{"id":1967747,"date":"2023-07-09T07:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T11:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deputy-press-sec-puzzles-experts-after-odd-response-to-question-about-cocaine-in-the-wh\/"},"modified":"2023-07-09T07:13:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T11:13:32","slug":"deputy-press-sec-puzzles-experts-after-odd-response-to-question-about-cocaine-in-the-wh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deputy-press-sec-puzzles-experts-after-odd-response-to-question-about-cocaine-in-the-wh\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Press Sec&#8217;s Strange Reply on White House Cocaine Question Baffles Experts"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fdeputy-press-sec-puzzles-experts-after-odd-response-to-question-about-cocaine-in-the-wh%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=1967747&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--><h2>Deputy Press Sec Puzzles Experts After Odd Response to Question About Cocaine in the WH<\/h2>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-extends-southern-california-stay-at-home-order-for-at-least-another-three-weeks\/\" title=\"Newsom Extends Southern California Stay-at-Home Order For at Least Another Three Weeks\">press briefing<\/a> on Thursday, a question about the cocaine found at the White House left everyone puzzled.<\/p>\n<p>White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates refused to answer whether the cocaine belonged to President Joe Biden or his son, Hunter, citing the Hatch Act.<\/p>\n<p>The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from discussing or using federal resources for campaign purposes, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On claims \u201cthe cocaine found in the White House had belonged to either the president or his son. Are you willing to say that that\u2019s not the case?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mid-level Biden staffer Andrew Bates: \u201cI don\u2019t have a response to that because we have to be careful about the Hatch Act\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zuM30v5Fli\">pic.twitter.com\/zuM30v5Fli<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1676979315563438083?\">July 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former Bush administration ethics chief Richard Painter found Bates&#8217; invocation of the Hatch Act ridiculous, stating that the law does not cover drug use.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Bradley Moss also questioned the relevance of the Hatch Act in this situation, suggesting that there may be other legitimate reasons for not responding.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How does the Hatch Act apply to discussing who the White House cocaine belongs to?<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re creating more questions than answers about this whole thing.<\/p>\n<p>Makes you wonder what they\u2019re trying to *actually* distract us from.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1677118319197814784?\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the confusion, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre scolded reporters for asking about the Biden family and the cocaine found in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized that the Biden family was not present at the White House during the time in question and called the question irresponsible.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On claims \u201cthe cocaine found in the White House had belonged to either the president or his son. Are you willing to say that that\u2019s not the case?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mid-level Biden staffer Andrew Bates: \u201cI don\u2019t have a response to that because we have to be careful about the Hatch Act\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zuM30v5Fli\">pic.twitter.com\/zuM30v5Fli<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1676979315563438083?\">July 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The official transcript of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deputy-press-sec-puzzles-experts-after-odd-response-to-question-about-cocaine-in-the-wh\/\" title=\"Deputy Press Sec's Strange Reply on White House Cocaine Question Baffles Experts\">press briefing confirms<\/a> that the question specifically mentioned former President Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> about the cocaine. Bates&#8217; reference to the Hatch Act was apparently related to Trump&#8217;s involvement in the question.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the attempts to clarify, the response to the question about the cocaine in the White House remains puzzling.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deputy-press-sec-puzzles-experts-odd-response-question-cocaine-wh\/\">Deputy Press Sec Puzzles Experts After Odd Response to Question About Cocaine in the WH<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1967748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967747","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1967748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}