White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre joked all the way through Wednesday’s press briefing that the click corps were “low-energy,” but they ended up having quite a lot of questions for her, including about Hunter Biden.
The Home Oversight and Reform Committee and the Home Judiciary Committee were conserving hearings Wednesday morning to vote on preserving Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for defying his subpoena to testify at the back of closed doors. To (almost) everybody’s shock, Biden and his prison crew showed up at the hearing, a PR stunt to reiterate his willingness to testify — in public.
Naturally, the White Home press corps, specifically Nancy Cordes, chief White House correspondent for CBS Information, had some questions on whether or not President Joe Biden knew of his son’s plans. And naturally, considering Hunter Biden will not be a part of his father’s administration, Jean-Pierre deferred to anyone else to supply answers:
Cordes: Was the White House informed prematurely that Hunter Biden could be exhibiting up on the Home Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill as of late?
KJP: So right here’s what I’ll say, and I’ve stated this repeatedly ahead of. Hunter, as you all recognize, is a personal citizen, he’s no longer a member of this White House. He makes his personal choices, like he did as of late about how to respond to Congress. And so I might refer you any more questions, any further questions about this process, definitely, too, I refer you to Hunter’s representatives.
Cordes: Absolutely supply you that he makes his personal choices, but my query was about whether the White Home was informed upfront.
KJP: I’d just, again, I would say that I don’t have anything else, we don’t have the rest to share past that. He’s a personal citizen, and he makes his own choices because it relates to this explicit, you recognize, response, his specific response to the Congress, that’s something that he decides on. And I might refer you to his representatives.
Watch the video above by the use of C-SPAN.
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