{"id":2443401,"date":"2025-06-05T13:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-officials-lambaste-kjp-after-party-switch-announcement-bizarre-cash-grab\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T13:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:46:57","slug":"biden-officials-lambaste-kjp-after-party-switch-announcement-bizarre-cash-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-officials-lambaste-kjp-after-party-switch-announcement-bizarre-cash-grab\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden officials lambaste KJP after party switch announcement: \u2018Bizarre cash grab\u2019"},"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\">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-officials-lambaste-kjp-after-party-switch-announcement-bizarre-cash-grab%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=2443401&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>Karine Jean-Pierre, former White House press secretary under President Joe Biden, has announced she is leaving teh Democratic Party and will be publishing a memoir. Her book, titled *Self-reliant: A Look inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines*, will cover events from Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-biden-the-debate-stakes-couldnt-be-higher-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"For Biden, the debate stakes couldn\u2019t be higher - Washington Examiner\">poor debate performance<\/a> against Donald Trump to his decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. Many former colleagues criticized her proclamation, suggesting it appears as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenworld-civil-war-insiders-unleash-on-karine-jean-pierre-after-she-ditches-democratic-party\/\" title=\"&#039;Bidenworld&#039; Civil War: Insiders Unleash on ... After She Ditches ...\">bizarre cash grab<\/a>&#8221; aimed at leveraging her proximity to power for personal gain. Some described her management style and performance as problematic during her time in the White House, noting she struggled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ftxs-chief-regulatory-officer-tied-to-online-poker-scandal\/\" title=\"FTX\u2019s \u201cChief Regulatory Officer\u201d Tied to Online Poker Scandal\">handle media inquiries<\/a> that deviated from prepared topics. There is speculation that Jean-Pierre is pursuing a media career, including a potential role on *The view*, and her move to write a book reflects a desire for celebrity. Jean-Pierre promotes the idea of independence from partisan politics in her book and seeks to attract readers who align with this viewpoint.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden officials lambaste KJP after <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >party switch announcement<\/a>: &lsquo;Bizarre cash grab&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1876262\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former colleagues of former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s White House press secretary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a>, are calling her out after she announced she would leave the Democratic Party and release a new book about<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;broken&rdquo; White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The hubris of thinking you can position yourself as an outsider when you not only have enjoyed the perks of extreme proximity to power &mdash; which &hellip; bestows the name recognition needed to sell books off your name &mdash; but have actively wielded it from the biggest pulpit there is, is as breathtaking as it is desperate &hellip; It&rsquo;s difficult to see how this is anything but a bizarre cash grab,&rdquo; a former Biden official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/06\/05\/karine-jean-pierre-book-reaction-biden-aides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a><em>  Axios<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3432474\/musk-trump-would-lost-election-without-him-public-dispute\/\">Musk says Trump would have lost election without him amid public dispute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3432417\/vern-buchanan-bill-reduce-diabetes-obesity-military\/\">Vern Buchanan introduces bill seeking to reduce diabetes, obesity in military<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3432353\/supreme-court-tosses-mexico-lawsuit-against-us-gunmakers\/\">Supreme Court tosses Mexico&#8217;s lawsuit against US gunmakers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Jean-Pierre stepped into the role of press secretary in mid-2022 and was one of the president&rsquo;s most visible defenders during his reelection campaign. In the days following Biden&rsquo;s faltering debate showing, she reassured the public that the president was &ldquo;as sharp as ever,&rdquo; despite growing concern over his mental fitness.<\/p>\n<p>With her memoir suggesting that internal chaos and concern over Biden&rsquo;s cognitive condition were widespread within the West Wing, many former colleagues say Jean-Pierre was part of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She had meltdowns after any interview that asked about a topic not sent over by producers,&rdquo; one Biden White House official told <em>Axios<\/em>. &ldquo;She didn&rsquo;t know how to manage a team, didn&rsquo;t know how to shape or deliver a message, and often created more problems than she solved.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Others are convinced this is a part of Jean-Pierre trying to gain celebrity. &ldquo;Everyone thinks this is a grift,&rdquo; one insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/04\/karine-jean-pierre-leaving-democratic-party-00385060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She made a joke about being an independent last year and now it&rsquo;s a book. All ideas are monetary &mdash; even the dumb ones,&rdquo; another White House staffer said.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say Jean-Pierre has been pursuing a media career post-White House, including discussions about becoming a co-host on ABC&rsquo;s <em>The View<\/em>. But when that failed, she decided to write a book instead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While serving in the Biden administration, Jean-Pierre allegedly copied New York publicist Gilda Squire on emails organizing profile pieces in lifestyle magazines such as Vogue and Women&rsquo;s Health.&nbsp;Squire pushed back on the assertion, but <em>Axios<\/em> reportedly has the email proof.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre announced her new book <em>Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines<\/em>, which will track the timeline from Biden&rsquo;s rocky debate performance against President Donald Trump to his decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, on Wednesday, alongside the announcement she is leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3431895\/will-karine-jean-pierre-spill-beans-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WILL KARINE JEAN-PIERRE SPILL THE BEANS ON BIDEN?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The statement calls the book &ldquo;a hard-hitting yet hopeful critique&rdquo; that will look at &ldquo;what it means to be part of the growing percentage of our fractured electorate that is Independent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to stop thinking in boxes and think outside of our boxes and not be so partisan,&rdquo; Jean-Pierre said in a video on Instagram. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1876262\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1876262\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden officials criticize KJP&#8217;s party switch and book launch as a &#8220;bizarre cash grab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2443402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/120A0034-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3620,7061,56618],"class_list":["post-2443401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden","tag-kjp","tag-party-switch"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/120A0034-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443401","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443401"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443405,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443401\/revisions\/2443405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}