{"id":2375610,"date":"2024-12-02T17:03:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T22:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heated-audio-karine-jean-pierre-gets-grilled-by-reporters-as-she-scrambles-to-defend-biden-pardoning-hunter\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T17:04:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T22:04:18","slug":"heated-audio-karine-jean-pierre-gets-grilled-by-reporters-as-she-scrambles-to-defend-biden-pardoning-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heated-audio-karine-jean-pierre-gets-grilled-by-reporters-as-she-scrambles-to-defend-biden-pardoning-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Heated Audio: Karine Jean-Pierre Gets Grilled by Reporters as She Scrambles to Defend Biden Pardoning Hunter"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fheated-audio-karine-jean-pierre-gets-grilled-by-reporters-as-she-scrambles-to-defend-biden-pardoning-hunter%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=2375610&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>During a\u200c press \u2063conference aboard Air Force One, White \u200dHouse Press Secretary\u2062 Karine jean-Pierre faced intense questioning from reporters regarding President\u200d Joe Biden&#8217;s controversial decision to pardon his\u2062 son, Hunter Biden.\u2063 Reporters \u200dexpressed skepticism about the rationale behind the\u2063 pardon, especially since\u2063 Biden \u2063had previously promised\u2062 not \u200dto issue such a pardon. Jean-Pierre struggled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-teases-reviving-twitter-deal-if-key-condition-is-met\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Teases Reviving Twitter Deal If &quot;Key Condition&quot; Is Met\">provide satisfactory answers<\/a>, \u2063frequently enough resorting\u2064 to \u2062vague platitudes and contradictory statements.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">questioning revealed\u2064 numerous inconsistencies<\/a> in the management&#8217;s stance, \u2064particularly regarding\u2062 the integrity \u200dof the justice system and the political motivations behind the pardon.Reporters\u2062 highlighted\u200d the inherent \u200ccontradiction of the president acknowledging the justice system&#8217;s validity while simultaneously claiming it unjustly targeted his son.Despite Jean-Pierre&#8217;s insistence that\u200b two \u2063opposing views could coexist, \u200dreporters remained unconvinced, leading to a tense and uncomfortable atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>the \u2062press\u2062 secretary&#8217;s performance was criticized as\u2064 lacking clarity and substance, ultimately leaving her vulnerable\u200b to \u2063the reporters&#8217; persistent \u200binquiries about the implications of privilege and fairness in legal treatment. The session\u200d underscored the challenges faced by \u2062Jean-Pierre as she attempted to \u2062defend a decision that many perceived as indefensible.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre treated reporters to 25 minutes of the most Orwellian gaslighting ever heard.<\/p>\n<p>The spectacle occurred aboard Air Force One, where Jean-Pierre &mdash; commonly known as KJP &mdash; struggled to answer serious questions from reporters who sounded deeply skeptical both of President Joe Biden&rsquo;s decision to pardon his son, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a>, and of the dubious explanations advanced in defense of said pardon.<\/p>\n<p>KJP, one of the least impressive press secretaries in White House history, found herself under severe moral and intellectual duress.<\/p>\n<p>And who could blame her? After all, the president tasked her with defending the indefensible.<\/p>\n<p>The remarkable sequence of questions &mdash; nearly two-dozen in all &mdash; began when a reporter noted that the president had publicly pledged not to pardon his son. The press secretary herself had often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-humiliates-joe-biden-rolling-tape-7-damaging-clips-regarding-hunters-pardon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repeated that same pledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Could those statements now be seen as lies?&rdquo; the reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>KJP&rsquo;s response almost defies belief.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First of all, one of the things that the president always believes is to be truthful to the American people,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;That is something that he always truly believes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In short, she offered a platitude that no reasonable person would find credible under the circumstances. Then, without adding substance, she simply rephrased the same platitude.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-families-still-stranded-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Military families still stranded in Afghanistan\">press secretary gave<\/a> what sounded like an honest answer before inexplicably contradicting herself within seconds.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you think this would have happened if [Vice President Kamala] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/james-carville-calls-complete-audit-kamala-campaign-almost-unfathomable-damage-done-dems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> hadn&rsquo;t lost the election?&rdquo; a reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, I&rsquo;m not gonna &mdash; I&rsquo;m not gonna get into &mdash; into the election. It is a &lsquo;no.&rsquo; I can answer that,&rdquo; KJP replied.<\/p>\n<p>Then, when the reporter sought clarification, the press secretary backtracked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can speak to where we are today. And so I can&rsquo;t speak to hypotheticals here,&rdquo; KJP said only moments after speaking to the hypothetical in question.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the astonishing series of exchanges, KJP repeatedly insisted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-democrats-call-biden-pardoning-hunter-put-family-ahead-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> respected the justice system but issued the pardon because he believed that his political opponents had unfairly singled out his son for political persecution.