On 12/9/2022, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Okay. Then on Twitter, Elon Musk this week fired the former FBI general counsel, Jim Baker, who was serving as a top Twitter lawyer. Musk alleges that he may have been involved with countermanding his attempts at transparency. And I was wondering if anyone in the Biden administration was in touch with Baker, either regarding moderation decisions that critics call “political censorship” or regarding his transparency efforts recently.

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, it’s up to private companies to make these types of decisions. We were not involved. I can say that. We were not involved. And as I’ve said several times this week already, we’ve talked — we’ve had this conversation many times in this briefing room just the past couple of days. You know, of course, it’s up to these companies to make their own decisions about the content on their platform and to ensure content flows their on standards and — on their own standards and policies. Don’t have anything more to share.

Reporter: Just very briefly on the not involved — not involved in speaking with Baker about this transparency effort by Musk. Is that what you’re saying, that the Biden administration wasn’t involved with that?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: We were just — we were just not involved. Just answering your question: We were not involved.

On 12/8/2022, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre, “And just one other topic. You’ve said a few times that you really can’t talk about communications between the Biden campaign and Twitter. Who is telling you that that’s off limits?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’ve already had that conversation with you — with your colleague, I believe, yesterday. I’ve already addressed this multiple times this week, so I don’t have anything more to add. Again, I — we’ve — we’ve litigated this all week. Don’t have anything to add.

Doocy: But it’s not a — so, not a campaign question, though, an administration question
Reporter: Karine, in the back, please.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’m going to the back. I’m going to the back. I’m going to the back. Go ahead.

Reporter: Did the President get a heads up from Senator Sinema in advance of her announcement this morning that she would reregister as a Democrat? As an independent.

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So I will say this: As always, we do not discuss private conversations that we have with members of Congress. Don’t have anything else to share outside of that. But we are just not going to share any private conversations that we have with Congress.

Reporter: But can you talk about the President’s reaction? Was he surprised at that?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well, I put out a statement. And that — as you know, I speak for the President of the United States, so he sees and we see Senator Sinema as a key partner on some of the most historic pieces of legislation that you all … The way we see it and understand it, it does not change the new Democratic majority control of the Senate. And we have every reason to expect that we will continue to work with her successfully.

Reporter: I understand you’re not going to detail private conversations, but just to be clear: Was the White House given a heads up that Senator Sinema was going to be

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’m — I’m just not going to go into details.
Reporter: Did you learn of this from public reporting?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’m just not going to go into details on any private conversation that we have.
Reporter: But when did you learn?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I — I’m — I’m just not going to go into details or layout any private conversations that we have with Congress. That’s something that we normally do. Just not going to do that.
Reporter: But that suggests that a private conversation did occur.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I — I’m not — I’m — (laughs) — Mary, I’m just not going to go into details on this.

Reporter: Well, let me try this then: Just two days ago, you said that Warnock’s win gave you a little bit more breathing room, a little bit more ability to deliver for the American people. Does Sinema’s decision to leave the party take away some of that breathing room?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Look, as I said — and I — and I put out a statement on this, as you all know — as I said — that we see — we understand Senator Sinema’s decision to register as an independent. The way that we see it, it does not change the majority

Reporter: How, then, does it impact you? I mean, you’re saying that this decision won’t change at all how you work with her? Or you said that you expect that you have every reason to expect that you will continue to work successfully with Sinema. Where does that expectation come from?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Because she has voted with the President 93% of the time

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