Bruce Lehrmann has accepted it appeared he lied in a television interview when recounting an excuse he gave to a superior for his after-hours visit to Parliament House.
The former Liberal staffer is facing a barrage of questions in the Federal Court about the various excuses he has given for being in Senator Linda Reynold's office on the night he is accused of raping Brittany Higgins.
"The one explanation you gave on the Spotlight program about why you lied to [chief of staff Fiona] Brown was itself a lie," Matthew Collins KC, representing Network Ten, said.
