White House, CDC Insist ‘Lawyers’ And ‘White House Counsel’ Signed Off On Eviction Moratorium Extension

On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki discussed the recent extension of the eviction moratorium at a press briefing after many criticized the move as an abuse of government power and after the Supreme Court appeared to suggest such an action would likely be unconstitutional in a June decision.

“The administration, the White House, was engaged directly with the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)] at the direction of the president to ask them to look into what legal options — if any, if any — existed — there were — to extend the eviction moratorium,” she explained to reporters.