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From the New York Post: President Biden was seen by neurologist Kevin Cannard, who specializes in Parkinson’s disease, at the White House on Jan. 17, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre admitted late Tuesday — hours after telling reporters the opposite at her regular briefing.
The clarification came just a day after Jean-Pierre scolded a journalist who pressed her for details on Cannard’s visit and pointed out she gave misleading information about whether Biden, 81, was medically evaluated after his catastrophic June 27 debate performance.
“Because the date was not mentioned in the question, I want to be clear that the Jan. 17 meeting between [presidential physician] Dr. [Kevin] O’Connor and Dr. Cannard was for the president’s physical,” Jean-Pierre told the Associated Press, whose reporter had asked Jean-Pierre about Cannard’s meeting with O’Connor, which was first reported by The Post this past Saturday.
“It was one of the three times the president has seen Dr. Cannard, each time for his physical. The findings from each exam have been released to the public,” Jean-Pierre added.
AP reporter Seung Min Kim asked Jean-Pierre on Tuesday, “Can you say whether that one meeting [between Cannard and O’Connor] was related to care for the president himself?”
Jean-Pierre replied, “I can say that it was not.”
YESTERDAY: Karine Jean-Pierre denies the January meeting between Biden’s physician and a renown Parkinson’s expert was related to Biden’s care.
(ALSO YESTERDAY: KJP issues a late night correction admitting it was, in fact, related to Biden’s health.)pic.twitter.com/fjS8mN28PZ
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 10, 2024
This comes after Jean-Pierre got in a heated exchange with CBS News journalist Ed O’Keefe on Monday, and claimed she couldn’t confirm that Parkinson’s specialist Kevin Cannard visited the White House due to “security” reasons, even though visitor logs show he visited the White House 8 times over the past 8 months.
“Malarkey” as her boss would put it.
Karine Jean-Pierre claims she can’t confirm Parkinson’s specialist Kevin Cannard visited the White House due to “security” reasons, even though he’s listed publicly EIGHT TIMES on the visitors logs over the past 8 months. pic.twitter.com/lyg15wCPmI
— John McCarthy (@JohnMcCarthy_12) July 8, 2024
