'Swamp's back, y'all!' Jen Psaki will circle back to recusal questions about Biden Treasury Secretary, $800k in hedge fund speaking fees

Doug P. | 3:38 PM on January 28, 2021

The controversy over hedge funds, GameStop stock and Robinhood has of course caught the attention of the federal government. White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked today if Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen would recuse herself from any issue related to Robinhood, and the response was not unpredictable:

Jen Psaki won’t say whether Sec of Treasury should recuse herself from Robinhood mess after receiving more than $800,000 in speaking fees from the Citadel hedge fund. Calls her a “world renowned expert” on markets

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) January 28, 2021

Great question from Nandita Bose of Reuters to Psaki if Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen would recuse herself from discussions about #RobinHood seeing has how she's given paid speeches to the hedge fund Citadel. Psaki dodges b/c Yellen is "one of the world renowned experts on markets" pic.twitter.com/3paPVMv846

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 28, 2021

Let’s just say that there were no definitive answers offered to any questions:

Multiple questions just now about Wall Street rigging the system to protect a hedge fund at the disadvantage of regular investors and Biden press secretary Jen Psaki refused to directly answer them all: pic.twitter.com/lSXlmTZHqx

— jordan (@JordanUhl) January 28, 2021

Psaki was just asked again about GME stock & refused to say if/how the Biden admin was going to respond to Wall Street's current behavior: pic.twitter.com/SbJxUr2fF0

— jordan (@JordanUhl) January 28, 2021

We’re getting used to this one:

Let me guess, first she wants us to know that she's the first female secretary of treasury, then she will circle back to that. https://t.co/fOzKQGpmbV

— Gus ?? (@gsebo17) January 28, 2021