From ZeroHedge:
Biden administration energy adviser Amos Hochstein claimed Wednesday that it is “just factually not true” to claim that gas prices were increasing before the invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, despite the fact that the prices had increased by over a dollar per gallon from the day Biden took office to the day of Russia’s military intervention....
.... The guy is just flat out lying.
....MUCH MORE
Bringing to mind an astute comment on what governments do when they think they have impunity:
Which raises the question: "Why do they think they have impunity?"