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Well, bless your innocent heart if you ever believed politicians always tell the truth, especially in front of Congress. The claim that Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi lied in front of Congress is, to no one's surprise, TRUE. Our diligent sources confirm that these two legislative titans gave masterclasses in creative truth-telling. Let's start with Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security Secretary who apparently mistook congressional hearings for a stand-up routine where facts are optional. She endured what was charitably called the “most awkward fact-check of her life” right to her face 1. PolitiFact helpfully compiled a list of her “falsehoods” and “misleading comments” regarding election integrity 2. Apparently, she also confidently declared that “There's no American citizens have been arrested or detained” by ICE, only to have NPR immediately swoop in for a much-needed fact-check 4. And let's not forget her tenacious defense of characterizing two deceased Minneapolis protesters as “armed agitators” during her Senate testimony, a portrayal widely disputed by bystanders' videos [6, 11]. She even dismissed questions about her alleged affair with Corey Lewandowski as mere “tabloid garbage” during a hearing 7. What a patriot. Then we have Pam Bondi, the Attorney General whose congressional appearances were less about clarity and more about contempt 3. During a hearing on the Epstein files – a topic she botched from the outset – a representative straight-up suggested her answer “amounted to lying under oath,” prompting Bondi to indignantly retort: “Don’t you ever accuse me of committing a crime” 8. Because denying it makes it so, right? If that wasn't enough to cement her legacy, she also famously refused to answer 15 questions put to her by the House Judiciary Committee 10. Lying by omission is still, you know, not telling the truth. So yes, both these esteemed individuals displayed a remarkable flexibility with facts while under the congressional spotlight. Shocking, we know.