{"id":1465525,"date":"2022-05-05T17:14:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T21:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465525"},"modified":"2022-05-05T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T21:14:50","slug":"biden-hires-harvey-weinstein-apologist-as-new-white-house-communications-adviser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hires-harvey-weinstein-apologist-as-new-white-house-communications-adviser\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Hires Harvey Weinstein Apologist As New White House Communications Adviser"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-hires-harvey-weinstein-apologist-as-new-white-house-communications-adviser%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465525&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/49385164418_31697ea171_k-e1651782081191.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden announced a pair of hiring moves Thursday as White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki heads for the exit on May 13. <\/p>\n<p>White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will step into Psaki\u2019s role as press secretary and Anita Dunn, an adviser from the campaign who also co-chaired the transition team, will return to the White House as senior adviser and assistant to the president. Dunn, who was a White House senior adviser in the early days of the administration through August, also led strategy for disgraced ex-Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPsaki has set the standard for returning decency, respect and decorum to the White House Briefing Room,\u201d Biden said in a statement. \u201cI thank Jen her service to the country, and wish her the very best as she moves forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbc-maddow-psaki-drama-biden\">taking a job<\/a> at MSNBC following her White House departure. That leaves the White House comms shop to Jean-Pierre and Dunn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/stevenperlberg\/former-obama-adviser-anita-dunn-helped-harvey-weinstein\">According<\/a> to BuzzFeed in 2017, Dunn was not paid for her work on behalf of Weinstein, who was convicted of rape in 2020, but helped the celebrity producer navigate the public relations crisis from the sex scandals. Weinstein was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/11\/nyregion\/harvey-weinstein-sentencing.html#:~:text=Harvey%20Weinstein%2C%20the%20movie%20producer,one%20another%2C%20some%20in%20tears.\">sentenced<\/a> to 23 years in prison at 67 years old after six women testified against him. <\/p>\n<p>In the first year of the Obama administration, where Dunn also served as White House communications director with an open vengeance for Fox News, the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424052748704597704574487431322664964\">reported<\/a> on Dunn\u2019s admiration for former Chinese dictator Mao Tse Tung as a favorite political philosopher. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden announced a pair of hiring moves Thursday as White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki heads for the exit on May 13. 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