White House National Security Press Secretary John Kirby quickly left the briefing room on Friday after dodging questions about Hunter Biden’s text messages.

Newsmax’s White House correspondent James Rosen asked Kirby about the House Ways and Means Committee’s release of the testimony of two Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers. The testimony included the following WhatsApp message Biden sent to Henry Chao on July 30, 2017: [President Joe Biden] And we want to understand why that promise was not fulfilled. ”

Biden allegedly threatened Chinese businessman Zhao with sitting next to his father if he didn’t follow the “instructions” in the message.

“Then I have a few questions regarding this. Doesn’t that undermine the reaffirmation of that claim by ?” Rosen asked.

“No, I’m not going to comment further on this,” Kirby said, before several reporters began yelling questions about the issue.

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“James, if you ask me about this, let me hold my breath for a moment. does not intend to address this issue from this podium,” Kirby said. (Related: Reporters press Jean-Pierre on Hunter Biden investigation)

Diana Glebova, White House correspondent for the Daily Caller, said: why don’t you talk about it? The New York Post’s White House correspondent Stephen Nelson asked, “Where was Joe Biden the day of the texting?”

Mr. Kirby then left the podium without further mentioning the issue.

Biden never once spoke about his son’s overseas business deals during his 2020 campaign after reports surfaced about his laptop, which was previously falsely discredited by tech companies and corporate media. claimed no.

Whistleblowers testified to the Ways and Means Commission about the alleged involvement of the Justice Department and the IRS in stopping prosecution of the president’s son, even though he discovered evidence of tax violations before the 2020 presidential election.