What a lovely family this is. Or, isn’t. KKKaroline has a brother who, it appears, is just as much of a liar as she is. He knows all about how to attack as opposed to confessing. But this time, he’s been proven wrong, and suffice it to say, he keeps digging himself deeper. Sound familiar? We’ve been shown the truth. From The Washington Post via Raw Story:
Michael Leavitt, the brother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, attacked the Washington Post on Sunday as his and the White House’s official narrative on a lengthy custody battle and immigration arrest was challenged by the outlet’s reporting. In 2014, Michael Leavitt had a child with Bruna Ferreira, a migrant who obtained a work permit and limited immigration protections in 2012, and would later make Karoline Leavitt her child’s godmother. Ferreira was arrested by immigration officials last month, and the White House has painted her as a “criminal” and an absent mother.
Isn’t that always the way? Attack, redirect, protest unconvincingly. This is not a scandal rag, as you might see at checkouts in grocery stores. WaPo is not a fly-by-night organization. Now, we have no idea how they found this out, but it doesn’t necessarily matter, because the story is out, and it’s likely that more people will be digging into this. It should be quite something if more does come out.
But, as the Post reported Sunday, “court records, family photos and Ferreira’s account tell a different story,” and one that sparked Michael Leavitt’s outrage. “[The Washington Post is] trying to use this whole situation to push a narrative to smear me,” Michael Leavitt wrote to the Post in a text message, having declined to speak with the outlet by telephone. “[Ferreira] selected [Karoline] Leavitt to be her son’s godmother. She signed off on her son’s trip to the White House Easter egg hunt this spring,” the Post writes. “And she said she ‘moved mountains’ to ensure he could attend Leavitt’s wedding in January.”
Lies, lies, and more lies from Michael. He should have a position as one of Trump’s “cabinet”. He’d fit right in. What is it with these people anyhow? All of *us* learned a long time ago that it was better to be truthful than to try and remember a lie so the story doesn’t change. It can be embarrassing, even mortifying, but admit whatever it is and move on. That would be sensible, yes?
Michael Leavitt’s insistence that he had no involvement with her immigration arrest was also challenged by Ferreira, who told the Post that both Michael Leavitt and his father, Bob Leavitt, had told Ferreira’s sister that Ferreira should “self-deport,” something that Ferreira’s attorney, Todd Pomerleau, described to the Post as “a trap.” Bruna outright rejected the White House’s assertion that no relationship between the two existed. “Ferreira said she could not recall when they last spoke, but said she met Karoline Leavitt’s now husband and is constantly in the family’s orbit because of their son,” the Post reported. “Her lawyer, Pomerleau, said it is false that they have not spoken in years.”
SMH. He’s trying to weasel out of the truth and CYA so he doesn’t have to take responsibility for his actions. If she gets deported, what will happen to their son? Is he going to get kicked out with her? Or is he going to become an orphan? Neither one is a palatable action. She doesn’t deserve this, and neither does her son. Damn, but our country sucks at immigration.
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Isn’t her name spelled KKKarolyin’?