McClellan reading TPM, but not that closely?
From today’s press briefing (emphasis added) …
Go ahead, Victoria.
Q Scott, there have been various reports that photographs of the President with Jack Abramoff have disappeared from the archives of photographic studios, at least one. Could you tell us whether the White House or anyone working at the White House’s behest has taken any steps to remove any photographs that the President —
MR. McCLELLAN: I don’t know anything about that. I think that I saw some story where the very company that you’re mentioning said otherwise. So I think you ought to see what they said.
Q They acknowledged that the photographs had disappeared from their work site.
MR. McCLELLAN: I think they said something other than that.
The reference, of course, is to our story about the Abramoff-Bush photos that were scrubbed from the website of Reflections Photography, the DC photo studio that specializes in campaign and political event photography for the Republican party.
Just for the record, please note that McClellan declined to answer the question of whether the White House instructed Reflections Photography to scrub its website of Abramoff-Bush photos.
If he coulda, he woulda, one would imagine.
