White House spox has an odd reason to refuse to rule out the cocaine found at White House is Hunter’s
- July 23, 2023
The story of the cocaine found at the White House will be with us for a while. One reason is because the White House is not doing a great job in managing the story. A reporter traveling on Air Force One today with the president asked Andrew Bates, a White House spokesman, about the “wild” posts Trump has been making about the cocaine found at the White House. Bates was asked about Trump’s accusation that the coke was probably Hunter’s or his father’s. His answer was odd. Bates brought up the Hatch Act as a reason not to answer
To recap, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was found to have violated the Hatch Act and provided election interference before the midterm elections in 2022 by using the term “Mega MAGA Republicans” from the podium in the press briefing room. According to the OSC, using MAGA is off-limits because Trump is a candidate again and it is a campaign slogan. Because KJP is the president’s spokesperson, and he is also a candidate, when she repeats those words, she is providing election interference under the Hatch Act.