White House stands strong as reporters skewer Biden pardon

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed disgruntled reporters Friday in her first official press briefing since President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter on Dec. 1

Defending Biden’s official statement on the matter, Jean-Pierre echoed the president’s feelings that “Hunter’s family had been through enough.”

“Enough was enough. And [President Biden] wrestled with these circumstances,” she said. 

Reporters were quick to snipe at the decision, with Associated Press correspondent Zeke Miller pushing Jean-Pierre to hold herself accountable for Biden’s past promises that he would not pardon Hunter.

Pointing out that Jean-Pierre had reiterated in July that Hunter would not be pardoned, Miller asked: “Do you owe an apology to the American people?”

Jean-Pierre did not take the bait.