Karoline Leavitt Questioned About Trump Administration Whistleblower Policy

At a press briefing, Karoline Leavitt was asked about Trump Administration whistleblower policy.

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00:00work very hard on that every day. Thank you. You're welcome. Chad. First of all, thank you

00:05for the hospitality. Always open and welcome. Thank you for the access. And I'll say to you

00:09again, for everyone, what I said to you a few weeks ago when we were here, I said it's so

00:13refreshing to have a press secretary after the last few years who's both intelligent and articulate.

00:18So thank you for that. I think that a lot of people would be curious to know if we have any

00:23details of what the private conversation between Vladimir Zelensky and the president was there at

00:27the Vatican. I imagine that we don't know at this stage in the game, but more specifically

00:31back to the border issue that the DOJ stated on Friday that they were floating the idea of

00:37potentially subpoenaing journalists for to get access to whistleblowers. We know the last

00:42administration did not treat whistleblowers very well. There's numerous ones who, although still

00:49employed by the FBI or the DHS, have not received back pay and haven't truly employed, but they're

00:55not reinstated. So I'm wondering if does this administration have, you know, do they believe

01:01that we should reinstate the whistleblower, you know, like agents Garrett or O'Boyle or Friend or,

01:05you know, Stevenson with DHS who blew the whistle on the child trafficking involving the cartels under

01:10Joe Biden. He too has yet to be brought back. Do we have a position on that? Sure. Well, for each

01:16individual agency, secretaries of those agencies obviously have deference over who they hire, who they

01:21fire, who they promote. I can tell you certainly the president commends anyone who steps out and

01:27speaks the truth, especially against the malpractice that we saw over the last four years under the

01:34previous administration. I could speak to the two cases at the Treasury Department. The two

01:38whistleblowers there who blew the whistle on the Hunter Biden tax fraud case have been promoted by

01:43Secretary Besant. So certainly we commend anyone who has the courage to step up and speak the truth.

01:48And as for those who unfortunately try to leak, especially classified information to the legacy

01:54media to put our troops in harm's way, our law enforcement officials at harm's way, leaks like

01:59that will not be tolerated. But those who are seeking to protect the truth will certainly be

02:06commended and applauded for that. Sure. Rogan, go ahead. Hi Caroline. Good to see you again. Great to see you.