SULLUM: The year's highlights in blame shifting
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From Rudy Giuliani to Joe Biden, many public officials rolled out a parade of excuses when accused of questionable behavior in 2023, Jacob Sullum writes.
"I relied on others," "documents were filed in the wrong place," and other memorable excuses from the world of politics.
The year's highlights in blame shifting
BRANDON, Miss. — Last month, The New York Times and the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today investigated a series of allegations that for nearly two decades, Rankin County sheriff’s deputies tortured people suspected of drug use to extract information and confessions. Reporters examined hundreds of pages of court records and sheriff’s office reports and interviewed more than 50 people who say they witnessed or experienced these events. What emerged was a pattern o