Lawyer says you’ll know if someone’s lying with ‘talk about this later’ technique

Law firm owner and communications expert Jefferson Fisher shared a trick for catching liars

A lawyer has shared ‘how to catch a liar in action’ by paying attention during conversations. Jefferson Fisher is a US-based law firm owner and communications expert. He is an author, podcast host, and content creator, with over 1.5m followers on his popular TikTok account @Justaskjefferson.

In his videos, Jefferson regularly shares tips for improving relationships and friendships, drawing on his legal career to offer advice. In a recent post, he shared a video captioned: “This is how to catch a liar in action.”

Jefferson told viewers: “There is nothing a liar hates more than unresolvedness.” Explaining the mindset of liars, he said: “They want you to buy the lie now. Now they want it in a bow and a package. And you go, yes, I have it. They want it gone, off the plate. They want you to buy it immediately.

“And when you don’t, when you go, ‘You know what, something just doesn’t feel right. Something feels off. We can bring this up later.’ People who tell the truth go, ‘Okay, no problem.’ You don’t need an excuse for the truth.

“But the people who are not telling the truth will go, ‘What do you think? You think I’m not telling the truth? What are you calling me a liar?’ And they pump it up. People who tell the truth, they’re totally good with you.”

He says people who are telling the truth will most likely reply with something like: “‘Take your time. Yeah, I’m happy to tell you exactly what happened. You can talk to so and so and so and so.'” The lawyer added: “People who are liars, they don’t like things being strung out. They need it now.” The video impressed social media users, gaining thousands of likes.

In a different post, Jefferson explained ‘how to know if someone is being fake with you.’ He claimed: “If somebody’s being fake with you, there are really three things that you gotta know.”

He said: “Number one is what I call bestie bombing. What they’re doing is, ‘Oh, my gosh, we’re literally the same person. I think we’re best friends and we just met.’

“They give way too much right out of the gate of how much they love you. That’s not what secure people do. Secure people don’t attach to you instantly.”

Jefferson went on: “Two is the over-compliments. We all have this sixth sense to be able to sniff out if that’s real or not. Like, nobody needs to teach you if it’s a fake laugh or not.”

Thirdly, he said you have to watch out for people who aren’t interested in you and only talk about themselves. Once more, the video proved popular, gaining over 30k likes.