Doocy grills KJP, Watters baselessly rants, Trump pleads Fifth

Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy grilled Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in her first briefing since the FBI raided the home of Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

During Tuesday’s briefing, Jean-Pierre stated the White House had no advanced knowledge of the search and that the president learned about it from public reports like everyone else.

Doocy later cited past comments by President Joe Biden, who said he’d be “very fortunate” to run against Trump again.

“Does the president still want to think that he would be very fortunate to run against Trump in 2024 like he has said before?” Doocy asked.

“I’m not going to comment,” Jean-Pierre responded. “All I can tell you, Peter, is that the president plans to run in 2024.”

Doocy went a step further despite Jean-Pierre's evasiveness, asking if the White House is worried the raid will be viewed as politically motivated.
The comment led to a rather testy exchange, in which Doocy continued to press Jean-Pierre despite her refusal to comment on the FBI search.
"Is this White House weaponizing the Justice Department and the FBI against political opponents?" Doocy asked at one point, eventually prompting Jean-Pierre to say, "The president believes in the independence of the Department of Justice."
Doocy continued to push for a "yes or no" answer from Jean-Pierre, who instead concluded:
"The president has been very clear. I laid out what his thoughts were back on January 7 in 2021 about how he saw the Department of Justice. I’m just going to leave it there. We are not going to comment from here from this White House on a criminal investigation that is currently happening."

Jesse Watters spent a large chunk of Tuesday night spewing bipartisan conspiracies on the FBI raid of ex-President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
“I’m angry," Watters said on Tuesday's The Five. "I feel violated."
The host later took special umbrage at reporting that suggested the search was related to the enforcement of the Presidential Records Act.
The National Archives confirmed in February that Trump improperly took classified material with him when he left office
“The Presidential Records Act,” he said incredulously, adding, "First of all, we can’t even trust this warrant wasn’t corrupt. I mean, they cooked up a fake warrant last time when they spied on the Trump campaign.”

Watters even suggested the FBI planted evidence during the search.

“How do we know they’re not planting evidence right now?” he continued before baselessly adding, “They planted evidence with crooked [Hillary Clinton] in the CIA and the FBI already.”

He also suggested the raid was political and aimed at stopping Republicans support for Trump.

And all of that is just what Watters said on The Five.
He continued his marathon of baseless conjecture on his prime time show, declaring that the FBI plants and doctors evidence.
“We know they doctor evidence! We know they plant evidence!” Watters said to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), without providing proof.
“We know they lie! We know they leak! This is not anything new! This has been years they’ve been doing this!" he continued. "These people are out of control, senator! This country is like we are on the edge of a cliff, man! I’m telling you. This country is at the edge of a cliff here!”