“No, he was not aware.
We were not aware, ”TASS quoted her as saying.
According to Jean-Pierre, the US Department of Justice makes decisions regarding the investigation of criminal cases without the participation of the White House.
As it became known earlier, Jack Smith, who previously worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague and served as a prosecutor in the Special Court for Kosovo, will become the American special prosecutor in the Trump case.
It will investigate Trump's possible involvement in the January 2021 capitol storming, as well as the legality of Trump keeping government documents on the Mar-a-Lago private estate in Florida.
Trump said he would not cooperate with the new special counsel.