#shorts CBS reporter Ed O’Keefe asked Karine Jean Pierre, “Today is perhaps the best example yet of the new era of divided government. There were Republican Oversight hearings being held today on the administration’s border security and pandemic policy. The President is meeting with the Speaker. Can you remind us: What is the level of cooperation or legitimate back-and-forth you’re willing to have with a Republican-led House when they’re holding these investigations?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Say that — say — say a little bit more so I understand.
Reporter: Well — okay, border security —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah.
Reporter: — policy is one thing. Pandemic policy — how money was spent — is another. What — what does the White House consider to be the kind of oversight and inquiries from congressional committees that you’re willing to engage in and what is not?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, as it relates to the Oversight Committee — and I’ve said this many times before — look, we’re willing to work with Republicans — House Republicans on important priorities that matter to the American people, like lowering — lowering costs for Americans, as they said was really important going into the midterm elections. That’s what we want to focus on.
We want to focus on the priorities that matter to the American people. We’re not interested in engaging in political stunts. And we want to move past the constant political warfare as we continue to see from Republicans, sadly.
On 2/1/2023, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly dodged questions about the FBI’s search of Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach house. The FBI searched Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home Wednesday morning for more classified documents. The FBI conducted a search on Wednesday from 8:30 am to noon and found no documents with classified markings. The agents took handwritten notes that appear to be from Biden’s time as Vice President. Reporters’ cameras caught investigators with Virginia plates pull up to Biden’s Delaware beach house.
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/bBumD4Mb7tE
Q: what does WH consider oversight & inquiries from House that you’re willing to engage & what’s not?