.co/BAZlUS1xaZ

— zedster (@zedster) 1545900834.0 

It's con men all the way down!

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