Emails show Ben Carson and his wife personally selected $31,000 dining set

Emails show that Ben Carson and his wife personally selected the $31,000 dining set

It turns out that the department's official spokesman had lied about this.

Are you surprised?

"The newly released emails contradict the expansive denials by a HUD spokesman when CNN first reported this story. The spokesman repeatedly told CNN at the time the Carsons were not involved in the purchase of the pricey dining set. 'New tables, chairs, in that room whatsoever -- zero awareness of this purchase being made,' the spokesman said. 'Neither one of them knew this purchase was being made. The secretary knew that the table and chairs were old because somebody fell out of a chair once. That's literally it. So they had nothing to do with the purchase, nothing to do with anything around that.'"

Pro-tip: do not lie when there is hard evidence contradicting you.