#shorts a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “How is it possible that this administration discovered at least three previous balloons that flew over the U.S. under the previous administration, but Trump officials didn’t know it was happening?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah, so, look, I think that — and we have talked about this before, about how the — when it — when the PRC government surveillance balloons trans- — trans- — trans- — transited the continental U.S. briefly at least three times, as you just mentioned, during the President’s — the prior administration and once that we know of the beginning of this administration’s. But never for this duration of time, as we know.
This information was discovered prior to the admin- — administration left, but the intelligence community, as I said, is prepared to give — give briefings to key officials. But this is something —
Reporter: Prior or post?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: — this is something — sorry, post. So this is something that we — they did not — they were not aware of, as we’ve just laid out. But again, we are ready to brief key officials to let them know what — you know, what the intelligence community was able to figure out.
On 2/6/2023, the spy balloon first entered US airspace over Alaska last Saturday, and the balloon soared over nuclear silos and military installations. The balloon was 200 feet tall and weighed thousands of pounds according to the Pentagon. Jean-Pierre faced numerous questions on the topic during Monday’s press briefing. Biden emphatically told reporters on Saturday that he told the military to shoot down the balloon on Wednesday, perhaps in response to growing criticism from Republican lawmakers.
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/Kh52IJGRHAI
Q: How is it possible Trump officials didn’t know but Biden discovered at least 3 previous balloons?