On 8/9/2022, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Is this administration weaponizing the Justice Department and the FBI against political opponents?” Rather than giving a simple “no,” Jean-Pierre offered a lengthier response, saying, “The president believes in the rule of law. The president believes in the independence of the Department of Justice.”
Many journalists attempted different approaches to their questions. “This is not something I’m going to comment on today from here at all,” Jean-Pierre said. “This goes to the Department of Justice and that’s where I refer you to.”
Karine Jean-Pierre says it’s up to Biden’s DOJ to “decide” if they “acted accordingly”. She won’t say if Ag Garland “signed off” on FBI raiding president Trump’s home. She also refuses to comment on “reasons,” “underlying evidence” for raid on pres. Trump’s home.
But Jean-Pierre also claimed the White House “learned just like the American public did” of the raid — without a tip-off from the Justice Department, echoing what a White House official told reporters Monday night. The press secretary appeared to indicate that Biden was not briefed by Garland or other DOJ officials either before or after the raid in Palm Beach, Fla., and asserted that the president believes in the department’s independence.
Another reporter, Sebastian Smith of AFP, asked Jean-Pierre about Republican accusations of political bias at the FBI. “Is [Biden] confident that he has a plan to address the way that a lot of Americans — maybe even a very large number of Americans — are being told and may now believe that Donald Trump is being persecuted, that the deep state is coming after you, that the IRS and the FBI and corrupt?” Smith asked. “This is really believed, apparently. by really a lot of people. He’s the leader of the whole country, as he often says, does he have a handle on this?”
Jean Pierre replied, “Your question is still asking me to comment on what’s happening… I’m going to stick to what I’ve been saying… This is a criminal investigation that’s independent to the DOJ and we leave any inquiry, any questions about what is happening to the Department of Justice.”
The Justice Department is the parent agency of the FBI and is led by Garland, a former judge who former President Barack Obama nominated to the Supreme Court. When Trump won the 2016 election, he stopped Garland’s nomination.
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All reporters asked WH, political firestorm on FBI Trump’s home raid; Biden was not briefed, WH refused to answer any questions.