White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre snapped at a reporter Friday who had asked her to say ‘once and for all’ that the cocaine found at the White House did not belong to a Biden family member.
Instead of giving a straight yes or no answer, she left the door cracked – instead calling the asking of the question ‘incredibly irresponsible.’
Jean-Pierre argued the question had been answered because she had told the press that the Biden family was at Camp David when the cocaine discovery was made.
‘You know, there has been some irresponsible reporting about the family and so I’ve got to call that out here,’ the press secretary said. ‘And I have been very clear.’
‘I was clear two days ago, when talking about this over and over again as I was being asked a question, as you know, and media outlets reported this – the Biden family was not here, they were not here, they were at Camp David,’ she continued. ‘They were not here Friday, they were not here Saturday, they were not here Sunday. They were not even here Monday. They came back here on Tuesday.’
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre snapped at a reporter Friday who had asked her to say ‘once and for all’ that the cocaine found at the White House did not belong to a Biden family member
‘So to ask that question is actually incredibly irresponsible, and I’ll just leave it there,’ she said.
She then slammed her briefing book off the podium.
Prior to the Friday briefing, Jean-Pierre had answered questions about the cocaine discovery by telling reporters to reach out to the Secret Service, who are conducting an investigation.
As of Friday afternoon prior to the briefing, a spokesman for the Secret Service told DailyMail.com that the probe remained ‘open and active.’
When a question was posed to deputy press secretary Andrew Bates on board Air Force One Thursday, he brought up the Hatch Act.
Bates had been asked about former President Donald Trump claiming the drugs belonged to the president and his son Hunter, a recovering crack cocaine addict.
Jean-Pierre was asked Friday to explain Bates’ decision to reference the Hatch Act, instead of answer the claims directly.
‘He mentioned the Hatch Act because the question was posed to him using Donald Trump, and so he was trying to be very mindful,’ she answered. ‘And that’s why he said the Hatch Act.’
She told the reporter to read the transcript carefully.
‘So we’re not avoiding the question, that is not true. We have answered this question, we have litigated this question the last two days, exhaustively,’ she said.