Jen Psaki slams Karoline Leavitt as a liar, claims ex-press secretary turned White House briefing room into ‘safe space’

Nypost · Aug 14, 2026 · 737 words · By Fox News

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Jen Psaki slams Karoline Leavitt as a liar, claims ex-press secretary turned White House briefing room into ‘safe space’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki scathingly attacked her Trump counterpart Karoline Leavitt on Thursday, claiming she faced hardly any tough questions in the briefing room and had no interest in engaging in good faith…

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“The relationship between the press and the White House is supposed to be adversarial by design,” Psaki said on MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, where she was hired after her performance on then-President Biden’s behalf from 2021 to 2022.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “she only briefed once or twice a week, max.”

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While evidence confirms Leavitt held briefings and eventually left the role, there is no specific corroboration across multiple sources regarding the exact frequency (once or twice a week max) of her briefings.

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web search NEUTRAL — additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Useand Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoline_Leavitt

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web search NEUTRAL — US Vice President JD Vance held a White House press briefing, the first since late July, as he answered reporters’ questions. This comes after Karoline Leavitt’s departure from her role as the White H…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JjVlCkcVSo

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web search NEUTRAL — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Holds Press Briefing.Leavitt used the briefing to promote the "Save America Act," framing it as a rebranding she kept correcting reporters on. That's actua…
https://www.latintimes.com/leavitts-first-briefing-back-cove…

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Claim 2: “She was succeeded by Karine Jean-Pierre, who served the rest of Biden’s term.”

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Multiple sources confirm Karine Jean-Pierre succeeded Jen Psaki in 2022 and served as press secretary during the Biden administration.

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web search NEUTRAL — The backstory: Jean-Pierre, 50, succeeded Jen Psaki as press secretary in 2022 after previously serving as deputy press secretary and also working as a senior adviser during Biden's victorious 2020 ca…
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/karine-jean-pierre-democrats…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jean-Pierre, 50, succeeded Jen Psaki as press secretary in 2022 after previously serving as deputy press secretary and also working as a senior adviser during Biden's victorious 2020 campaign.
https://www.wisn.com/article/karine-jean-pierre-book-biden-r…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jennifer Rene Psaki is an American political analyst and former government official. A political advisor who served under both the Obama and Biden administrations, she served in the Biden administrati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen_Psaki

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Claim 3: “The youngest person to hold the role in history, Leavitt has held the role since Trump took office again last year”

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Multiple independent news organizations (CNBC, Al Jazeera, NY Post, BBC) explicitly state that Karoline Leavitt is the youngest person to ever hold the role of White House press secretary.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Freedom 250 LLC, officially the White House Task Force on Celebrating America's 250th Birthday (Task Force 250), is a public–private partnership created on January 29, 2025, by executive order of US p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_250

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Karoline Claire Leavitt (, LEV-it; born August 24, 1997) is an American political spokesperson who served as the 36th White House press secretary from January 2025 to August 2026. A member of the Repu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoline_Leavitt

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House communications director, known officially as Assistant to the President for Communications, is part of the senior staff of the president of the United States. The officeholder is respo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Communications_Dir…

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Claim 4: “Jen Psaki... claiming [Karoline Leavitt] faced hardly any tough questions in the briefing room”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Jen Psaki claimed Karoline Leavitt rarely faced or answered tough questions during her tenure.

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Claim 5: “Psaki served as Biden’s press secretary from his inauguration in 2021 until May 2022.”

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Wikipedia and FRONTLINE confirm Jen Psaki served as press secretary from January 2021 to May 2022.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Briefing with Jen Psaki is a political news program on MS NOW hosted by former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. The program originally began on March 19, 2023, as a Sunday program titled Ins…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Briefing_with_Jen_Psaki

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Karine Jean-Pierre (born August 13, 1974) is an American political advisor and spokesperson who served as the 35th White House press secretary from 2022 to 2025, and as a senior advisor to President J…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Jean-Pierre

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jennifer Rene Psaki (; born December 1, 1978) is a liberal American political analyst and former government official. A political advisor who served under both the Obama and Biden administrations, she…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen_Psaki

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Claim 6: “Tricia McLaughlin, who served as assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of YouTube TV help pages and does not contain any information regarding Tricia McLaughlin or her role at the Department of Homeland Security.

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web search NEUTRAL — Official YouTube TV Help Center where you can find tips and tutorials on using YouTube TV and other answers to frequently asked questions.
https://support.google.com/youtubetv/?hl=en

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web search NEUTRAL — When you sign up for YouTube TV, we’ll ask you to share your home zip code. We may also ask you to verify your area location via your device location permissions. This requirement is to make sure you …
https://support.google.com/youtubetv/answer/7129768?hl=en&co…

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web search NEUTRAL — Official YouTube Help Center where you can find tips and tutorials on using YouTube and other answers to frequently asked questions.
https://support.google.com/youtube/?hl=en

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Claim 7: “President Donald Trump announced this week that Leavitt would be exiting her role as press secretary to prioritize her family.”

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Multiple independent sources (Tasnim, various web reports) and Wikipedia confirm that Donald Trump announced Karoline Leavitt's resignation to prioritize her family.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During and between his terms as president of the United States, Donald Trump has made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gulf of Mexico became the center of a geographical naming dispute in the United States when U.S. president Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14172 directing U.S. federal agencies to refer to it …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico_naming_controve…

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Claim 8: “Leavitt has held the role since Trump took office again last year”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Karoline Leavitt served as press secretary from January 2025 to August 2026, coinciding with Trump's return to office.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 9, 2026, The Wall Street Journal published a report based on intelligence provided by Israel indicating that Iran planned to assassinate United States President Donald Trump in Ankara, Turkey.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_alleged_Iranian_plot_to_a…

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