Fact Check: Karine Jean-Pierre Runs Cover for Bidens on Cocaine Question; Photo Evidence Proves Her Wrong

CLAIM: “There has been some irresponsible reporting … The Biden family was not here … Friday.”

VERDICT: FALSE. According to White House pool reporters, the Bidens only left the White house Friday evening.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked during Friday’s press briefing to elaborate on a bizarre response by her deputy, Andrew Bates, who cited the Hatch Act on Thursday in declining to answer whether cocaine that was found in the West Wing last weekend belonged to the president or his son Hunter, as Donald Trump had suggested.

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