Fired FBI Director James Comey took to Twitter today and said “FBI families will spend Christmas without a paycheck” thanks to the government shutdown:
FBI families will spend Christmas without a paycheck. This president promised Mexico would pay for the wall but innocent people are now paying the price for another lie. Our thoughts are with hardworking public servants and their families.
— James Comey (@Comey) December 23, 2018
And he was quickly fact-checked over this false statement:
Per OMB guidance, checks for Pay Period 26 (December 9-22) will be processed as usual. Which means federal employees will get their normal direct deposit between December 28 and January 3.
It's the paychecks *after* that, starting with Pay Period 1, that are stopped. https://t.co/RT1wroDWWr
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 23, 2018
Payrolls … how do they work?
This, of course, makes perfect sense if you think about it for just two seconds. The money for December 9-21 salaries was appropriated and obligated. So those payments can be sent as part of normal shutdown operations.
It's the pay period after that where there is no money.
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 23, 2018
It's like Democrats have suddenly forgotten how payroll works. You get paid for that LAST pay period's work, folks.
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 23, 2018
But don’t take Malor’s word for it:
And you don't have to take my word for it, you can go look at OMB's shutdown guidance for yourself. https://t.co/cM5lhgD2Vs
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 23, 2018
Per that guidance, the critical date when it comes to federal employee paychecks will be January 11. That's when the payments for Pay Period 1 (Dec. 23-Jan. 5) would ordinarily have been delivered by direct deposit.
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 23, 2018
So, was Comey just wrong or did he lie?
This is a lie. Literally no federal employee will spend Christmas without a paycheck according to OPM. https://t.co/KnKnGe3FX7
— The H2 (@TheH2) December 23, 2018
Comey The Good And Brave Just Ask Him is… lying.https://t.co/qYuM9nbbrT
— Will Collier (@willcollier) December 23, 2018
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Related:
‘I didn’t make this up’: Rep. John Ratcliffe shares transcript of UNREAL exchange with James Comey https://t.co/n2OMllIF2d
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 19, 2018
Rep. Mark Meadows catches James Comey pushing 'long-ago-debunked' lie about Steele dossier https://t.co/QxxeHFI2AF
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 18, 2018
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