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| Spicer asks reporter: 'Why they were 'rushing to defend' Evelyn Farkas ? |
| 2017-04-01 |
| [Free Beacon] White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer asked members of the White House press corps why they were "rushing to defend" a former Obama administration official during Friday's press briefing. Spicer's comment came during an exchange with National Public Radio correspondent Tamara Keith, who asked about the relevance of recent comments made by Evelyn Farkas, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia until 2015. Farkas said earlier this month that she urged Obama administration and Capitol Hill officials to gather information on Russian hacking before Trump took office to preserve intelligence. Spicer responded to Keith by asking if she had asked Farkas about her comments. "The question I would have to you is exactly, why is it? She says in her things I'm urging my colleagues, I'm urging it to get the Hill, but it's odd that the presumption seems to be why is it interesting? Have you asked her?" Spicer said to Keith. Keith told Spicer she had not asked Farkas about the relevance of her comments. After a brief exchange over the fact that Farkas was a "former" official, Spicer continued his line of questioning directed to a separate reporter. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 I think more to the point would be to ask why, after admitting she disseminated classified information and why she had access to it, is she now claiming she knows nothing. Someone told her she is in deep doodoo and she is trying to backpedal. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2017-04-01 09:23 |