White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment from the White House podium Tuesday about Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the investigation into Trump-Russia collusion.
Durham’s 300-page report found that the FBI and Department of Justice “failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law” regarding its investigation into possible Russia collusion with the Trump campaign in 2016.
Though the report dropped on Monday, only RealClearNews reporter Philip Wegmann referred to Durham’s report and asked for a reaction at the White House press briefing.
“What is the White House reaction to special counsel report on how the FBI handled the Trump-Russia probe?” Wegmann asked the press secretary.
Jean-Pierre responded, “I would leave it to the Department of Justice to speak to that.”
Wegmann pressed further, asking, “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?”
Karine Jean-Pierre ends press briefing after being pressed on Durham report: ‘Fled the podium’
- by: Lindsay Kornick
- 05.17.23
- Source:
NY Post
- 05/17/2023
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