Former Clinton adviser claims Obama admin was scandal-free — instantly gets hit with history lesson

Brian Fallon, the former spokesman for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, was hit with a fact check on Friday after he claimed the Obama administration was scandal-free.

What did he claim?

Fallon said: "Tom Price and the rest of the ever- swampy Trump WH is a permanent reminder of how honorable and scandal-free an administration Obama ran."

Fallon's comments came as scrutiny rained down on now-former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, who used taxpayer funds to fly on private jets instead of commercial airliners. Price resigned his post Friday afternoon.

Was the Obama administration really without scandal?

Since President Donald Trump took office, many prominent Democrats have made similar claims as Fallon. But history paints a much different picture than the one they remember. In fact, Former President Barack Obama had a laundry-list of scandals during his administration, including:

• Operation Fast and Furious
• Benghazi
• The IRS targeting conservative groups
• The Department of Justice unlawfully seizing information of journalists
• The NSA conducting mass surveillance on Americans
• Hillary Clinton's private email scandal
• Paying Iran a ransom for the release of several Americans
• Secret Service prostitute scandal in Colombia
• The EPA dumping waste in the Colorado River
• The Veteran Affairs scandal
• The Iran nuclear deal

As far as Fallon's claim that Obama's administration was honorable, one doesn't have to look too far to debunk that claim. His attorneys general, for example, were both embroiled in multiple scandals. Eric Holder became the first sitting U.S. attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress, while Loretta Lynch had a shady meeting with Bill Clinton on an Arizona tarmac just days before her agency announced they wouldn't pursue criminal prosecution of Hillary Clinton.

The reaction

Social media users reacted swiftly to Fallon's claim and proceeded to give him a history lesson:

Eric holder was the only Sitting AG to ever be held in contempt congress. @jlcon5

— jconnell (@jlcon5) September 29, 2017

And Lynch followed up by meeting on the tarmac with the husband of the target of an investigation. If that's not an ethics violation and a crime, I don't know what is.

— Baglady (@fubaglady) September 29, 2017

Timeline of Obama administration surveillance shenanigans https://t.co/Z1Nq0ke775…

— Justsayin' (@6bird4) September 30, 2017

pic.twitter.com/WSNzRo2dzp

— Dave Дэйв (@dahreal_djptrsn) September 29, 2017

Scandal-free? You must be mainlining crack! Fast & Furious, Benghazi, IRS scandal, illegal surveillance & unmasking for political reasons, just for starters. pic.twitter.com/BzSZ3ON8Rt

— Baglady (@fubaglady) September 29, 2017

Lois Lerner

— Scary Dinosaur (@AC_Tater) September 29, 2017

Holder, Gruber, IRS, EPA, Benghazi, Iran, Bergdahl, ObamaGate etc...

— MarieTweets 🇺🇸 (@mkues65) September 29, 2017

The obama admin weaponized the IRS. @jlcon5

— jconnell (@jlcon5) September 29, 2017

Fast n furious, Lois Lerner, Iran deal, Hillary Clinton email, Benghazi, Obamacare, domestic surveillance, press intimidation, ‘nuff said...

— Kevin Armstrong (@kwarmstrng) September 29, 2017

IRS, Fast & Furious, Benghazi, OMB, Pigford, https://t.co/0McgZAQ0z2, Jonathan Gruber, NSA.

Yeah, really scandal-free, Brian.

— Covfefe Annan (@LetItBurnUSA) September 29, 2017

Others simply couldn't believe Fallon made the claim:

Mr. Fallon, respectfully, is this a joke tweet?

— Jan Brenner (@JanBrenner) September 29, 2017

Umm I think you need to wait a couple generations before you start rewriting history- WE WERE ALL THERE

— reggaemuffin (@reggaemuffin1) September 29, 2017

So, ummm....is comedy now your new gig? Because that comment of sarcasm was hilarious, Brian.

— Baglady (@fubaglady) September 29, 2017