On 11/10/2022, during White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s press briefing, A reporter asked National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, “The President yesterday said that it should be — that Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter should be looked into as a potential threat to national security. Can you offer anything about why? And he also said there are many ways to look into that. How would you look into that?”
MR. SULLIVAN: Well, you heard the President yesterday, and the CFIUS process is the normal process through which transactions that might have a national security nexus get reviewed. And I will defer to the CFIUS process rather than comment on it further from this podium.
Q: investigate Musk Twitter? A: I’m suggesting worth being looked at
On 11/9/2022, Joe Biden delivered remarks on the 2022 midterms and called on Preapproved List of 10 reporters. A reporter asked Biden, “Mr. President, do you think Elon Musk is a threat to U.S. national security? And should the U.S. — and with the tools you have — investigate his joint acquisition of Twitter with foreign governments, which include the Saudis?”
Biden: (Laughs.) I think that Elon Musk’s cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at. Whether or not he is doing anything inappropriate, I’m not suggesting that. I’m suggesting that it wor- — worth being looked at. And — and — but that’s all I’ll say.
On 11/10/2022, during press briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “You’ve said several times from this perch right here that the White House wants to remain independent from the Justice Department. I cover the Justice Department at DOJ. Those folks will say, “We want to stay totally independent.” I know Jake was asked earlier by Weijia about this comment with Elon Musk and having people — it’s worthy of looking into Elon Musk’s relationship with other businesses. He talked about CFIUS. CFIUS is made up of the Treasury Department and DOJ officials … What did he mean — what does that mean when the President says “worthy of being looked into”? It’s raising some questions.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So the National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, just answered that question. I’m just not going to go beyond that. He is — he is, as you know, the advisor to the National Security Council. I’m just not going to go beyond that. And as the President said, and as I have said many times, we just refer you to the committee. I don’t have anything else to add.
Q: Meta 11K layoffs & recession? A: continue to grow.
Reporter: Inflation not as high as was expected, but we are hearing about these layoffs at these major companies, Meta and Twitter. What is the message to American companies who are concerned that those layoffs could be a sign that the economy could be headed toward a recession?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So we are aware of the layoffs at Meta and other — other tech companies that you just laid out, Kristen. I don’t have a comment on the moves announced by Meta today, specifically. But more broadly speaking, the most recent jobs and CPI report — the one from today — suggest that the U.S. economy continues to grow …
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DOJ independence? Biden investigate Musk Twitter; Q: Meta 11K layoffs & recession? A: continue to grow