Last week, a report alleged that FLOTUS once reamed White House staffers over a tense press conference this past January, in which her husband faced two hours of tough questions surrounding topics like the Covid-19 pandemic and international relations with Russia and Ukraine.
“She pointedly asked the group, which included the president, why nobody stepped in to stop it, according to a person who was in the room,” recalled Katie Rogers, who is the New York Times White House correspondent. “Where was the person, she demanded, who was supposed to end the news conference?”