White House taking backseat to Justice, Labor Departments in vaccine mandate fight following 5th Circuit defeat

Written by Christian Datoc, White House correspondent for the Washington Examiner

The White House is letting the Departments of Justice and Labor take point in the battle over President Joe Biden’s workplace coronavirus vaccine mandate after a federal judge temporarily blocked its implementation over the weekend.

Senior White House officials declined to answer questions Monday from the Washington Examiner about what specific steps the president himself could take in the process. Instead, officials pointed to statements issued by Labor and Justice officials responding to the stay issued by the United States’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Saturday.

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