Posted on 01/17/2023 11:22:22 AM PST by Red Badger
"It is increasingly painful to watch Karine Jean-Pierre," legal commentator Jonathan Turley tweeted Friday, "as she argues that they have been 'transparent' by being transparently unwilling to answer any questions."
Beginning with revelations regarding President Joe Biden's handling, and housing, of classified documents — which soon resulted in the appointment of a special counsel to investigate — the communications arm of the White House has either been in conflict with the truth, late to share key details, or stonewalling in an attempt at damage control.
Political pundits, lawmakers, legal experts and media outlets alike have weighed in with posts, headlines and questions taking aim at Jean-Pierre.
"It is increasingly painful to watch Karine Jean-Pierre," legal commentator Jonathan Turley tweeted Friday, "as she argues that they have been 'transparent' by being transparently unwilling to answer any questions...
"Nothing prevents the White House from answering basic questions about the scandal. It will not undermine the Justice Department for the White House to confirm the President's position and recollection. The silence protects the President not the investigation..."
"The White House has already stated that the documents were inadvertently removed but refuses to answer questions on the basis or meaning of that defense...
"I can understand the desire of a criminal defense attorney for Biden to remain silent. However, the refusal to answer basic questions is not to protect the 'independence of the Justice Department' or the investigation. It meant to protect the President as an individual."
Fox News highlighted the fact that Jean-Pierre had said on Thursday that the most recent discovery of more classified documents would be the last. This turned out not to be true, as an additional discovery was later announced by the White House, this time at Biden's home in Delaware. On Sunday, the White House said the president's personal residence does not have a visitors' log, which would have recorded who had access to the highly sensitive materials.
In an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan hit the Biden administration for being dishonest about how much they've shared with the public.
"They can say they're being transparent about that, but it's anything but," the Ohio Republican said.
Jordan is also set to lead a House Judiciary subcommittee investigation of the "weaponization" of the Department of Justice, which he claimed has created a "double standard" based on political ideology.
"2020, they suppress the Hunter Biden story," he told Fox. "2022, they raid [Trump's] home 91 days before an election, but they don't tell us about Joe Biden's classified document issue that they knew about prior to the [midterm] election."
Some Democrats have stepped up to acknowledge that the revelation of classified papers in Biden's home and office after the president wielded the same issue as a political weapon against former President Trump has created the appearance of an embarrassing double standard.
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My guess is she’ll be moving on shortly.
I kinda feel bad for the lil freak
They’re throwing Karine under the Corvette.
She’s either a real moron...or a fake one.
This propaganda harlot is entirely over her head. She joined this gang of criminals and deserves whatever comes her way. I wouldn’t p*** on these people if they were on fire.
It should be remarkable that they put a special ed student in that slot. But it isn’t remarkable at all. It’s SOP.
They’re waiting until it goes away. It will as soon as they can concoct a new “crisis” that they will instruct the media to focus on and to turn into the overriding concern and obsession of the folks, and then all will forget about the documents.
Within a few days. A snowstorm perhaps? If it’s a really big one. A plane crash? Better be a spectacular one. AH! I got it! A big Trump scandal! That’ll do it! They can call their bimbos and give the green light to release their prepared stories to the media. Something worse than a few measly pieces of paper.
“Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.”
― George Orwell, 1984
She’s probably the most worthless and dishonest spokesmouth in the history of the world.
I’m sick to death of looking at her and hearing her atrocious lies.
Another HR box checking success.
I hear she’s got a deal with Mattel as a model for a new line of Cabbage Patch Dolls.................
Diversity Uber Alles!
But I'm not a moron........
Reporters are all social-libs, and want desperately to support the deep state. But there is something even deeper: they want to be Woodward and Bernstein, the One Who Broke The Big Big Big Scandal. When the deep states lets them feed their inner Woodstein, they can’t help themselves.
“To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone— to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink — greetings!”
― George Orwell, 1984
My favorite book.
Feline Wilford Brimley is always correct.
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