White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday dodged questions about a leaked phone call in which President Biden pressed former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to change the "perception" of the Taliban’s advancement in Afghanistan, "whether it is true or not," less than four weeks before Kabul fell to the terror group.

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday refused to comment about the leaked phone call between President Biden and former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

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The White House ignored a bombshell report by Reuters claiming President Biden urged the Afghan president to fix a “perception” problem as the Taliban was on the move — even if it wasn’t the truth.“I need not tell you the perception around the world and in parts of Afghanistan, I believe, is that things are not going well in terms of the fight against the Taliban,” Biden said to Ashraf Ghani, according to a transcript and audio reviewed by Reute…

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White House dodges bombshell report on Biden’s call to Afghan president

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday was confronted about Joe Biden’s leaked phone call with then-Afghan president Ghani.On Tuesday, Reuters obtained leaked transcripts of Biden’s 14-minute, July 23rd call with Ashraf Ghani – the recently departed president of Afghanistan – before the Taliban completed their overthrow of the country.Reuters obtained the transcripts and audio of Biden’s last phone call to Ghani – Intel is turning on…

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"I'm Not Going to go Into Details of a Private Conversation" - Psaki When Asked About Biden Pressuring Afghan President to Lie in Leaked Transcript

White House press secretary Jen Psaki's declined to respond to a question about reports that President Biden pressured his departed Afghan counterpart to make it look like the fight against the Taliban was going well "whether it is true or not."

Reuters reported on Tuesday that President Biden pressured Afghan President Ghani to "change the perception" that the Taliban was winning ahead of Ghani's retreat flight to Qatar. 

"I am not going …

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Psaki Refuses To Address Biden Allegedly Pressuring Afghan President To Make Dubious Claims About Fight Vs Taliban

Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich pressed White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday to say whether President Joe Biden pushed his Afghan counterpart to push a "false narrative."

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Jacqui Heinrich Presses Psaki on Leaked Biden Call: Was He 'Pushing a False Narrative?'

The continued decline of substantive Afghanistan questions continued on Wednesday’s edition of The Psaki Show with a shift towards the coronavirus and Texas’s abortion law, but ABC’s Stephanie Ramos and Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich kept up the heat with questions for Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the embarrassing collapse of the country following a two-decade war.

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Tag-Team: ABC’s Ramos, FNC’s Heinrich Grill Psaki Over Biden’s Afghan Call

President Biden offered an apparent quid pro quo to the since-fled president of Afghanistan in the final days leading up to the Taliban takeover of Kabul.

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Transcript: Biden Asked Afghan President To Lie For Him To Get Support

President Biden stressed the need for changing the "perception" of the Taliban’s progress in Afghanistan, "whether it is true or not," during a phone call

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BOMBSHELL PHONE LEAK: Biden Pressed Afghan President To Lie To The World And Change "Perception" On Taliban’s Progress

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday dodged a question about a new report that claims President Biden stressed the need for changing the "perception" of the Taliban’s advancement in Afghanistan, "whether it is true or not," during a phone call with former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani less than four weeks before Kabul collapsed.

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President Joe Biden called Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on July 14. The 14-minute call took place before the Taliban overran Kabul on August 15. Ghani said the United States had been “very generous” in its assistance, but asked that it continue to provide air support.

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