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New York Post
a day ago
- Health
- New York Post
House GOP subpoenas Biden doctor, sets sights on Karine Jean-Pierre
WASHINGTON — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued a subpoena Thursday to force Joe Biden's doctor, Kevin O'Connor, to appear for questions about the alleged cover-up of the ex-president's mental decline — and plans to invite Karine Jean-Pierre to appear after she divulged plans for a tell-all book about the 'broken' administration she served as press secretary. Dr. O'Connor refused to sit for a transcribed interview, citing patient-doctor confidentiality, but will now be called in for a grilling on June 27, according to the subpoena. 'In lieu of full compliance, your counsel suggest a set of written interrogatories that would afford them as well as an unnamed medical ethics expert the ability to 'closely evaluate' your answers,' Comer (R-Ky.) wrote to O'Connor. 'This is not acceptable and will not satisfy the Committee's legitimate oversight and legislative needs. Considering these facts, the attached subpoena is now necessary.' 3 Getty Images A source familiar with the House investigation said that the panel expects Jean-Pierre to be invited to give testimony as well — after she said Wednesday that she had left the Democratic Party and plans to release 'Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines' on Oct. 21. 3 David Lienemann/The White House 3 REUTERS O'Connor is the first person to be subpoenaed by Comer as part of his investigation of Biden's mental decline and the alleged concealment of his slipping health. Comer initially sought the doctor's testimony about 'the circumstances surrounding your assessment in February 2024 that former President Biden was 'a healthy, active, robust 81- year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency.'' The chairman noted in his latest communication that his committee also was interested in 'whether your financial relationship with the Biden family affected your assessment of former President Biden's physical and mental fitness to fulfill his duties as President.' 'Given your connections with the Biden family, the Committee sought to understand if you contributed to an effort to hide former President Biden's fitness to serve from the American people,' he wrote. The oversight panel is in talks with attorneys for four other Biden aides about their potential testimony, including first lady Jill Biden's former chief of staff Anthony Bernal and the president's former West Wing aides Annie Tomasini, Neera Tanden and Ashley Williams. On Wednesday, Comer also requested appearances by former White House chief of staff Ron Klain, former de facto West Wing communications chief Anita Dunn and longtime Biden advisers Bruce Reed, Mike Donilon and Steve Ricchetti. Biden has brushed off claims that he was mentally fading while in office and last week suggested he was fit enough to beat up journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, the co-authors of 'Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.' 'You can see that I'm mentally incompetent and I can't walk and I can beat the hell out of both of them,' Biden bristled May 30 following remarks in his home state of Delaware — his first public appearance since the May 18 announcement he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ex-White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Left the Democratic Party After Biden's Term
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced that she's left the Democratic Party and is now an independent voter The move coincides with the announcement of Jean-Pierre's upcoming book, 'Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines' 'I determined that the danger we face as a country requires freeing ourselves of boxes," Jean-Pierre said in a statement Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is no longer a Democrat. The 50-year-old political advisor left the party following her tenure under President Joe Biden, and has written about the experience in her new book, Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines. 'Until January 20, I was responsible for speaking on behalf of the President of the United States,' Jean-Pierre said in a statement on Wednesday as she announced her upcoming expose. 'At noon on that day, I became a private citizen who, like all Americans and many of our allies around the world, had to contend with what was to come next for our country,' her statement continued. 'I determined that the danger we face as a country requires freeing ourselves of boxes. We need to be willing to exercise the ability to think creatively and plan strategically.' Jean-Pierre was the first black person and first openly LGBTQ person to serve as White House press secretary. She was appointed to the position in May 2022 after previously serving as deputy press secretary to predecessor Jen Psaki and as the chief of staff for vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris during the 2020 presidential campaign. In the final months of the Biden administration, Jean-Pierre was criticized for avoiding questions about Biden's cognitive abilities and physical health. Her publisher, Legacy Lit, said Wednesday that Independent will explore 'the three weeks that led to Biden's abandoning his bid for a second term and the betrayal by the Democratic Party that led to his decision.' '[Jean-Pierre] presents clear arguments and provocative evidence as an insider about the importance of dismantling the torrent of disinformation and misinformation that has been rampant in recent elections and provides passionate insight for moving forward,' the announcement added. However, some of Jean-Pierre's fellow D.C. insiders seem to feel differently. Politico quoted some of her former staffers as anonymously saying her sudden change of political party seems to be a 'grift' meant to boost publicity for the book. 'She made a joke about being an independent last year and now it's a book,' one said. 'All ideas are monetary — even the dumb ones.' Others speculated that Independent was Jean-Pierre's back-up plan for a post-Biden career, claiming her real goal was to follow in Psaki's footsteps and land a panelist spot on The the motive, some of the former press secretary's cohorts in the Biden White House find her decision to turn on the administration in poor taste.'Kamala Harris and the entire Biden/Harris campaign did hero's work to avoid losing 400 electoral votes and giving Republicans a supermajority in Congress, which is what would have happened if he stayed on the ticket,' Caitlin Legacki, a Democratic strategist who worked in the Biden Commerce Department, told Politico. 'It's more productive to focus on that, and thank Biden for doing the responsible thing by stepping aside, than it is to pretend this was an unwarranted act of betrayal.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Jean-Pierre spoke with PEOPLE at the opening night of Othello on Broadway back in March, noting that the night out was just one of the moments she was able to enjoy in her post-White House life. 'It was an honor and a privilege to have the job and to have done it for two and a half years, but I don't miss it,' Jean-Pierre admitted. In addition to Broadway shows, she shared that the past few months have been filled with 'self-care, sleep, hanging out with my family, hanging out with my friends.' Read the original article on People
Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Why did ex-Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre leave the Democratic Party? She lists startling reasons
Karine Jean-Pierre , who was the press secretary of President Joe Biden at the White House, has now left the Democratic Party . She now calls herself an independent and says Americans should think outside political parties, as per reports. Jean-Pierre is writing a book about this, the book is called 'Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines' and it will come out in October. The book says America's two-party system is broken. Jean-Pierre made her decision after a tough three-week period where Biden decided not to run again and the Democratic Party betrayed him, as per The Hill report. The book asks Americans to vote based on their own values, not just party loyalty. Jean-Pierre is 50 years old. She also worked for President Obama and was the first Black and openly LGBTQ person to become White House press secretary. According to the reports, she says there's been a lot of fake news and lies in recent elections, and she wants to fight that with truth and strong ideas. On Instagram, she said people often ask her, 'How do we fix this mess? How do we save democracy and help vulnerable people?, and her book is her answer. She said we should stop being stuck in political boxes and work together, no matter what political party we belong to. She said, 'If you respect me and the communities I care about, I'll stand with you, even if you're not a Democrat', according to The Hill report. Live Events FAQs Q1. Why did Karine Jean-Pierre leave the Democratic Party? She felt the party betrayed Biden and believes the system is broken. Q2. What is Karine Jean-Pierre's book about? It's about why she left her party and how to make politics better.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Karine Jean-Pierre Leaves Democratic Party Ahead Of Her Book About 'Broken White House'
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has a book out this fall that promises a close look at President Biden's decision not to run for reelection and calls for thinking beyond the two-party system. Jean-Pierre herself has switched her affiliation to independent after working in two Democratic administrations, according to Legacy Lit, a Hachette Book Group imprint that will publish 'Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines' on Oct. 21. 'Until January 20, I was responsible for speaking on behalf of the President of the United States,' Jean-Pierre, the first Black woman and openly gay person to hold the position of White House press secretary, said in a statement released Wednesday. 'At noon on that day, I became a private citizen who, like all Americans and many of our allies around the world, had to contend with what was to come next for our country. I determined that the danger we face as a country requires freeing ourselves of boxes. We need to be willing to exercise the ability to think creatively and plan strategically.' Jean-Pierre, 50, succeeded Jen Psaki as press secretary in 2022 after previously serving as deputy press secretary and also working as a senior adviser during Biden's victorious 2020 campaign. During President Barack Obama's first term, she was a regional political director. Jean-Pierre was criticized at times for being evasive about Biden's physical condition. Wednesday's announcement from Legacy Lit says that she will take readers 'through the three weeks that led to Biden's abandoning his bid for a second term and the betrayal by the Democratic Party that led to his decision.' 'She presents clear arguments and provocative evidence as an insider about the importance of dismantling the torrent of disinformation and misinformation that has been rampant in recent elections and provides passionate insight for moving forward,' the announcement said. Alina Habba Forgets One Critical Fact In 'DEI' Smear Of Karine Jean-Pierre Karine Jean-Pierre Reveals She Had 'Second Full-Time Job' While Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Hits Fox Business Reporter With Brutally 'Honest' Reality Check On Trump
New York Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Ex-WH press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claims she's no longer a Democrat in teasing memoir of ‘broken' Biden admin
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's longtime White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Wednesday that she has left the Democratic Party and is writing a tell-all book about the 'broken' administration she served. Jean-Pierre, 50, worked as Biden's top spokeswoman for two years and eight months and stunned fellow White House alums by announcing the looming release of 'Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines' due out on Oct. 21. 3 Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly denied Joe Biden was cognitively impaired while she was the White House spokeswoman. Getty Images 'Jean-Pierre didn't come to her decision to be an Independent lightly,' Hachette Book Group says in a promotional release, which hints that she may focus her ire on figures aside from Biden in the account. 'She has served two American presidents, Obama and Biden… She takes us through the three weeks that led to Biden's abandoning his bid for a second term and the betrayal by the Democratic Party that led to his decision,' the tease goes. 3 Jean-Pierre is attempting to sell her book— in which she urges Americans to be independents. AP 'In a hard-hitting yet hopeful critique, Jean-Pierre defines what it means to be part of the growing percentage of our fractured electorate that is Independent, why it can be worthwhile to carve a political space more loyal to personal beliefs than a party affiliation, and what questions you need to ask yourself to determine where you fit politically.' 3 KJP stunned Democrats by announcing she left the party. AP Biden stood by Jean-Pierre amid criticism by detractors and rivals inside the administration who viewed her as ineloquent and often unprepared. 'I think we need to stop thinking in boxes and think outside of our boxes, and not be so partisan,' Jean-Pierre said in an Instagram post Wednesday, '… this book 'Independent', it's about looking outside of boxes, not just always being in a partisan stance.'
