#shorts On 6/12/2023, Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asked Karine Jean-Pierre, “And I guess the reason why this has been characterized as a walk-back is that saying that the report was inaccurate left all of us with the impression that this base didn’t exist or would not exist. Having heard you saying that you went as far as you could on that, was a reason for your statement at all related to Blinken’s travel to China next week?

MR. KIRBY: No.

Heinrich: And then, John Ratcliffe said that the allegation that there was a Chinese spy base in Cuba under the Trump administration is not true. What do you say to that?

MR. KIRBY: Not an allegation. True. And our assessment is that the previous administration would have had the same access to that intelligence as we did.

Heinrich: Do you think they knew about it? And —

MR. KIRBY: That’s up to them speak to. They would have had the same access to the intelligence that we would have.

Heinrich: When you were briefed on its existence, were — was the administration told whether or not this was — this information was embraced by the previous administration or anything had been done about it under the previous?

MR. KIRBY: I don’t know about what was transferred in, as far as the transition between the two administrations with respect to this particular issue. I just don’t know.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/FQyPAMN1iDc
Q: Chinese spy base in Cuba under the Trump admin? A: they had the same access