Diamond and Silk, the North Carolina sisters who run a wide-reaching YouTube channel and regularly appear on Fox News supporting and promoting President Trump, are being accused of lying to Congress by several reporters.
The pair Thursday morning testified to Congress about what they claim is censorship by Facebook of conservative voices.
According to several reporters, the pair were asked by Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee if they had ever been paid by the Trump campaign. Allegedly they answered no.
But as those same reporters and a U.S. Congressman note, that appears to be incorrect. On Twitter the reporters posted screenshots of the Donald J. Trump for President campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that suggest otherwise.
According to the report, which is also available online, and to the reporters, the Trump campaign paid Diamond and Silk $1274.94 for “field consulting” in November of 2016.
HuffPost’s Eliot Nelson:
ABC’s Alex Mallin:
Foreign Policy and Strategy Consultant Molly McKew:
The pair were reminded they are under oath by Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
The Hill’s Will Sommer notes they responded by calling the FEC filing “fake news”:
Media Matters’ Matthew Gertz weighs in: