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The Biden management is denying location was a concealed soul crippled to get free of White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre, a strategy first reported Thursday by The New York Post.
Deputy White House property caput Andrew Bates forcefully rejected claims from aggregate sources pinch knowledge of nan plans, which included longtime Biden elder advisor Anita Dunn, supported by White House main of unit Jeff Zients, recruiting salient extracurricular Democrats to impulse Jean-Pierre to voluntarily make her exit.
"Not only are these claims wildly false, but nan reality is nan polar opposite. Karine was ne'er approached by anyone pinch specified a message. She spends 4 hours preparing each day. And neither Jeff nor Anita did immoderate specified thing; some person been unflinchingly supportive of her," Bates told The Post.
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President Biden and White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre (Getty Images)
According to The Post's sources, Jean-Pierre's bosses were unhappy pinch her wont of reference prepared answers straight from her binder, which they viewed arsenic falling short of making an capable lawsuit for President Biden arsenic he prepared to motorboat his re-election campaign.
"Every property caput uses nan binder. Why is she being singled out?" Bates added.
One of nan sources told The Post that nan effort included having extracurricular group Jean-Pierre knew and trusted person her it was nan correct clip to move along, and that it would make consciousness for her profession to time off astatine astir nan aforesaid tenure arsenic erstwhile secretaries — astir a twelvemonth and a half.
The different root told The Post, "Jeff and Anita were trying to find Karine a graceful exit" successful an effort to debar removing her against her will.
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Senior Biden advisor Anita Dunn and White House main of unit Jeff Zients (Getty Images)
"There’s a immense diverseness issue, and they’re acrophobic of what folks are going to say," nan root said, adding that though astatine slightest 1 personification from extracurricular nan management said to Jean-Pierre, that nan scheme had not yet, and was improbable to, lead to her departure.
"She has been beautiful accordant successful telling group from nan infinitesimal she sewage nan occupation that she was going to enactment done nan election," nan root said. "I deliberation Karine has decided to enactment travel hellhole aliases precocious h2o and that’s that."
Both sources went connected to show The Post that nan property caput relied excessively overmuch connected her notes to beryllium capable to supply nan quick-thinking pushback needed successful nan role, pinch 1 arguing she "doesn't person an knowing of nan issues," contempt Jean-Pierre reasoning that she's "doing an astonishing job."
A February study by NBC News elaborate a occupation connection Jean-Pierre received and rejected successful December from EMILYs List, a pro-abortion group, and, according to an email shared pinch The Post, Dunn appeared to person accepted that aforesaid period that Jean-Pierre wasn't going anyplace anytime soon.
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White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre speaks to first woman Jill Biden during nan White House Correspondents' Association meal successful Washington, D.C., connected Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"KJP isn’t going anywhere, truthful this is simply a ridiculous piece," Dunn wrote successful nan email to a Washington Post newsman regarding a abstracted piece.
Fox News Digital has reached retired to the White House for further comment.
The White House's denial concerning Jean-Pierre comes arsenic Biden received much bad news astir his re-election bid.
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A caller CNN canvass released Sunday recovered former President Trump holding a continued advantage (49%-43%) successful a head-to-head matchup, pinch that lead increasing to 9 points (42%-33%) erstwhile including independent candidates Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (16%) and Dr. Cornel West (4%), arsenic good arsenic Green Party campaigner Jill Stein (3%).
Additionally, 55% said they saw Trump's presidency arsenic a success, but 61% said they saw Biden's presidency arsenic a failure.
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Brandon Gillespie is an subordinate editor astatine Fox News. Follow him connected X astatine @BGillespieAL.
