#shorts On 1/18/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “And if I can also ask you — I asked you last Friday, and I know that there was a formal request from the WHCA to have Richard Sauber come to the briefing and take questions. To follow up on that, would you commit to having the White House Counsel come here and take questions from reporters?”

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: That is something that I would refer you to the White House Counsel’s Office. This is — they have been engaged with all of you.

I know, again, they did a 45-minute call with many of — if not you, many of your colleagues. Somebody here had said 30 minutes, but it was not. It was actually 45 minutes. They miscounted. And so, that was important.

They will continue to engage with all of you. And so, again, I would refer you to the White House Counsel’s Office on this. And any specifics to the ongoing legal matter, I would refer to Department of Justice.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/jCDggP-4VOw
Q: would you commit having WH Counsel here take questions from reporters? A: refer you to WH Counsel