Biden Mental Decline Probe: House Oversight Demands 5 Former White House Staffers Reveal What They Knew

The House Oversight Committee is seeking answers from top Biden administration officials—including the 46th president’s doctor—about Joe Biden’s apparent mental decline while in office and his staff’s use of an “autopen” to put his signature on official documents. 

The investigation on Capitol Hill deepens days after leaked audio of the then-president’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur and Biden’s announcement of an advanced prostate cancer diagnosis. 

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter Wednesday to five former Biden administration officials, calling them to appear before the committee for transcribed interviews. 

“The cover-up of President Biden’s obvious mental decline is a historic scandal,” Comer said in a statement. 

Comer sent letters to Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s White House physician; Neera Tanden, Biden’s former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council; Anthony Bernal, former assistant to the president and senior advisor to first lady Jill Biden; Annie Tomasini, former assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff; Ashley Williams, former special assistant to the president and deputy director of Oval Office operations. 

The letters also come on the heels of Tuesday’s release of a damning book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson.

Comer said Americans “deserve to know when this decline began, how far it progressed, and who was making critical decisions on his [Biden’s] behalf.” 

“Key executive actions signed by autopen, such as sweeping pardons for the Biden crime family, must be examined considering President Biden’s diminished capacity,” Comer said. 

The former president and first lady and several Biden aides have continuously insisted that the 46th president was entirely alert during his four-year term. Biden has noted in interviews that his administration achieved historic change.

The Oversight Project, a now-independent watchdog group originally created by The Heritage Foundation and not affiliated with the House Oversight Committee, first analyzed the autopen signatures.

“Today, we are calling on President Biden’s physician and former White House advisors to participate in transcribed interviews so we can begin to uncover the truth,” Comer said. 

Comer noted that in 2024, his committee sought transcribed interviews from three of the White House aides, but the Biden White House obstructed the probe.

“In the last Congress, the Biden White House blocked these individuals from providing testimony to the Oversight Committee as part of the effort to cover up Biden’s declining health,” Comer said. “Any continued obstruction will be met with swift and decisive action. The American people demand transparency and accountability now.” 

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