Karine Jean-Pierre refuses to apologize for lying about Hunter Biden pardon, teases ‘more’ to come
By
Naomi Lim
December 6, 2024 4:33 pm
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to apologize for repeatedly saying President Joe Biden would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden, before the president did just that this week.
During a briefing dominated by questions regarding the president’s unprecedented pardon of his son, Jean-Pierre remained adamant that she would not apologize for misleading the public about his intentions and that he did not need to apologize to her for changing his mind.
“I know what I said,” Jean-Pierre told reporters Friday. “I know what the president said. That is where we were at the time. That is where the president was at the time. … He wrestled with it and made this decision. … Circumstances have changed.”
Those circumstances include President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominations of former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a loyalist, to lead the Justice Department and Kash Patel, a former DOJ prosecutor who was chief of staff to acting Defense Secretary Christoper Miller, deputy director of national intelligence, and the National Security Council’s senior director for counterterrorism during Trump’s first administration, for FBI director. Patel, in particular, has been criticized for his list of 60 people who he claims in his 2023 book, Government Gangsters, are part of the so-called “deep state.”
“There have been some circumstances that have changed this. Republicans not letting up saying they won’t stop,” Jean-Pierre said Friday. “I mentioned the recent Trump appointees of legal enforcement positions that said during the campaign they were out for retribution.”
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