White House spokeswoman says DOJ rep won’t be taking questions about document scandal from podium.
White House Correspondents’ Association board member Karen Travers of ABC News told Jean-Pierre at her regular briefing, “There was a formal request from the WHCA to have [White House special counsel] Richard Sauber come to the briefing and take questions … Would you commit to having the White House counsel come here and take questions?”
“Since so many of our questions have been referred to the DOJ and to the White House counsel’s office, I’m sure you can understand that we’re in sort of an information blackout,” Heinrich told Jean-Pierre.. They’re not holding any briefings. The White House counsel refers us to DOJ. So if you are not able to talk about this from the podium, would you invite a DOJ official to take our questions here?”FBI agents raided former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence on Aug.
“We’ve been very clear when it comes to even underlying facts, when it comes to specifics, when it comes to something that is under the purview, that the Justice Department is looking at, especially legal matters, investigations, we do not comment from here,” Jean-Pierre replied. Biden slammed Trump as “irresponsible” in his handling of classified documents during a September “60 Minutes” interview.“Do you think it was proper for President Biden to comment on an ongoing DOJ investigation?” Decker asked.
The White House press secretary has declined to divulge basic information about the location of rooms at Biden’s Wilmington house where records were found following the discovery of records Dec. 20 near his Corvette in the garage,
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