Jen Paski, the White House Press Secretary, and carious other Biden administration communications officials are artfully dodging around any and all questions concerning one report that alleges that the campaign of Hillary Clinton threw money at a tech company in order to spy on former President Donald Trump.
As stated by Special Counsel John Durham, the person investigating the beginnings of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe, groups of lawyers for the Clinton campaign paid a hefty sum to a tech company to “infiltrate” the servers from Trump Tower and the Trump White House in an attempt to create a “narrative” showing connections between Trump and Russia.
When questioned on the subject by journalists, Psaki skirted around the questions and refused to give any definite details about the information relevant to the Durham report.
“Do you know if there’s still a system picking up server data on the [Executive Office of the President], and if not, when it stopped?” probed one reporter.
“Again, I know you asked my colleague a few questions about this the other day, but I would point you with any questions about this to the Department of Justice,” responded the press secretary.
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“Is what was described in the filing there — ‘monitoring internet traffic’ — is that, generally speaking, would that be considered something along the lines of spying?” pressed the reporter.
“Again, I would point you to the Department of Justice,” answered Psaki.
As previously mentioned by the press secretary, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre utilized a similar tactic earlier on in the week.
“This news about the Durham investigation — does the president have any concern about a candidate for president using computer experts to infiltrate computer systems of competing candidates, or even the president-elect, for the goal of creating a narrative?” one reporter asked.
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“That’s something I can’t speak to from this podium, so I refer you to the Department of Justice,” answered Jean-Pierre. When questioned about if the content of the report could be construed as “spying,” Jean-Pierre instantly took to tight-mouthed deflection.
In the wake of the Durham report going public, The Washington Free Beacon reported that Old Uncle Joe’s campaign also hired the same firm that the Clintons allegedly did in an attempt to spy on President Trump.
“The Biden campaign paid nearly $20,000 to a cybersecurity firm at the center of Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe,” stated Chuck Ross, an investigative reporter. “The campaign paid Neustar Information Services in 2020 for accounting and compliance work, according to Federal Election Commission records. According to Durham, Neustar’s chief technology officer, Rodney Joffe, accessed sensitive web traffic data that the company maintained on behalf of the White House executive office in order to collect ‘derogatory’ information about Donald Trump.”
“Joffe allegedly provided the information to Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, who in turn gave it to the CIA during a meeting in February 2017,” concluded Ross. “Durham charged Sussmann in September with lying to the FBI about his investigation of Trump.”