RCP’s Wegmann to Leavitt: Did The White House Know Huckabee Was Meeting With Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard?
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday revealed the White House did not know U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with Jonathan Pollard, a former intelligence analyst who spied for Israel.
PHIL WEGMANN, REALCLEARPOLITICS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Thank you. Ambassador Mike Huckabee had a meeting with Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. citizen who was convicted and spent three decades in jail for selling state secrets to Israel. Did the White House know that that meeting was going to happen? Does the administration condone it? KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The White House was not aware of that meeting, but the President stands by our Ambassador Mike Huckabee and all that he’s doing for the United States and Israel.
