The House Oversight Committee is expanding its investigation into the alleged cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline and potential unauthorized executive actions. Nearly a dozen former senior White House officials are set to testify in transcribed interviews as part of the committee’s ongoing probe.
According to a committee aide familiar with the schedule, five more former high-ranking White House staff members have agreed to appear voluntarily for interviews. The group includes Ronald Klain, former chief of staff under Biden; Steve Ricchetti, former counselor to the president; Mike Donilon, former senior advisor to the president; Bruce Reed, former deputy chief of staff for policy; and Anita Dunn, former senior advisor to the president for communications. These individuals will participate in the interviews between July 24 and August 7.
Two other former Biden officials, Ashley Williams, former special assistant to the president, and Annie Tomasini, former deputy director of Oval Office operations, are also voluntarily appearing for interviews on July 11 and July 18, respectively.
However, not all former Biden officials have complied with the request for voluntary testimony. Oversight Chairman James Comer has issued subpoenas compelling Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician, and Anthony Bernal, a former assistant to the president and senior advisor to the first lady, to appear for depositions. O’Connor’s deposition is scheduled for July 9, while Bernal’s is set for July 16.
The committee’s investigation centers on the alleged attempt to conceal Biden’s mental decline and the unauthorized issuance of executive actions by senior White House officials. Comer has stated that if the administration’s staff executed a strategy lasting months or even years to hide the president’s condition or perform his duties without his consent, Congress may need to consider legislative action as a response.
Comer has also sent letters to former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, former chief of staff Jeff Zients, former senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates, and former special assistant to the president Ian Sams, demanding they present themselves for transcribed interviews. He emphasized that these individuals possess critical information regarding who made key decisions and exercised executive power during the previous administration.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Comer expressed his commitment to the probe, stating that the committee must “hear from those who aided and abetted this farce.”