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Old Joe Biden wasn’t going to pardon his son and bag man Hunter. He repeatedly assured the American people that no such pardon was in the offing, and some of them even believed him until the pardon was actually issued. Among the true believers were no doubt numerous establishment media “journalists,” who were so focused on the imaginary crimes of the Bad Orange Man that they never considered the possibility that Old Joe, with his seven-decade career of public lying, might not be being entirely upfront about the pardon.
On Friday, one of those disappointed news hounds rounded upon White House spokesditz Karine Jean-Pierre, demanding that she explain her earlier statements about how Old Joe would never, no, never, pardon Hunter. Coming from a member of the largely sycophantic press corps, it’s something to see.
Jean-Pierre was asked: “You were asked about the president pardoning his son and you said, ‘It’s a no. It will be a no. It’s a no.'” Must have been Fox’s Peter Doocy, right? After all, he has been the lone White House journalist actually to dare to challenge the party line on numerous occasions. But this time, lo and behold, the challenge to Jean-Pierre came not from Doocy, but from, of all people, Zeke Miller, who is White House correspondent for the hard-left Associated Press (AP).
Miller continued: “I’m wondering if you would like to explain to us, to the American people, really, why the information you provided turned out not to be true.” The real answer, of course, is simple: Jean-Pierre gave the media false information because Old Joe wanted her to do so. Whether or not Jean-Pierre knew that it was a lie, Old Joe himself did, and he allowed his press secretary to keep the door firmly shut on the possibility of a pardon for Hunter even though he knew that it was wide open.
Miller pressed Jean-Pierre on this, asking her: “In your first briefing here as press secretary, you committed to speaking to the American people, and I quote, ‘in a transparent way, in a truthful way, and in an honest way.’ Um, and then in July, uh, here at this podium, you were asked about the president pardoning his son, and you said, ‘It’s a no, it will be a no, it’s a no.’” A laughing and nodding Jean-Pierre responded: “Yes. And that is exactly right.”
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Billy West says
The whole Biden administration is based upon one lie after another.
Keys says
“Fool me once … “
࿗Infidel࿘ says
To hold this job, one has to be a brazen liar, whose past statements simply didn’t exist. Jen Psaki was fine at that job, but KJP even more
James Lincoln says
Yes, Infidel.
That is a job requirement – for Democrat administrations.