That statement, contained in a press release, spun a complex tale about the ancestry of Mr. Obama, who is Christian.
After two days of police interrogation without a lawyer, the woman retracted her statement and in a press conference said she had lied about being raped and that Abdiaziz offered her payment in an effort to discredit the government.
Lewis, who has been the target of King's vitriol in the past, called the statement "deeply disturbing" in a press release.
And on top of that, she sent her spokesperson to replace her --and make obtuse statements-- in a national press conference.
The Bears did Cutler no favors by issuing a statement in the press box that he had a knee injury and that his return was questionable, instead of stating that the medical staff had ruled out a return.
Tillerson made his statement at a press conference in Washington.
The opposition retreated, with a statement in the press that "The Labour Party is not interested in the fact that the new Prime Minister inherited a fourteenth Earldom – he cannot help his antecedents any more than the rest of us".
Ask yourself - what is more intolerable - making a reckless statement in the press or imprisoning journalists, educators, religious leaders, and ordinary citizens for what they write?
"This report reveals an indisputable sobering reality," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement in the accompanying press release.
