Look obviously she is complicit/lying, and we all can see that. But what also bothers me is how our society approaches dealing with people like her.

As a person in a position of power/leadership she is expected to have good judgement. That’s the same sort of thing we expect of a pilot in an aircraft. If the weather forecast says the weather will get bad in a few hours, other pilots warn the pilot about the weather getting bad, and the controller radios the pilot before takeoff saying “hey the weather is getting bad, are you sure?” and then the pilot takes off and has a crash due to weather - we all say this person has bad judgment and should not be a pilot.

So even IF she were telling the truth (which she is not), she was warned repeatedly about this specific outcome and ignored it. Everyone who cares remotely about this issue should be saying “Best case she has poor judgment and shouldn’t be in charge of anything.”