Press corps wants to know: Was White House aware of Boehner’s plan to sue Obama?

From today’s press briefing at the White House:

QUESTION: Speaker Boehner was over here yesterday for an event with the President. Do you know if he told the President that this lawsuit was coming?

MR. EARNEST: I’m not able to speak with a lot of detail about what kinds of conversations they may have had while the Speaker was here.

QUESTION: Could you check on that? Did the President have any kind of heads-up that this was happening?

MR. EARNEST: We typically don’t read out in detail much of the conversations that are had when they do occur between the President and Speaker of the House. But if I can get you some more information, I’ll look into it.

QUESTION: Do you know if others at the White House were aware that this was going to be happening before the Speaker’s announcement today?

MR. EARNEST: I’m not aware of that. But again, let me look into whether or not the White House got any heads-up with this.

(Transcript courtesy of the White House.)

Andrew Villeneuve

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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