White House rips Tucker Carlson for 'ridiculous' Biden interference claim ahead of Putin interview

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre blasted Tucker Carlson’s “ridiculous” claims about interference from the Biden administration ahead of his anticipated interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Carlson confirmed Tuesday afternoon that he will be interviewing Putin in Moscow — arguing in a view post on X that “Americans have a right to know” about the war being waged by the Kremlin in Ukraine.

“Almost three years ago, the Biden administration illegally spied on our text messages and then leaked their contents to their servants in the news media,” the former Fox News host claimed in his preview video.

“They did this in order to stop a Putin interview that we were planning. Last month, we’re pretty certain they did exactly the same thing once again. But this time, we came to Moscow anyway.”

Asked about Carlson’s claim during her regular briefing on Tuesday, Jean-Pierre at first said she would “absolutely not” comment on the interview or Carlson’s claims.

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[ForgivenRedemption]

'White House Openly Condemns Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press' . . . fixed it.

[rsk]

They get so upset when they can't control the narrative

[alboss]

Half of Americans dont even know why Russia is there in the first place. We have a right to know where all of our taxpayer money is going.

[docwillis]

The administration is mad someone is doing actual reporting of the news.

[ATLBraves]

This administration needs to be gone now. This is by the far the worst press secretary ever. Whenever she gets a tough question, she just says “next question”. America is an embarrassment to the world until our leadership changes

[christys.]

Tucker isn't controlled. They hate that

[samuelpringer]

Whenever Karine Jean-Pierre claims something is true, you know it's false and when she claims something is false, you can be sure it's true.

[norestforthewicked]

The only ridiculous thing is her and her boss Biden

[oprrrah]

They are scared. You can smell the fear.

[yqwsqjz]

What ever that woke press secretary said, the truth is the opposite.

[Benjamin-hg]

No one has seen the interview yet, and there is already a commotion in the White House.That's what it means to be afraid of the truth.

[pellenyberg]

When they say ` thats ridiculous´, then you know you are on point.

[ycuelcy]

They are afraid of the truth coming out.

[shaunjohnson]

What's ridiculous is that I'd find more truth in Putin's words than hers.

[Sbxallday]

Putin is more available to the media than Biden 😅

[ICEBRAVO]

We were accused of an insurrection when an insurrection didn’t happen. Let there be no mistake….

[ghstletter]

Lol Bro HE'S A JOURNALIST. We've had Castro, Che, Gaddafi, etc interviewed 😂😂😂 The government are clowns

[Really]

Journalists are supposed to interview world leaders, even if the leaders are not very nice people. This is important because probably 95% of them are not very nice people. Tucker is doing a great job being a real journalist, I can see why the MSM is completely embarrassed and disgusted by Tucker's huge "scoop" as it was once known.

[sashrhman]

I think we have the right to know about the war we’re paying for…

[jenny-DD]

The only ridiculous thing is her lack of any response
It truly implies guilt the way she responded