Weasel words

"a consistent pattern of evasion and misdirection"

That'll be 'lies' then - why don't they say what they mean? It's hard to believe they're trying to spare anyone's feelings...

BTW, lest any American readers think I'm biased, we have exactly the same trouble in the UK. Boris Johnson memorably compared our (then) Beloved Leader with a 'greased piglet' for his talent at escapology...