The White House Press Secretary brigade couldn’t handle a single question about the Durham probe. Both Jen Psaki and her cohort Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to answer even the smallest of questions about the damning report that proves Trump was being spied on as a sitting president.
I mean… It’s to be expected, I think. No?
When pressed by journalists, Psaki refused to provide details about information relevant to the Durham report.
“Do you know if there’s still a system picking up server data on the [Executive Office of the President], and if not, when it stopped?” one reporter asked.
“Again, I know you asked my colleague a few questions about this the other day, but I would point you with any questions about this to the Department of Justice,” Psaki answered.
As Psaki mentioned, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took a similar tack earlier this week.
“This news about the Durham investigation — does the president have any concern about a candidate for president using computer experts to infiltrate computer systems of competing candidates, or even the president-elect, for the goal of creating a narrative?” the reporter asked.
Psaki refuses all questions about the Durham investigation. pic.twitter.com/TNDvy55uwD
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 16, 2022
As Psaki mentioned, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took a similar tack earlier this week.
“This news about the Durham investigation — does the president have any concern about a candidate for president using computer experts to infiltrate computer systems of competing candidates, or even the president-elect, for the goal of creating a narrative?” the reporter asked.
“That’s something I can’t speak to from this podium, so I refer you to the Department of Justice,” Jean-Pierre responded. When asked if the content of the report could be described as “spying,” Jean-Pierre again deflected.
Karine Jean-Pierre doesn't even try to answer this question about the bombshell Durham revelations. pic.twitter.com/QUrBSJ6Thu
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 14, 2022
Trump has seized on Friday’s Durham filing, calling the case a bigger scandal than the Watergate furor that sank Richard Nixon’s presidency, and lambasting most major media outlets over their lack of coverage.
“Can you imagine that, what should be the biggest story of our time, bigger than Watergate, is getting absolutely no mention, ZERO, in the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC Fake News, NBC Fake News, CBS Fake News, ratings-dead CNN, and MSDNC,” Trump said Monday in an emailed statement from his Save America PAC.
“This in itself is a scandal, the fact that a story so big, so powerful, and so important for the future of our Nation is getting zero coverage from LameStream, is being talked about all over the world,” he added.
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.