<p>White House Press Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/karine-jean-pierre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karine Jean-Pierre</a> reportedly refused to let national security spokesperson John Kirby address the hostage deal at Wednesday&#8217;s press briefing because she wanted to keep the spotlight on herself.</p>
<p>&#8220;Zero news made in KJP’s final briefing,&#8221; said Fox News White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich. &#8220;She had no details on the ceasefire/hostage deal that will end 400 days of fighting, a defining element of Biden’s presidency – instead directing reporters to an NSC background call.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Sources familiar with the situation tell me KJP blocked John Kirby from briefing the press on the ceasefire, wanting to keep the spotlight to herself,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>Alex Ward from The Wall Street Journal added to the report, posting on X: &#8220;White House press secretary Karine-Jean Pierre stopped NSC spokesman John Kirby from briefing at the podium today, during which he would have briefed on the Israel-Hamas cease-fire.&#8221;</p>
<p>Axios reported in October that Kirby&#8217;s appearances at the briefings had ended specifically because Jean-Pierre blocked him from appearing, despite Biden&#8217;s wishes.</p>
<p>&#8220;Jean-Pierre has long privately fumed about Kirby&#8217;s role,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;Having both of them at the podium was what Biden wanted, but Jean-Pierre thought that Kirby&#8217;s presence gave the impression she needed a chaperone.&#8221;</p>
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<p>She also complained that she was not given decision-making power over when Kirby would join a briefing, the report added.</p>
<p>Jean-Pierre only briefly addressed the news and tried to downplay the impact that President-elect Donald Trump had in securing it.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">During her final Press Briefing, Karine repeatedly pushed back on any attempt to credit Trump’s team for influencing the Israeli/Hamas hostage deal.</p>
<p>She was stunned to learn that the Biden State Department had credited the hostage deal to Trump. <a href="https://t.co/E4sFVsHaoy">pic.twitter.com/E4sFVsHaoy</a></p>
<p>— Media Lies (@MediasLies) <a href="https://twitter.com/MediasLies/status/1879682137294803429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2025</a></p></blockquote>

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