{"id":1605864,"date":"2022-08-15T05:18:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T09:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1605864"},"modified":"2022-08-15T05:18:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T09:18:22","slug":"white-house-press-secretary-disputes-allegation-mar-a-lago-raid-was-political","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-press-secretary-disputes-allegation-mar-a-lago-raid-was-political\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Press Secretary Disputes Allegation Mar-a-Lago Raid Was Political"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fwhite-house-press-secretary-disputes-allegation-mar-a-lago-raid-was-political%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=1605864&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--><p>White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-karine-jean-pierre\">Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> has disputed the rhetoric put out by Republicans that the FBI raid at former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago residence was politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>In comments aimed at Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who called the search \u201ca complete abuse and overreach of its authority,\u201d Jean-Pierre told ABC News\u2019 \u201cThis Week\u201d co-host Jonathan Karl on Aug. 14, \u201cThis is not about politicizing anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Justice, when it comes to law enforcement, is independent. This is what we believe, and this is what the president has said,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre also stressed that the head of the DOJ, Attorney General Merrick Garland, was confirmed by the Senate in a bipartisan manner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMerrick Garland would not be the president\u2019s lawyer. He would not be the vice president\u2019s lawyer. This is about the American people and doing what is right for the American people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I would remind our folks on the other side that the FBI director was appointed by the president\u2019s predecessor,\u201d Jean-Pierre noted.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Karl if President Joe Biden was concerned about national security in relation to Trump\u2019s handling of official records, Jean-Pierre refused to comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot comment on this. It is an investigation that is currently happening\u2026 It would be inappropriate for me as a press secretary to comment on this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be inappropriate for any of us, including the president or anyone in the administration to comment on this. This is a law enforcement matter. And the Department of Justice is going to move forward as they see fit,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The White House spokesperson further emphasized\u00a0the claim that Biden was not briefed in advance on the move executed by the FBI on Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have learned about all of this the same way the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has disputed the rhetoric put out by Republicans that the FBI raid at former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago residence was politically motivated. In comments aimed at Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who called the search \u201ca complete abuse and overreach of its authority,\u201d Jean-Pierre told ABC News\u2019 \u201cThis Week\u201d co-host [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":671,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1605864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}