#shorts On 3/22/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “The messaging from TikTok increasingly is focused on the number of users, now up to 150 million. The TikTok CEO is expected to stress that in his testimony tomorrow. Is the app now so popular that it’s too late for these national security concerns to be properly addressed?

KJP: So, look, I’m just going to repeat what you heard from my colleague, and what I say all the time from here is: We’re just not going to comment any further on this app …

Reporter: Can I just ask one follow-up on that?

KJP: Sure. Absolutely.

Reporter: Is there any way you can shed some light on why the CFIUS review process has taken as long as it has? I mean, this is now — the former President tried to ban TikTok more than two years ago, and the app has only grown in popularity since. What’s taking so long?

KJP: So I can’t speak to their process. It is — they are doing this independent review …

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/jliOSe0Vp3Q
TikTok why the CFIUS review process has taken as long as it has?