Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre really doesn’t want to talk about the Durham Report.
When pressed on Special Counsel John Durham’s report during Tuesday’s White House press briefing, KJP pushed back on reporters before ultimately fleeing the podium.
Durham’s 300-page report found that the FBI and Department of Justice “failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law” when they opened up the Trump-Russia probe.
Not surprisingly, KJP doesn’t want to address it “from the podium” and tries to direct reporters to the Department of Justice with any questions.
“What is the White House reaction to special counsel report on how the FBI handled the Trump-Russia probe?” RealClearPolitics reporter Philip Wegmann asked the press secretary.
“I would leave it to the Department of Justice to speak to that,” KJP responded.
“The president talks often about how he wants the DOJ and FBI to remain independent and above the fray. That report seems to reflect the opposite. Does he agree with Special Counsel Durham that there needs to be wholesale changes at the FBI?” Wegmann pushed.
“Again, that is with the Department of Justice,” Jean-Pierre said. “That’s not something that I’m going to speak from the podium. As you just stated in your question, we believe in an independent Department of Justice. That’s what the president said when he was running and that’s what the president has said the last two years.”
Then she makes a fast exit.
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