WATCH: Karine Jean-Pierre Ducks Questions About Biden’s Classified Document Scandal
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre This week, the President repeatedly dodged questions regarding the growing controversy around classified documents discovered at his home and private office. Joe Biden.
CBS News first reported the document scandal earlier this week, reporting that Biden’s lawyers were cleaning out his private office after he was vice president under President Obama.
After finding documents in the garage at his Delaware home, lawyers became more scandalous and U.S. Attorney general Merrick Garland announced that the special counsel had been appointed to oversee the investigation.
“Is the president willing to be interviewed by federal investigators about his handling of classified documents?” Jean-Pierre was questioned by a reporter Thursday.
“So, first, let me just say: I’m just not going to get into hypotheticals,” She responded. “This is something for the Department of —”
“It’s not a hypothetical question. There’s an investigation ongoing,” The reporter replied. “Will the president speak to investigators?”
“You’re asking me about something in the future, and I am telling you that I’m not going to get ahead of what the Department of Justice is going to decide,” Jean-Pierre claimed.
“Is the president willing to be interviewed by federal investigators about his handling of classified documents?”
KARINE JEANPIERRE “I’m not going to get into hypotheticals.” pic.twitter.com/3r8xTiQsLf
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“So, speaking of him taking this seriously, this is the kind of thing that can cause government employees to lose a security clearance,” Reporter. “This is a serious matter, as the White House has said.”
“Was the president sloppy in his handling of classified material if there are multiple locations where classified documents are being found?” The reporter was curious.
Jean-Pierre did NOT answer the question.
“Was the president sloppy in his handling of classified material?”
Karine Jean Pierre responds by reading his lawyer’s statement. pic.twitter.com/lZbPu6WBCT
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Jean-Pierre was asked by another reporter whether transparency had been maintained with the American people in the wake of the scandal.
“Do you acknowledge that the fact that the White House did not reveal this to the public, despite the fact that you’ve known about it for months, undercuts the president’s promise of being transparent with the American people?” The reporter was curious.
“But we — but here’s the thing: They were transparent,” Jean-Pierre claimed.
“But not to the American people,” The reporter was pushed back.
“There was — there was transparency in doing what you’re supposed to do when these — when these items were discovered,” Jean-Pierre responded.
The reporter pushed back again. “But not with the American people.”
“Do you acknowledge that the fact that the White House did not reveal this to the public despite the fact that you’ve known about it for months undercuts the president’s promise of being transparent?”
KARINE JEANPIERRE:https://t.co/5Jxg8IxkbJ”>pic.twitter.com/5Jxg8IxkbJ
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Jean-Pierre then ignored reporters who asked about getting visitor logs from Biden’s Delaware home released so people can see anyone who could have potentially had access to the documents.
As a reporter starts to ask Karine Jean-Pierre about releasing the visitor logs to Biden’s Delaware home, she calls on a different reporter so they will “ask a question that was not related” You can find the classified documents here. pic.twitter.com/PcGkjMqrfM
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Reporter: “How can you say this was transparent when you sat on this information for more than two months?”
Karine Jean Pierre ignores the question. pic.twitter.com/AfJuN2rRCS
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When pressed Friday about if the White House’s policy was that the administration “should share that information not just with the National Archives, but with the American people,” Jean-Pierre replied by claiming “the actions that we took were right.”
Karine Jean-Pierre “discovery” of classified materials in Biden’s home, office, and garage: “The actions that we took were right actions.” pic.twitter.com/hQFyKedZYk
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Jean-Pierre was asked if Biden would be more open to discussing the matter and Jean-Pierre replied that she did not. “have a magic wand.”
Q: “The president said he hopes to speak about [the improperly stored classified documents] soon. When can people expect to hear from him?”
Karine Jean-Pierre “I don’t have a magic wand” pic.twitter.com/t9N4O7llMd
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