Karine Jean-Pierre has dodged questions on Biden’s classified documents scandal and stonewalled reporters for nearly two weeks. So On 1/25/2023, John Kirby (former Pentagon spox) had to come into the press briefing room to do Karine Jean-Pierre’s job for her. John Kirby actually answered some questions!
Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked, “John, how hard is it to walk out of a SCIF with classified material?”
“Everybody who goes in to a SCIF knows what the requirements are. To go in, and knows what the requirements are to go out. You can’t bring personal devices in and you certainly can’t leave with material unless that material is appropriately secured,” Kirby said.
“And usually what happens to someone…if they do leave with a piece of classified material that they are not supposed to have, or that is not secured?” Peter Doocy asked.
MR. KIRBY: I think if you do it inadvertently or you do it and you realize, you know, you don’t have it secured in a locked bag, you know, you — you self-report, which is exactly what the President did: self-reported. But you self-report, and you — you make sure that that you get the material back, secured where it belongs, and that you’re transparent about it.
Biden Spox Defers Questions On Classified Documents To Karine Jean-Pierre, Who Has No Answers. Another reporter asked John Kirby if the system needs reform after Biden was caught with stolen classified documents at his private office and home. A reporter asked, “There’s also been — if I could, really fast — there’s also bipartisan outrage and frustration over the last few days that there are just more and more disclosures of classified documents showing up in places where they were not supposed to be. From a national security perspective — you work in national security — how concerned are you? And does this system need reform?
MR. KIRBY: I’m going to defer most of the document questions to Karine. The only thing I’d say here is that —
(Looks at Ms. Jean-Pierre.) You’re welcome.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Thank you. (Laughter.)
MR. KIRBY: The — obviously, the President, you’ve heard Karine say, takes the treatment of classified material seriously. I can assure you that everybody here does too. And the National Security Council staff, we deal with classified material every single day; you have to do that. We all know what the rules are. We follow the rules. And the procedures exist for a reason. And they’ve been developed over many, many years.
Reporter: Very quickly, the President had said he was going to talk to us about this soon. He did make brief comments last week. But does he have any plans to answer the questions that we’ve been posing to him, to perhaps hold a press conference so
that we can ask him a range of questions —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Understand —
Reporter: — that he can answer some of those questions?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I totally understand the question. I don’t have anything to preview right at this time on — on any any opportunities for the President to address this. But as you all know — and I know questions were shouted earlier — there’s many opportunities that you all have with him where he takes your — takes all of your questions, and he has over the past two weeks.
Reporter: But he hasn’t answered questions about this.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No, I understand.
Reporter: We’ve been shouting them.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No, he’s answered. Actually, when he was in California, he took a ques- — he took a question.
Reporter: Yeah, in California. In California.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: When he was in Mexico City, he was asked. He took a question the day after that.
Reporter: Twice.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No, but the day after that he took a question. So, I’m just saying that — it’s not that he hasn’t addressed this at all. He has … again, he has been asked a question a couple of times, and he’s answered it. And you all have heard from him on that.
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