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Jill Biden’s Chief of Staff Pleads the 5th on Alleged Cover-Up of Joe Biden’s Cognitive Decline
Breitbart ^ | July 16, 2025 | Elizabeth Weibel

Posted on 07/16/2025 5:59:26 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

Anthony Bernal, who served as the chief of staff for former first lady Jill Biden, refused to answer questions regarding an alleged cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.

Bernal, who has been nicknamed Jill Biden’s “work husband,” pleaded the Fifth during a “closed-door testimony” in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, according to the Hill.

Per the outlet, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) revealed that Bernal had “pleaded the Fifth” when asked whether the former president had “ever instructed him to lie about his health” or if “any unelected official or family members executed the duties of the president.”

“Anthony Bernal — Jill Biden’s Chief of Staff — just invoked the Fifth Amendment during his congressional deposition,” Comer wrote in a post on X. “This week new reporting confirms President Biden’s aides took unauthorized executive actions during his presidency amid his cognitive decline.”

Comer added that it was “no surprise” that Bernal had invoked the Fifth Amendment “to shield himself from criminal liability.”

“During his deposition today, Mr. Bernal pleaded the Fifth when asked if any unelected official or family members executed the duties of the President and if Joe Biden ever instructed him to lie about his health,”

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"Did any unelected official or family members execute the duties of the President?" "I plead the fifth."

This sounds pretty bad.

1 posted on 07/16/2025 5:59:26 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I see campaign ads in the future.


2 posted on 07/16/2025 6:01:25 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

How can she plead the fifth? As far as I know, there is no law against covering up a cognitive decline? Many people do it.


3 posted on 07/16/2025 6:02:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Everyone who voted to accept his fraudulent electors on January 6th should be charged. An election wasn’t just stolen, but people voted to accept a person who was obviously mentally challenged when he ran for office in 2020.


4 posted on 07/16/2025 6:03:37 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: nickcarraway

(How can she plead the fifth? )

She didn’t, Nick. Her chief of staff did.


5 posted on 07/16/2025 6:05:27 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. Onw!as a cylindrical object)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

In other words. I’m guilty.


6 posted on 07/16/2025 6:06:09 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Still, it’s not a crime. How can you plead the fifth on something that isn’t a crime?


7 posted on 07/16/2025 6:06:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Read this and see if you can understand what might be a problem
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5404020-anthony-bernal-jill-biden-aide-pleads-fifth/

“Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said Anthony Bernal pleaded the Fifth when GOP lawmakers asked him whether former President Biden ever instructed him to lie about his health or “if any unelected official or family members executed the duties of the president.””


8 posted on 07/16/2025 6:11:14 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Well that’s all well and good but what did Bernal say about Epstein?


9 posted on 07/16/2025 6:12:10 PM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: RummyChick
He CANNOT plead the fifth on Jill’s fashion choices. Someone should be keelhauled over those tragedies…and I’m a GUY.


10 posted on 07/16/2025 6:14:01 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

That specific question doesn’t look to be covered by the 5A. It doesn’t ask Bernal anything about himself. This invocation looks like obstruction.


11 posted on 07/16/2025 6:14:22 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: RummyChick

If the Congress folks want to set “perjury traps” they should ask one simple question at a time—not compounded questions that can be confusing.


12 posted on 07/16/2025 6:16:27 PM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

It might if he is afraid of a conspiracy charge.

Once you waive your rights by answering questions it can be hard to reclaim it on the topic

This is why you see lawyers say Plead the 5th all the way through


13 posted on 07/16/2025 6:19:09 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The judge shouldn’t accept “pleading the 5th amendment” for th e sole reason that it isn’t a federal crime for covering up the cognitive decline of the 46th president. What is wrong with this judge?


14 posted on 07/16/2025 6:19:56 PM PDT by convoter2016 ( )
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To: mass55th

Biden has been a garden vegetable for at least a decade. It was all covered up to install this dementia carcass and then run their NWO WEF globalists free for all USAID money laundering operation unhindered by any political considerations. Burn the house down with all the receipts inside.

Amazingly even as in-your-face as they operated, a large number of Americans seemed to be just fine and offered little resistance.


15 posted on 07/16/2025 6:23:29 PM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: Macho MAGA Man

When I hear of people pleading the fifth it screams ‘guilty’.


16 posted on 07/16/2025 6:25:06 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Considering what a stupid *ss Biden was when he was at his best, let’s consider how much lower he was during the presidency. And he was fully supported by a media whose corruption requires scientific notation to get close to the magnitude of that corruption. Eff them all. Put ‘em in bunkers and call out the B2. Justice be done.


17 posted on 07/16/2025 6:27:02 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: DoodleBob
she still isnt as bad as michelle obama.

there was a thread years ago about her fashion choices used as a back drop for where in the world is Michelle Obama. People were photoshopping her into various places with hilarious effect.

I made some kind of comment that caused a user to generate this photo


For years and years and years this photo made the rounds on the internet. Snopes debunked it as fake. It has fooled many posters here.
18 posted on 07/16/2025 6:28:49 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: convoter2016

What judge?

This was Comers committee


19 posted on 07/16/2025 6:28:58 PM PDT by digger48 (Mp)
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To: convoter2016

There is no judge.

Everyone, unless they have a deal, or are really stupid, pleads the 5th when testifying before Congress.


20 posted on 07/16/2025 6:29:41 PM PDT by Round Earther
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