Jen Psaki Says Her Joe Biden Watch Claim Will Be Removed From Book

The former White House press secretary disputed reports about Biden's conduct at a ceremony for fallen soldiers in her new book "Say More."

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday a disproved detail about President Joe Biden at a ceremony for fallen soldiers that’s in her new book will be removed in future reprints.

Psaki, now an MSNBC commentator, wrote in “Say More” that critics of the president alleged he checked his watch multiple times at Dover Air Force Base in August 2021 in an effort to sully his caring reputation. The allegations tried to make him “appear insensitive, concerned only about how much time had passed,” she wrote. She asserted that “he looked at his watch only after the ceremony had ended.”

But a report by Axios citing “contradicting news photos and firsthand accounts of Gold Star families” buttressed an earlier fact check by Snopes that Biden did check his watch several times.

The president was overseeing the transfer of remains of American troops killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

After originally declining comment, Psaki told Axios the “detail in a few lines of the book about the exact number of times he looked at his watch will be removed in future reprints and the ebook.”