Jake Tapper’s handling of Biden administration officials who allegedly misled the public remains a contentious issue. During a discussion on The Megyn Kelly Show, Ana Kasparian pressed Tapper over whether he would continue inviting Biden aides who participated in covering up President Biden’s cognitive decline. Tapper’s response was criticized as evasive, refusing to commit to holding these officials accountable for their past deceptions.

This ambiguity clashes with Tapper’s own harsh rebuke of the Biden White House in his book Original Sin, where he accused aides and First Lady Jill Biden of orchestrating a “moral crime” by hiding the president’s deteriorating health. He admitted conservatives were “proven right” about Biden’s decline and condemned the administration’s “horrible cover-up”. Despite this, Tapper has defended the media’s role, claiming they were “lied to over and over again” rather than complicit.

For conservative audiences, Tapper’s reluctance to ban these officials reinforces skepticism about mainstream media’s willingness to confront Democratic power structures. His posture risks normalizing the very deception he denounced in his book, leaving critics to question whether his principles will yield to CNN’s access-driven culture.