Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Credit: AP/Susan Walsh) White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders spent Friday afternoon’s press briefing playing defense, sparring with frustrated reporters questioning the facts around President Trump’s consolation — or lack thereof — of the family of late Sergeant La David Johnson. Most egregiously, when reporters asked Sanders about John Kelly — who had lied about the contents of a speech given by congresswoman Frederica Wilson in an attempt to discredit her— Sanders brushed off their questions.