WH Spokeswoman: Twitter Files Are a 'Distraction...Old News'; 'It's Not Healthy'

Was it "appropriate" for Twitter to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story ahead of the 2020 election?

A reporter asked that question at Monday's White House press briefing, three days after Twitter owner Elon Musk released information showing that Twitter executives decided to suppress the Hunter Biden story for supposedly violating its "hacked materials" policy. But the story, published by The New York Post, was not based on hacked information and has since been verified.

Spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre, no fan of Elon Musk, was dismissive of the information Musk released through...