President Biden is headed to Angola today and so instead of the usual press conference at the White House, Karine Jean-Pierre and John Kirby held a press gaggle aboard Air Force One. After a bunch of foreign policy questions handled by Kirby, Jean-Pierre stepped up to answer questions about the big story of the day, Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter. Right out of the gate she was asked if all of her prior denials should now be considered lies. [There’s no video of this exchange, just audio which I’ve included in full below.]
Reporter: The president has said for months no pardon was coming. I wanted to ask you, could those statements now be seen as lies from the American people? Is there really a credibility issue here given now this announcement?
KJP: First of all, one of the things that the president believes is to always be truthful to the American people….
