CLAIM: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the official story about President Joe Biden’s involvement in the family business never changed and always remained the same.
VERDICT: False.
On the 2020 campaign trail, Joe Biden said, “I have never discussed, with my son or my brother or with anyone else, anything having to do with their businesses. Period.”
In 2022, a reporter asked Jean-Pierre, “Why is there a voicemail of the president talking to his son about his overseas business dealings if the president has said he’s never spoken to his son about his overseas business dealings?”
“What the president said stands,” Jean-Pierre responded:
In 2022 Jean-Pierre was asked “Why is there a voicemail of the president talking to his son about his overseas business dealings if the president has said he’s never spoken to his son about his overseas business dealings?”
“What the President said stands,” Jean-Pierre responded.
