Posted on 06/25/2025 4:22:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A key Biden White House staffer is refusing to testify before Congress about former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline, the House Oversight Committee announced Wednesday.
According to Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., Anthony Bernal, who served as former assistant to Joe Biden and senior adviser to First Lady Jill Biden, is declining to appear for his previously scheduled transcribed interview with the committee on Thursday. As described by a committee press release, this interview was expected to be a part of the committee’s investigation into “the cover-up of President Joe Biden’s mental decline and potentially unauthorized use of autopen for sweeping pardons and other executive actions.”
According to the Oversight Committee, “Mr. Bernal’s legal team had previously confirmed he would appear for a transcribed interview on June 26, 2025.” After being told that the Trump administration waived executive privilege for former Biden White House staffers (including Bernal) who are set to testify before lawmakers, however, Bernal’s legal team “informed the Committee that he would no longer appear for the interview.”
“Now that the White House has waived executive privilege, it’s abundantly clear that Anthony Bernal — Jill Biden’s so-called ‘work husband’ — never intended to be transparent about Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and the ensuing cover-up,” Comer said in a statement. “With no privilege left to hide behind, Mr. Bernal is now running scared, desperate to bury the truth. The American people deserve answers and accountability, and the Oversight Committee will not tolerate this obstruction. I will promptly issue a subpoena to compel Anthony Bernal’s testimony before the Committee.”
Comer previously subpoenaed Bernal and two other Biden administration officials last year as part of the committee’s investigation...
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Give him the Bannon/Navarro treatment.
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