TRENTON, NJ – The White House is running a campaign to dissuade news media outlets, including those in New Jersey from covering the impeachment inquiry being called for by Republicans in Washington, D.C.
In a memo sent out to “Editorial leadership at U.S. News Media Organizations”, White House Secials Assistant to the Presiden Iam Sams said, “It’s time for the media to do more to scrutinize House Republicans’ demonstrably false claims.”
“After nearly 9 months of investigating, House Republicans haven’t been able to turn up any evidence of the President doing anything wrong,” Sams said. “But House Republicans led by Marjorie Taylor Greene are nonetheless opening a baseless impeachment inquiry of President Biden – despite many House Republicans openly admitting there is no evidence on which to support it.”
Impeachment is only for Donald Trump.
“Impeachment is grave, rare, and historic. The Constitution requires “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors,” he added.
The high-level White House aide went on to bash social media and Fox News.
“And in the modern media environment, where everyday liars and hucksters peddle disinformation and lie everywhere from Facebook to Fox, process stories that fail to unpack the illegitimacy of the claims on which House Republicans are basing all their actions only serve to generate confusion, put false premises in people’s feeds, and obscure the truth,” he added.
Sams also gave a brief demonstration about how media outlets should cover the impending impeachment of Joe Biden.
“It is the responsibility of the independent press to treat their claims with the appropriate scrutiny. Covering impeachment as a process story – Republicans say X, but the White House says Y – is a disservice to the American public who relies on the independent press to hold those in power accountable,” he added.