#shorts On 1/27/2023, a reporter Peter Doocy pressed on White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “David Axelrod, former top staffer for President Bi — President Obama, wrote a piece today for The Atlantic that, “Biden and White House seemingly have violated every precept — speed, transparency, contrition — of crisis communications” in relation to the way that you have communicated about the classified documents found in his possession. I’m wondering if you agree with that assessment and your take on that.

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well, look, I know David Axelrod very well. I was part of his — I was – I was part of his program that he had at the University of Chicago, and I respect him wholeheartedly and got to work with him during the Obama-Biden administration. He has his opinion. I’m not going to make judgments on that. And he’s allowed to — to share what he thinks. But I will say this — and I’m going to be very careful and prudent here. And we take — we take classified information and classified documents very seriously … I’m just not going to say anything more.

Reporter: This is not a question about the handling of classified documents. It’s a question of communication.

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I know. I just — I just answered your question. I just answered your question. I —

Reporter: So, you have no comment on whether the White House —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I literally just answered your question.
Reporter: But — look —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: But I did. (Laughs.) I did.

Reporter: You didn’t answer the question about whether or not you think the White House has done a good job communicating —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No, but I answered the first part — I answered it in my first part, which is: I know David Axelrod. He has every right to have his opinion. And I’ve known him for a long time. I’ve worked closely with him. And that’s all I’m going to say.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/ggGelEFb9Pw
Q: You didn’t answer the question A: I literally just answered your question, I did. (Laughs.)