Psaki dodges on why aide was not fired 'on the spot' for abusive treatment of a reporter

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Asked why the White House had not immediately fired a press aide who reportedly used sexist and threatening language to a reporter covering him, press secretary Jen Psaki said TJ Ducklo’s resignation was “something we all agreed on.

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Ducklo had not been formally disciplined until the report of his actions went public. When a Politico editor reached out to the White House following the call between Ducklo and Palmeri, Ducklo apologized to Palmeri. "The president leads by example, and I try to do the same.

His resignation followed a Vanity Fair revelation that he’d reportedly tried to bully Palmeri into quashing her story on his relationship with Axios reporter Alexi McCammond, who at the time was covering the White House and covered the Biden campaign."I will destroy you," Ducklo reportedly told Palmeri, if she published the account. Ducklo also reportedly used vulgar language to tell Palmeri she was only pursuing the story because she was jealous of McCammond.

 

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