White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s claim that no member of the Biden family was present at the White House in the days before a bag of cocaine was discovered in the West Wing , has been contradicted by the Fox News Press Group’s report on a. of those same days.
According to the Friday, June 30 pool report, Biden made remarks in the Roosevelt Room that afternoon and did not leave the White House for Camp David until 6:34 p.m., along with first lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden and Hunter’s son. Beau Biden.
However, Jean-Pierre claimed Friday while angrily responding to a reporter’s question about whether the cocaine belonged to a member of the Biden family that they were not present at the White House that day.
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President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden holding Beau Biden and Naomi Biden watch fireworks on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
“They weren’t here on Friday. They weren’t here on Saturday. They weren’t here on Sunday. They weren’t even here on Monday. They came back on Tuesday. So to ask that question is really incredibly irresponsible. And I’ll leave it at that,” she said. to say.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox’s request for comment.
The illicit drugs were discovered by a member of the Secret Service on Sunday evening near the entrance to the West Executive Office, and have prompted questions from the press about who might have brought them into the White House.
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on July 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Anger/Getty Images)
A source told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the Secret Service still had no suspects in the cocaine investigation and it was unclear if the culprit would ever be found.
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Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller and Mark Meredith contributed to this report.
Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
