"Lack of candor" is a term of art that is for internal disciplinary purposes, and is chosen in order to avoid using a label that indicates criminal conduct. The same conduct when charged is called "perjury" or "false statements."
OOPS 4 of 7 memos have classified information in them. Comey been a very bad dude.
2 of the 3 "lies" are a he/said she/said or circumstancial. May not even be accepted in a criminal court. Workplace? Yes.
No defending, just broadening the scope of the event