My first thought was that this was the same guy who said immigrants in Springfield were eating cats, knowing it wasn’t true. And the author of the piece remembered it, too:

During the presidential campaign, Vance defended his decision to slander the Haitian immigrants of Springfield, Ohio — to disparage and lie about them for political gain — by telling reporters that he would “create stories” if that’s what he had to do to get the news media’s attention. And here he is again, creating stories. In this case, however, it is less to get the attention of the press and more to defend the administration’s open contempt for the rule of law.

Nobody should take anything this man has to say seriously…