"When the first story about the SNC-Lavalin scandal was reported in the Globe and Mail, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a howler: 'The allegations in the Globe story this morning are false,' he told reporters."
Jodi Wilson-Raybould delves into the incident in great detail in Indian in the Cabinet.
"Former U.S. president Bill Clinton also famously told a whopper in 1998, when he ended a televised address with the line: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Of course, journalists quickly debunked that lie and uncovered an affair between Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern."
What motivates liars?
Read the National Post's article on the subject which covers an array of liars and their motives.
A Staff Sgt. asked me and two others to create a Rural Crime Watch which operated successfully for ten years until the inspector responsible for community policing heard about the program for which she wasn't consulted. We attended a large meeting at which the Staff professed not knowing about the program. https://youtu.be/vhfvnSxbea4?si=icaVq4BqZFYsEFNw