After serving as White House press secretary for over a year, Jen Psaki will be leaving the Biden administration for MSNBC
where she will serve as a host and on-air expert. The departure, first reported by Axios, is expected this spring.
Psaki has held near-daily briefings since the start of the Biden presidency, and has generally been praised for her transparency.
The news outlet Puck had previously reported that Psaki was in talks with both CNN and MSNBC, and there was even speculation
that she might replace MSNBC primetime star Rachel Maddow, who is stepping back from nightly hosting duties.
Psaki will join a cable news landscape crowded with alumni of high-level Washington politics.
CBS recently hired former Trump White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, a decision for which it was criticized by some of the network’s own employees.