A White House spokesperson denied rumors and reports suggesting that staffers have a secret plot to oust press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
A weekend report from the New York Post, citing anonymous sources in the White House, claimed that top Biden adviser Anita Dunn and White House chief of staff Jeff Zients are trying to push Ms. Jean-Pierre to voluntarily leave her post.
But deputy White House press secretary Andrew Bates categorically denied the Post’s claims.
“Not only are these claims wildly false, but the reality is the polar opposite. Karine was never approached by anyone with such a message. She spends four hours preparing every day. And neither Jeff nor Anita did any such thing; both have been unflinchingly supportive of her,” Mr. Bates told the newspaper….