CNN Grills WH Spox on Biden’s ‘Evolution’ on Whether He Talked Business With Hunter

The White House is facing questions about the “evolution” of the answers to questions about President Joe Biden’s alleged involvement in his son’s business deals.

On Thursday, CNN’s Phil Mattingly asked White House spokesman Ian Sams about a comment 👤Hunter Biden made regarding allegations his father was involved in his business dealings.

“Yesterday, he said, ‘Let me say as clearly as I can, my father was not financially involved in my business.’ He was unequivocal about that,” Mattingly said.

However, he went on, “That is an evolution of where the president had been during the campaign, where the White House had been at the start of the administration. Not involved financially in the business is very different than never talked about the business.”

“Was that an intentional point of clarity?” he asked.

Sams said he disputes the “whole premise of that question” and claimed it was “one of Jim Jordan’s favorite little shiny objects,” which he said is to “take a semantic thing and make an argument that is somehow far afield from what they’re actually focused on.”

“We’ve been extremely clear over and over again for years and nothing has changed: The president was in business with his son, period. They’re trying to make up all sorts of allegations…” he continued.

However, Mattingly interjected to note he was not citing Congressional Republicans, saying, “I was in some of the White House press briefings where it was said explicitly the president did not talk to his son about business dealings. That is very clearly not the case.”

“And I think the statement from the White House has changed… over the course of the last several months,” he added.