Biden suddenly in Trump-like chaos: Spokesman is said to have threatened journalist - Boring questions follow

Donald Trump's successor Joe Biden wanted to end the scandal in the White House.

But suddenly there are serious allegations - reminiscent of the Trump era.

Washington - A new era should begin with Joe Biden's inauguration in the United States.

But less than a month after Biden's assumption, a kind of upside-down - or well-known from Trump's days - world emerges in the headquarters of the USA.

The White House is faced with a scandal over a press secretary.

Trump sends his regards: Biden is in a scandal about press spokesman - threat to journalist?

Biden's administration suspended a vice spokesperson for a week after allegedly threatening a journalist in an argument.

The behavior was "completely unacceptable" and her colleague knows that, said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Friday.

The punishment followed an article in

Vanity Fair

magazine

.

It said that the vice-spokesman TJ Ducklo had

threatened

a reporter from the

Politico

website

to “destroy” her and destroy her reputation.

The journalist had asked questions about Ducklo's relationship with a reporter on the

Axios

website

.

The suspension raised questions in Washington.

After former President Donald Trump - who is currently in the middle of an impeachment - frequently insulted the media as "enemies of the people", the White House promised his successor Joe Biden that he would deal with the press professionally.

Joe Biden: spokeswoman faces probing questions - "We found that was a serious punishment"

Psaki was also reminded of Biden's announcement at her press conference that he would fire anyone who was disrespectful to his colleagues on the spot.

"We found it was a serious penalty," she said of the free suspension.

She made the decision in consultation with Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain, and she did not speak to the president about it, said Psaki.

Trump repeatedly had problems with the press - and his spokesmen.

There was bigger controversy about the communications director Anthony Scaramucci.

This recently publicly renounced Trump.

The last spokeswoman for US President Sarah Huckabee Sanders is now even aiming for higher political offices.

(

dpa / fn

)