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Biden Spox Does Battle With CNN Host: ‘I Actually Dispute The Whole Premise Of That Question’

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White House spokesman Ian Sams clashed with CNN’s Phil Mattingly over questions regarding President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings.

Sams disputed the premise of Mattingly’s question, accusing him of echoing Republican talking points.

The discussion revolved around Hunter Biden’s press conference and the evolution of statements regarding the president’s involvement in his son’s business. (Trending: Joe Biden Impeachment Formalized As Republicans Unite)

Sams repeatedly emphasized that the president was not in business with his son, while Mattingly highlighted discrepancies in the White House’s statements over time.

The conversation underscored the ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

“In the statement that Hunter Biden made yesterday said, ‘Let me say it as clearly as I can. My father was not financially involved in my business,’” Mattingly began.

“He was unequivocal about that. But that is an evolution of where the president had been during the campaign, where the White House had been at the start of the administration.”

“Not involved financially in the business is very different than never talked about the business, not been involved in the business at all. Was that an intentional point of clarity, do you think?”

“I actually dispute the whole premise of that question,” Sams said.

“Why?” Mattingly asked.

“It’s one of Jim Jordan’s favorite little shiny objects is to try to take a semantic thing and make an argument that is, that is somehow far afield from what they’re actually focused on,” Sams pressed.

“We’ve been extremely clear over and over again for years, and nothing has changed. The president was not in business with his son, period. They’re trying to make up all sorts of allegations and make up lies about him doing things that were wrong and –”

Mattingly cut in, saying, “Ian, with respect. I’m not citing Jim Jordan here. I was in some of the White House press briefings where it was said explicitly the president did not talk to his son about business dealings – that is very clearly not the case.”

The anchor said that while he feels the shift in the claim is not “an impeachable offense, it is a fact that the president said one thing that ended up being not true.”

“Again. I dispute that. That’s that. That’s not true. That is not true!” Sams pressed.

“The truth is that he wasn’t in business with his son. The Republicans have been for years trying to make arguments that he was somehow wrapped up in all of this —”

“I’m not saying that he was in business with his son,” Mattingly said.

“– over and over again. Those have been refuted,” Sams said.

“And so what they do is they try to take semantic games and try to distract from the actual truth, which is that all of these things have been debunked. These allegations are false, and they’re using their power in Congress to launch this impeachment inquiry over false allegations that have no basis in reality.”

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