Karine Jean-Pierre couldn’t recall Biden freezing or confused: House transcript

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre incredibly claimed she couldn’t recall a single video of former President Joe Biden appearing confused or freezing during her testimony to the House Oversight Committee last month, a newly released video and transcript reveal.

Jean-Pierre infamously accused The Post and other outlets in June 2024 of promoting “cheap fakes” by reporting on video footage of Biden, then 81, wandering away and looking confused during events with world leaders. 

The ex-White House official was pressed on those claims during her Sept. 12 closed-door interview with the Republican-led panel, which released a video recording and full transcript of the hearing this week.

“[W]ere all clips circulated on social media or otherwise showing President Biden being confused or freezing at times, were those all fakes?” Jake Greenberg, chief counsel for the oversight committee, asked Jean-Pierre at one point. 

“I can’t speak to every — everything that was on social media,” she responded. 

“Sure. But there were instances where videos were circulated of President Biden appearing confused or freezing for a moment that were real, correct?” Greenberg pressed. 

“Not that I recall,” Jean-Pierre stunningly responded.

The former Biden spokeswoman argued videos of the then-president looking lost “was not actually what was happening.” 

“Did you ever see President Biden appear confused?” Greenberg asked

“No,” Jean-Pierre answered. 

Later in the remarkable interview, the former press secretary was asked specifically about Biden’s disastrous June 2024 debate against President Trump, and whether her ex-boss looked “confused” to her at the forum.

“[H]e seemingly, to me, looked like he had a cold,” Jean-Pierre said. 

Greenberg shot back: “So, when he said, ‘We finally beat Medicare,’ that’s indicative of a cold to you?” 

“I think he was sick,” Jean-Pierre insisted. “I can’t speak to what was — I can’t speak to, like, what he was thinking at the time.

“He said it was a bad night. He said it was a bad performance.” 

Jean-Pierre’s testimony was part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the alleged cover-up of Biden’s mental decline. 

The panel released its bombshell report on the matter earlier this week and determined the former president’s “inner circle” took steps to “meticulously stage-manage” his public appearances, lighten his private workload, and even block lawmakers from talking to him.

Dozens of Biden’s executive actions “cannot all be deemed his own” after his closest advisers “went to great lengths to prop up” the 46th president as he suffered physical and cognitive decline in office, the report concluded.