In an undercover video from O’Keefe Media, a special advisor for the U.S. Small Business Administration talks about how people in Joe Biden’s circle frequently turn to the “second most powerful person in Washington” to get things done.
Tyler Robinson told an undercover journalist that Jeff Zeints, who is now the chief of staff at the White House, is the point person for many of the president’s actions and decisions.
BREAKING: O’Keefe Media Uncovers who is really running the White House. Undercover cameras catch Special Advisor @SBAgov call former @facebook Board Member @WHCOS @ZientsJeff27574 “the second most powerful person in Washington” where “whatever this guy says, it’s what the… pic.twitter.com/vLeollXEFX
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) April 17, 2024
James O’Keefe, formerly of Project Veritas fame, reported on X about the undercover video:
’Keefe Media Uncovers who is really running the White House. Undercover cameras catch Special Advisor @SBAgov call former @facebook Board Member @WHCOS @ZientsJeff27574 “the second most powerful person in Washington” where “whatever this guy says, it’s what the President says.” Asked by OMG’s American Swiper Citizen Journalist “is Jeff [Zeints] more powerful than Kamala,” Robinson confirms “Yeah.”
@VP @KamalaHarris. Robinson also states that @BarackObama and @HillaryClinton are still involved behind the scenes at the White House. Tyler Robinson, Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff of Administrator @SBAIsabel Guzman, details how @WhiteHouse directs @SBAIsabel Guzman to campaign for @POTUS so constantly that “[Guzman] is the most traveled member of the cabinet. Like pretty much every week.” Under the guise of talking to small business owners, Guzman travels across the country to help elect Democrats – especially swing state Democrats like @SenatorTester: “The White House was like, yes, go. Invite Senator Tester. Don’t invite the other Senator because he’s a Republican. And don’t invite the two members of Congress because they’re Republicans.” Such actions may be considered potential violations of the Hatch Act, which restricts federal employees from taking an active part in partisan political management and forbids them from campaigning for or against candidates. Robinson says Guzman acts “as a spokesperson for Biden” as “…we try to visit with a member of Congress if they’re a Democrat…Just because then we can help them get re-elected as well.”
When asked if former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Hillary Clinton were involved in the Biden administration, a White House official said that both of them are still very close with Biden’s staff.
Robinson said “Yes” when asked if Zeints is “stronger than Kamala Harris.”
The Biden administration official also talked about how the establishment avoids GOP politicians so they are not involved in making deals and writing rules.
There are further reports that suggest that Barack Obama is a potent force behind the Biden administration.
In April 2021, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki gave the game away by confirming that Obama and Biden talk regularly, but she wouldn’t say just how often.
“How involved is former President Obama and first lady Obama in the Biden-Harris administration?” Chris Johnson of the Washington Blade asked Psaki.
“They’re not just former colleagues,” Psaki replied, “I guess you’d call them as president and vice president, but they also remain close friends, and they talk regularly about a range of issues from policy issues to bouncing ideas off of each other to their families. So, they are in close touch but we just don’t read out those specific calls. We keep them private.”
In June 2023, Politico Magazine revealed former President Barack Obama’s involvement with the Biden administration, which was more extensive than had been previously indicated in major news reports.
“Former President Barack Obama has hosted a handful of informal, but lengthy private meetings with groups of next-generation House Democrats this spring, I’m told by multiple attendees,” Jonathan Martin revealed. “The initial session featured the chamber’s new trio of leaders, but he then held subsequent conversations with a range of lawmakers.”
“Included were progressive members, like Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), as well as more moderate lawmakers, such as Mike Sherrill (D-N.J.) and Haley Stevens (D-Mich.),” Martin joshes, as if Democrats vote in diverse coalitions, instead of as a monolithic bloc.
“The gatherings were Obama’s idea, I’m told, and were designed for the now-61-year-old former president to keep current with his party’s rising stars, more than six years after he left office,” Martin continues.
“The sessions, which took place over cheese and crackers in Obama’s Washington office, are striking for a number of reasons,” Martin adds. “For starters, he rarely took much of an interest in counseling lawmakers when he was president,” he contends. “And while he reliably shows up on the stump each year for a number of Democrats, he’s hardly played the role of party power broker since leaving office. Podcasts, documentaries, his foundation and, yes, golf in Hawaii and on Martha’s Vineyard have taken precedence.”
Of course, it is nearly impossible to know the extent that Barack Obama is behind the Biden presidency, because the White House keeps their conversations private. Such is also the case regarding the innumerable trips that President Joe Biden has taken to Delaware, where there are no legal requirements to keep visitor logs.
