Legal scholar posts viral rebuttal to Jean-Pierre's claim that Biden is being 'transparent' about classified docs

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly claimed last week the Biden administration has been "transparent" about several discoveries of classified documents that President Joe Biden improperly retained.

But according to George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley, the only thing Jean-Pierre has been "transparent" about is a refusal "to answer questions."

What did Turley say?

The constitutional scholar published a viral Twitter thread on Friday about the Biden administration's secrecy.

"It is increasingly painful to watch Karine Jean-Pierre as she argues that they have been 'transparent' by being transparently unwilling to answer any questions," Turley wrote.

"Nothing prevents the White House from answering basic questions about the scandal," he explained. "It will not undermine the Justice Department for the White House to confirm the President's position and recollection. The silence protects the President not the investigation."

According to Turley, the reaction of the Biden administration — refusing to answer basic questions about the discoveries of classified documents" — only serves to protect Biden, not inform the American people.

"The White House has already stated that the documents were inadvertently removed but refuses to answer questions on the basis or meaning of that defense," Turley said.

"I can understand the desire of a criminal defense attorney for Biden to remain silent," he added. "However, the refusal to answer basic questions is not to protect the 'independence of the Justice Department' or the investigation. It [sic] meant to protect the President as an individual."

What about KJP?

NBC News reported on Friday that Democratic strategists believe the Biden adminstration "should consider is naming a dedicated person to field questions about the documents" to take heat off of Jean-Pierre.

"The White House should consider appointing a separate spokesperson to handle all questions related to this matter," one Democratic strategist, Karen Finney, who served in the Clinton administration, told NBC. "If someone else is handling questions related to that matter, you still have a press briefing where you’re able to communicate the issues of the day that you’re trying to get out."

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