Absolute Chaos Erupts in the Briefing Room as KJP Repeatedly Declines to Say Why a Renown Parkinson’s Expert Has Visited the W.H. So Many Times in Recent Months

EXCERPT:

O'KEEFE: "That much you should be able to answer by this point."

JEAN-PIERRE: "No, no, no, no, no. No, wait a minute. Calm — Ed, please. A little respect here. Please. So, every year around the president's physical examination, he sees a neurologist. That’s three times, right? So I am telling you that he has seen a neurologist three times while he has been in this presidency. That’s what I’m saying. I’m telling you that he has seen him three times. That is what I’m sharing with you, right? Every time he has a physical, he has had to see a neurologist. So, that is answering that question."

O'KEEFE: "No, it's not."

JEAN-PIERRE: "No, it is. It is. You’re asking — "

O'KEEFE: "Did Dr. Kevin Cannard come to the White House — "

JEAN-PIERRE: "But I just — I also said to you — Ed, I also said to you, for security reasons, we cannot share names. We cannot share names. We have to — "

O'KEEFE: "You cannot share names of others he would have met with? You can't share names with regards to — if someone came here with regards to the president?"

JEAN-PIERRE: "No, we cannot share names of specialists broadly, from a dermatologist to a neurologist. We cannot share names. There are security reasons. We have to — we have to protect — "

O'KEEFE: "They're a White House visitor. It's public."