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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Karoline Leavitt faced down the White House press in her first briefing. It was Trump’s voice that followed

Well, at least she avoided Sean Spicer’s fate.

The youngest White House press secretary to date, 27-year-old Karoline Leavitt, took to the podium for the first time on Tuesday with a similar obsequiousness to President Donald Trump, but unlike Spicer, thanks to last Monday’s indoor inauguration, was not forced to lie about the crowd size.

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