Michael LaRosa, press secretary for former first lady Jill Biden, told Newsmax on Monday that a book about an alleged White House conspiracy to cover up Joe Biden’s reported cognitive decline did not accurately portray Jill Biden’s influence over him while he was president.
“Original Sin,” written by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson, alleges that Jill Biden was a behind-the-scenes power broker who helped prop up her husband as his mental and physical decline became harder to hide. It asserts that she sat in on job interviews for White House staff, kept score of which aides were most loyal, and reviewed campaign ads before they aired.
“She did not sit in on every interview for White House staffers,” LaRosa told “National Report.” “She did probably sit in and, if I can recall, she probably sat in on very senior-level hires of the White House of the West Wing, I would say. That sounds right.
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