Fury grows at White House as Karine Jean-Pierre admits she MISLED reporters about Parkinson's expert visiting Biden

The White House was forced to make yet different embarrassing explanation aft Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that a gathering betwixt nan president's individual expert and a neurological master was not related to Joe Biden's individual care.

In fact, it was portion of Biden's yearly physical, arsenic she later had to admit. 

It is nan astir caller gaffe by officials arsenic nan nation's oldest president fights for his governmental life amid questions astir his fittingness for nan job. 

The clarifications person led to a increasing consciousness that aides are being little than consecutive pinch reporters.

On Monday, Jean-Pierre had to explicate why she told reporters that Biden, 81, had not been checked retired by his expert aft his disastrous statement erstwhile successful truth he had been seen by Dr. Kevin O'Connor. 

Then a time later, she had to rumor a connection admitting that Biden had met neurologist Dr. Kevin Cannard for an exam contempt telling reporters nan other astatine a briefing hours earlier. 

'Because nan day was not mentioned successful nan question, I want to beryllium clear that nan Jan. 17 gathering betwixt Dr. O'Connor and Dr. Cannard was for nan President’s physical,” Jean-Pierre said successful a connection to nan AP. 

'It was 1 of nan 3 times nan president has seen Dr. Cannard, each clip for his physical. The findings from each exam person been released to nan public.'

The White House has stumbled to explicate Cannard's predominant visits to nan White House ever since they became nationalist astatine nan weekend.

On Monday, Jean-Pierre refused to moreover corroborate his name, citing information and privateness concerns, sparking fury among reporters who pointed retired that nan visits were reported successful visitant logs.

A time later she was still struggling pinch questions astir nan quality of his visits. 

'Can you opportunity whether that 1 gathering [between Cannard and O'Connor] was related to attraction for nan president himself?' she was asked

Jean-Pierre replied: 'I tin opportunity that it was not.'

Her consequent explanation will do small to easiness nan consciousness of situation enveloping nan White House nor nan consciousness that its property cognition is not trading his broadside of nan story.

Biden has been nether aggravated unit to extremity his reelection effort ever since he delivered a stumbling statement capacity past month, filled pinch awkward silences and non sequiturs.

George Clooney became nan latest high-profile protagonist to request he guidelines speech connected Wednesday.

Biden's wellness has dominated nan regular White House property briefing. But connected Monday, it was Jean-Pierre who was instantly nether scrutiny amid accusations that officials were being little than transparent. 

'My first question to you is connected nan credibility of this White House erstwhile it travel to talking astir nan president's health,' is really nan Associated Press's Zeke Miller, erstwhile president of nan White House Correspondent's Association, opened things up.

She insisted she had not meant to springiness misleading accusation erstwhile asked if Biden had had a check-up aft nan debate. 

'I did not mean to steer anybody wrong. I was still reasoning astir nan aesculapian exam. I was still reasoning astir nan physical,' she said. 'That's really I answered nan question.'

Things only became much acrimonious later erstwhile she was asked astir why Cannard had made 8 visits successful 8 months.

She said she could not remark for information and privateness reasons. 

'You're not answering a very basic, nonstop question,' shouted Ed O'Keefe of CBS News.

'I americium telling you he has seen a neurologist 3 times, nan property caput said, explaining that he had been examined by a neurologist each clip he had a physical. 'So that is answering that question.'

But what astir Cannard's visits? Were they what she was talking about?

'I perceive you guys, guys, clasp connected a second,' said Jean-Pierre.

'There's nary logic to get backmost and spell backmost and distant pinch maine successful this fierce way.'

It was only later that evening that nan White House group nan grounds straight, explaining that Cannard was so nan expert who conducted nan neurological introspection of nan president for his yearly medical.