President Joe Biden borrowed a line from his old boss when asked if the White House knew anything in advance about the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago: He’d heard about it on the news, at the same time the American public did. Biden then hopped on Air Force One and took off for a week’s vacation with Jill and Hunter. Biden’s not around for the anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan, and he’s not around for the fallout from the raid on Donald Trump’s home. Hopefully, he’s kept in the loop in South Carolina seeing as Trump apparently had the nuclear codes in Melania’s closet.
ABC’s “This Week” reports that the White House stresses that it had no advance knowledge of the raid and cites the “complete independence” of the Department of Justice from politicization.
The White House continues to stress they had no private knowledge of last week's FBI raid on former Pres.Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate or the status of the ongoing DOJ investigation, citing the "complete independence" of the DOJ from politicization. https://t.co/w9JgXvsxwJ
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 15, 2022
Justin Gomez reports:
“We do not interfere. We do not get briefed. We do not get involved,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl in an exclusive interview on Sunday.
Pressed repeatedly by Karl, Jean-Pierre repeatedly declined to comment on any aspect of the federal investigation into Trump, including whether President Joe Biden is concerned about national security implications of the highly classified materials that federal agents said they found in Trump’s possession. (Through a spokesperson, Trump claimed the files were declassified.)
“I hear your question, but it would be inappropriate for me as the press secretary to comment on this. It would be inappropriate for any of us, including the president or anyone in the administration, to comment on this,” Jean-Pierre said. “This is a law enforcement matter. And the Department of Justice is going to move forward as they see fit.”
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Newsweek had run an exclusive claiming that even Attorney General Merrick Garland was out of the loop, although he’s since insisted the raid was conducted under his direction.
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As Twitchy reported, “Morning Joe” brought on former agent Peter “Insurance Policy” Strzok to vouch for the FBI’s integrity.
They were told there was going to be a raid but not the time and date. Hence they were able to act shocked when it really went down. A planned denial for Biden.
— Sunset 3 (@SunsetIsl3) August 15, 2022
Biden is of course lying. Nothing that big could possibly have gone down without a green light from the very top.
— Mackenshaw (@DAVIDHA21624607) August 15, 2022
There is exactly zero chance the WH didn’t know.
— Bespoke gender tailor; would-be emperors welcome (@NotCubby) August 15, 2022
And no one believes the WH didn’t know. They knew.
— AmooAmy (@Amyisthebomb) August 15, 2022
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These people really think their side isn’t already maxed out. Blue anon has no more support to gain they can only lose. Why they are still pushing this craziness I have no idea. Their insane asylum is full all folks can do now is stay or get better and finally see the truth.
— bluecollar guy (@metal_gear88) August 15, 2022
PR disaster, but advancing their use of hard power.
— J D (@Jdkoa) August 15, 2022
Well… this admin citing ignorance isn't a big stretch.
— Just Jenna (@JCole949) August 15, 2022
Didn’t they not trust Brandon to keep it a secret?
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 15, 2022
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