White House angered Boris Johnson answered questions from Oval Office reporters

White House press secretary Jen Psaki expressed slight irritation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Wednesday’s briefing.

CBS’s Ed O’Keefe first asked Psaki what “happened in the Oval Office yesterday when we were all there trying to hear from the President and the Prime Minister?”

When Psaki asked O’Keefe “what aspects” he was referring to, O’Keefe recalled how “the British Prime Minister of the US Oval Office appealed to British journalists, then when American journalists tried to call the US president, we were escorted out. “

“Well, I think under these circumstances, and I think our relationship with the UK and with Prime Minister Johnson is so strong and lasting that we can move beyond that,” she replied. . “He called in people from his press service without notifying us in advance of this intention.”

The incident O’Keefe was referring to happened at the end of a bilateral meeting Tuesday night with President Joe Biden. After the meeting, Johnson answered questions from two British journalists embedded in the pool in town on Tuesday. However, White House officials forced the group out of the room as Biden began answering a question from American reporters.

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The press corps, led by White House Correspondents Association chairman Steven Portnoy, then went to Psaki’s office to protest the exchange.

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Original author: Christian Datoc

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