Reporter grills WH about Durham revelations, but spox refuses to address them: 'My answer is not going to change'

The White House refused Monday to address revelations stemming from special counsel John Durham's latest filing.

During Monday's press briefing, Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich repeatedly pressed White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the revelations. Jean-Pierre, however, bucked each attempt.

In fact, before Heinrich could even finish her initial question, Jean-Pierre had already refused to answer it.

"This news about the Durham investigation: Does the president have any concerns about a candidate for president using computer experts to infiltrate computer systems of competing candidates, or even the president-elect for the goal of creating a narrative? Is that something that —" Heinrich said.

"That’s something I can’t speak to from this podium, so I refer you to the Department of Justice," Jean-Pierre interrupted.

Interestingly, Heinrich asked a question directly related to President Joe Biden's thoughts, which certainly falls under the responsibilities of the White House. Given that Heinrich was not asking a question that fell under the purview of the Justice Department, Jean-Pierre's response indicates the White House decided before the press briefing not to answer questions related to Durham's investigation.

Still, Jean-Pierre's refusal to address Heinrich's question did not deter her.

"Is what being described in that report — monitoring internet traffic — is that spying?" Heinrich followed up.

"Again, I can’t speak to that report. I refer you to the Department of Justice," Jean-Pierre responded.

"Generally speaking, though, would monitoring internet traffic be —" Heinrich began to ask again before being cut off.

"Jacqui, my answer is not going to change. I refer you to the Department of Justice," Jean-Pierre said. "I can’t speak to that from here."

The Justice Department has not released a statement since Durham's latest filing, and the agency is unlikely to say anything about the investigation prior to its conclusion.

Anything new?

The Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday that a cybersecurity firm at the center of Durham's investigation that conducted work for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016 was also paid by Biden's campaign in 2020.

The Free Beacon reported:

The Biden campaign paid nearly $20,000 to a cybersecurity firm at the center of Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.

The campaign paid Neustar Information Services in 2020 for accounting and compliance work, according to Federal Election Commission records. According to Durham, Neustar’s chief technology officer, Rodney Joffe, accessed sensitive web traffic data that the company maintained on behalf of the White House executive office in order to collect "derogatory" information about Donald Trump. Joffe allegedly provided the information to Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, who in turn gave it to the CIA during a meeting in February 2017. Durham charged Sussmann in September with lying to the FBI about his investigation of Trump.

Joffe, however, denies any wrongdoing, according to a statement provided to NBC News by his spokesperson.

"Contrary to the allegations in this recent filing, Mr. Joffe is an apolitical internet security expert with decades of service to the U.S. Government who has never worked for a political party, and who legally provided access to DNS data obtained from a private client that separately was providing DNS services to the Executive Office of the President (EOP)," the statement said.