Mark Lee Greenblatt: The first red flag is apparent enough: Mr. Homan and the White House gave inconsistent responses to the allegations. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, told reporters that Mr. Homan never took the money — a flat, categorical denial. Mr. Homan has said only that he did nothing wrong and nothing illegal. Notice the difference.
[i.e., Homan himself hasn’t denied taking the money, but the Whitehouse has denied that he has.]
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