White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre deflected attempts to clarify Biden’s Wednesday press conference remark.
Sullivan said at the regular White House briefing that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States , which includes members of several federal agencies, usually looks at foreign investments, but declined to say anything more.
“Well, you heard the president yesterday, and the CFIUS process is the normal process through which transactions that might have a national security nexus get reviewed, and I will defer to the CFIUS process rather than comment on it further from this podium,” Sullivan said. Jean-Pierre also declined to provide more information, saying, “Jake Sullivan just answered that question. I’m just not going to go beyond that.”Biden made the unusual demand for an investigation of Musk after previously denouncing his stated goal of restoring free speech principles to the social media network.
“Do you think Elon Musk is a threat to US national security?” a reporter asked Biden at his third solo White House press conference. “And should the US — and with the tools you have — investigate his joint acquisition of Twitter with foreign governments, which include the Saudis?” “I think that Elon Musk’s cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at,” Biden answered. “Whether or not he is doing anything inappropriate, I’m not suggesting that. I’m suggesting that it’s worth being looked at.“There’s a lot of ways,” Biden said without elaborating.Musk’s conduct following his purchase of Twitter has been highly scrutinized.
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