On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended the White House’s decision to refuse to release visitor logs from President Biden’s Delaware homes, even though Biden spent nearly one-third of his first year in office visiting them.
According to The New York Post, “The Post asked Psaki at her regular press briefing if the White House’s decision not to make the Delaware logs public still stands after Biden spent long stretches of time at his Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach residences.”
“Will the White House be reconsidering the decision not to release visitor log information from his Delaware residences?” The New York Post asked.
“Psaki defended the trips before denying the reporter a third question about a different topic,” The New York Post stated.
“Well, the president goes to Delaware because it’s his home. It’s also where his son and his former wife are buried. And it’s a place that is obviously close to his heart,” Psaki said.
“A lot of presidents go visit their home when they are president,” she continued. “We also have gone a step further than the prior administration, and many administrations, in releasing visitor logs of people who visit the White House and will continue to do that.”
“President Biden spent 28 percent of his first year as commander in chief back home in Delaware, worrying transparency advocates who note that he exempted his homes from visitor log disclosure,” The New York Post reported. “Biden, who returns to the White House on Monday night from his house in Wilmington, simply likes being home, his press representatives say.”
As previously reported, “The Biden White House initially announced last year that it would be resuming the partial release of visitor logs, saying in May, ‘These logs give the public a look into the visitors entering and exiting the White House campus for appointments, tours, and official business — making good on President Biden’s commitment to restore integrity, transparency, and trust in government.’”
However, according to The Post, “White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki clarified to The Post in August that there would be no visitor logs released from Biden’s Delaware residences.”
“I can confirm we are not going to be providing information about the comings and goings of the president’s grandchildren or people visiting him in Delaware,” Psaki said at the time.
