Being caught in a lie like this does NOT bode well for Tommy Johnson. It was fairly stupid of him to take an interview without his lawyer present. I guarantee you Eric Seitz would have stopped him from putting his foot in his mouth. Too late. He is guilty in the court of public opinion — which always ramps up political pressure to admonish a government worker accused of anything. Just look how things played out for former Hawai‘i Mayor Billy Kenoi.