Jen Psaki said Biden admin tried to change focus away from Dobbs decision-leaker, calls reporting on leak 'historic' and 'amazing'



Jen Psaki revealed that the Biden administration tried to shift the focus away from who leaked the consequential Dobbs draft decision and called the reporting on the leak "historic" and "amazing."

Psaki was interviewed as a part of the Texas Tribune Festival when she made the comments while speaking to journalist Emily Ramshaw.

"I was there the night that the story broke in Politico, and it was one of my last weeks in the White House," said Psaki.

"But I remember the story breaking late at night and we had to figure out what, if anything, we were going to say that night because it wasn't the confirmed ruling, it was a leaked story that of course turned out to be entirely accurate," she recalled.

"And I think the reporting in that case was amazing, historic in many ways," Psaki said.

"But as a White House, you're really thinking about, um, you know, the responsibility of not weighing in on a decision that hasn't been made by the Supreme Court. And there's not a lot of precedent for it," she added.

"So, in that night we were figuring that out, and then in the days that followed what we considered was how to communicate to the public the range of options we had at our disposal without overpromising what could be down if this ruling were to be made," Psaki explained.

"We talked about, and tried to really refocus the attention not on who leaked it or how the leak happened, the 'whodunnit' of it all, but really what the impact would be of that decision, if that decision were to be made," she said.

The leak of the draft decision in May has been called an incredibly grievous breach of the sanctity of the highest court of the land. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, considered to be a part of the liberal wing of the court, called the leak "horrible" and "shocking," while conservative Justice Clarence Thomas said some trust was lost in the court forever.

Kagan also indicated that some results of the investigation into the leaker would be provided to the justices soon.

Soon after leaving the White House, Psaki signed a deal with MSNBC as a contributor and will host her own show on the progressive news network beginning in January.

Here's the video of Psaki's interview:

TTF22: One-on-One with Jen Psakiwww.youtube.com

Elena Kagan says leak of Dobbs draft opinion was 'horrible' and 'shocking'



Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said that the leak of the draft of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade was "horrible" and "shocking" and added that she expected an update on the investigation soon.

Kagan made the comments during a conversation at the Temple Emanu-El’s Streicker Center with U.S. Appeals Judge Alison J. Nathan.

“I don’t know anything. I suspect my colleagues don’t know anything, except for the chief justice maybe, about what the investigation has turned up if anything,” said Kagan, referring to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

She went on to say that the court depends on deliberation “and you can’t do that if you know that you might wake up tomorrow morning and there is a decision and it is on the front page of newspapers.”

The leak of the Dobbs decision was unprecedented and excoriated by many who saw it as an egregious violation of the rules of the Supreme Court.

Some have theorized that it might have been leaked in order to animate pro-abortion activists to pressure the conservatives on the court to drop their support for the overturning of abortion rights. The leak inspired many on the left to harass members of the court at their homes and in public places.

Kagan went on to give a veiled critique of the Dobbs decision while claiming she wasn't singling out any one judge or ruling.

“I think judges create legitimacy problems for themselves – undermine their legitimacy – when they don’t act so much like courts and when they don’t do things that are recognizably law,” she continued.

Kagan was nominated to the court by former President Barack Obama in 2010.

Here's more about the overturning of Roe v. Wade:

Glenn: If overturning Roe v. Wade costs us the 2022 election, ‘THEN FINE’www.youtube.com