Dan Eggen and Paul Kane show how it's done

Justice Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said that "a private and collegial conversation" was "being twisted into a perceived threat by former disgruntled employees grandstanding before Congress."

The six U.S. attorneys who appeared yesterday had declined to testify voluntarily. They were subpoenaed by a House Judiciary subcommittee and threatened with subpoenas in the Senate.

No need to say that Roehrkasse lied. Presenting the fact immediately after his lie makes it clear.