White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was grilled on the question of the classified documents found at Joe Biden’s Penn Biden office. I don’t think they’d even heard yet that even more documents had been found.
But it did not go over well for Jean-Pierre, particularly the grilling on why the American people hadn’t been told when the first set of documents was found back on November 2, shortly before the election.
Translation: were the Democrats once again covering something up from the American people to affect an election?
Karine Jean-Pierre responds to questions about the classified documents found improperly stored in one of Biden’s private offices by reading Biden’s own statement from her binder. pic.twitter.com/hk8nbauLWI
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 11, 2023
Jean-Pierre refused to even say when Biden had been told/briefed on the find.
Karine Jean-Pierre refuses to say when Joe Biden was briefed on the classified documents discovered in his private office.
The documents were found on November 2 — six days before the midterm elections. pic.twitter.com/0qPr4RXZcX
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 11, 2023
She also refused to say why they didn’t tell us in November, almost getting into a confrontation with CBS’ Ed O’Keefe and saying they didn’t need to “have this kind of confrontation.”
KJP gets testy with a reporter:
“We work very well together. We don’t need to have this kind of confrontation.” pic.twitter.com/g4rX8xV5aJ
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 11, 2023
It’s under review by the DOJ, she claims. Which doesn’t prevent her from telling us why they didn’t tell us in November. Unless they simply need an excuse as to why they were trying to cover it up before the election.
KJP claimed they released information that was “very transparent.”
REPORTER: “President Biden campaigned on a promise to stay true to the spirit of transparency. How is it possible that the White House did not reveal the presence of these documents prior to the election?”
KJP: “We released information that was very transparent.” pic.twitter.com/MOEoRKJTzA
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 11, 2023
Except that it wasn’t at all transparent, she’s still not even saying when he was briefed and why they hid it from us for months.
She also couldn’t assure us that there weren’t still more documents out there.
“There are no assurances you can provide at this point that there are no other classified documents out there in any other office and/or home?”
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “This is an ongoing process so I’m going to let the process continue.” pic.twitter.com/QAia8Z6r2a
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 11, 2023
Another reporter asked one heck of a great question: which was why was Biden’s personal lawyer packing up his office? Was he looking for something?
Karine Jean-Pierre refuses to explain why the lawyers who found the classified documents were rifling through Biden’s closets in the first place.
“Were they looking for something specific?” pic.twitter.com/7UwIn1MxVy
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 11, 2023
That’s an excellent question. There’s a lot that needs answering here. Biden hasn’t worked for Penn since 2019. So why were they packing up the office in Nov. 2022, and why was a personal lawyer sent? Personal lawyers don’t usually pack up offices, not when you have to pay them hundreds of dollars an hour. That would suggest that there was a reason that lawyer was there. Did someone else find the documents first and call the lawyer? And now, this also exposed the classified documents to that personal lawyer.
But it was Fox’s Peter Doocy who brought down the house with his question and you have to see KJP’s face in reaction, it’s priceless. Check out her eyes, it’s wonderful.
DOOCY: “How could anyone by that irresponsible?”
KJP: *silence*
DOOCY: “Isn’t that what this president says about mishandling classified documents?”
KJP: “He believes that classified documents and information should be taken seriously.” pic.twitter.com/JEfVacKGgD
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 11, 2023
“How could anyone be that irresponsible?” Doocy said, reminding KJP that’s what Biden said about President Donald Trump. “Isn’t that what this president says about mishandling classified documents?” He left her speechless for a moment.
KJP gets left speechless as Peter Doocy quotes Joe Biden’s own words back to her. pic.twitter.com/gZqLHNSoB7
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 11, 2023
She keeps saying Biden was surprised like that’s a defense. No, that makes it worse that he claims he has no idea where such important documents are after he presumably removed them when he left office and failed to properly secure them for at least six years.
DOOCY: “How can President Biden be trusted moving forward with America’s secrets?”
KJP: “Because his lawyers, his team did the right thing.” pic.twitter.com/naa836o4zT
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 11, 2023
And now we see there’s “at least” a second set, who knows how many more?
It looks like even some of the reporters other than Doocy weren’t buying the spin on this one.
* Article from: Red State