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, reporters pressed KJP on that incredible contradiction.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s saying his own Justice Department is broken, Karine,&rdquo; one reporter rightly observed.<\/p>\n<p>The press secretary then read from the president&rsquo;s official statement on the pardon, but the reporter sounded unpersuaded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So how deep is the rot?&rdquo; the same reporter asked. &ldquo;How many selective prosecutions are there at the DOJ?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/waiting-biden-kjp-answer-questions-hunters-pardon-waiting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KJP<\/a> chose to ignore the contradiction by insisting that she could only speak to &ldquo;this particular case.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Two things could be true,&rdquo; she later insisted. &ldquo;The president does believe in the justice system and the Department of Justice. And he also believes that his son was singled out politically.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That impossible-sounding statement seemed not to convince the reporters.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, ten excruciating minutes later they returned to the issue of the contradiction.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t see how you can have it both ways,&rdquo; a reporter said.<\/p>\n<p>KJP gave the same impossible-sounding response.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s a contradiction. I don&rsquo;t. Two things could be true. You can believe in the Department of Justice system. And you could also believe that the process was infected politically,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the reporters seemed to unnerve the press secretary when they began asking about privilege. In other words, why should less fortunate Americans conclude that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-pardons-hunter-lefty-outlet-tweets-something-either-hilariously-tone-deaf-brilliantly-ironic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">president<\/a> did right by pardoning his son? Do all Americans, regardless of means, not deserve the same treatment?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For the past five minutes I&rsquo;ve been talking about why &mdash; there was a political &mdash; political &mdash; infection on this particular case is because it was Hunter Biden,&rdquo; KJP stammered, undoubtedly knowing in her gut that the &ldquo;privilege&rdquo; question had no good answer.<\/p>\n<p>Readers with a high tolerance for dishonesty may listen to audio of the exchanges in the YouTube video below. KJP&rsquo;s pardon-related comments began around the 17:10 mark and continued until approximately the 42:00 mark.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aquxuQSThWs?si=j1j1Axh8wZjQmkHl\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To their credit, the reporters recognized gaslighting in this case and pressed the issue. More than once, KJP crumbled under the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the press secretary resorted to platitudes and contradictions because she had nothing else to offer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-bidens-pardon-begins-particular-date-surely-not-chosen-random\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> indefensible pardon made certain of that.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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KJP faced tough questions from reporters who were clearly doubtful about President Joe Biden&#8217;s choice to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, as well as the questionable justifications provided for that decision. As one of the less effective press secretaries in history, KJP was under significant pressure to defend an indefensible situation. The questioning began when a reporter pointed out that the president had previously promised not to pardon his son\u2014a pledge that KJP herself had echoed multiple times. When asked if those statements could now be viewed as lies, her response was almost unbelievable: she claimed that the president always aims to be truthful with the American people, offering little more than a vague platitude without addressing the core issue.<\/p>\n<p>Later on, when questioned about whether this situation would have occurred if Vice President Kamala Harris hadn&#8217;t lost her election bid, KJP initially refused to engage with hypotheticals but then contradicted herself moments later by discussing them anyway. Throughout this exchange, she maintained that Biden respected the justice system but believed his son was unfairly targeted for political reasons. Reporters challenged her on this apparent contradiction; one noted how it implied criticism of his own Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>KJP attempted to clarify by stating two seemingly contradictory beliefs could coexist: faith in the justice system and belief in political targeting against Hunter Biden. However, reporters remained unconvinced and continued pressing her on these inconsistencies until she appeared visibly rattled when they raised questions about privilege\u2014specifically why less privileged Americans should view Biden&#8217;s actions favorably.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, KJP resorted to vague statements and contradictions due to being unable to effectively justify Biden\u2019s controversial pardon decision<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2375611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/KJP.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32502,32528,32635,32793,33936],"class_list":["post-2375610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden-administration","tag-hunter-biden","tag-karine-jean-pierre","tag-political-accountability","tag-press-briefing"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/KJP.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375610","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375615,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375610\/revisions\/2375615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}