President Donald Trump ends his Asia tour with a much-anticipated sit-down with China’s Xi Jinping, a scathing report on Joe Biden’s presidency casts doubt on key executive actions, and Canada&#8217;s government is pressured to include minors in its euthanasia program.
It’s Thursday, October 30, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251030-member-exclusive">the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Trump V. Xi In South Korea</h2>
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Topline: The eyes of the world turned to South Korea, as President Trump sat down with China’s Xi Jinping for a high-stakes meeting.
Trump v. Xi: President Donald Trump cut tariffs on China overnight after President Xi Jinping promised to purchase large amounts of farm products from the United States and crack down on fentanyl trafficking. 
Trump said the tariff rate on China would be reduced from 57% to 47% after a high-stakes meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in South Korea. In return, he said China promised to purchase American soybeans, sorghum, and other farm products and stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
“I had a truly great meeting with President Xi of China. There is enormous respect between our two Countries, and that will only be enhanced with what just took place,” Trump posted on Truth Social after the meeting. “We agreed on many things, with others, even of high importance, being very close to resolved.”
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Trump added that China had agreed to “continue the flow” of rare earth minerals used in products ranging from cell phones to fighter jets. China had been looking to implement strict export controls on the minerals.
The meeting began late Wednesday night by United States time. 
Just minutes before the meeting began, President Trump issued a stunning social media <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115460423936412555">post</a>, saying, “Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”
The U.S. has not tested any nuclear weapons for the last 33 years. The timing of that message is no accident. In the last week alone, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had successfully tested nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable cruise missiles, along with a nuclear-capable torpedo. 
North Korea also claims to have conducted missile tests of its own. But this appears to be directed at Xi, who has overseen a historic nuclear buildup in China, growing its arsenal at an alarming pace. Despite that apparent warning, once Trump and Xi met just a few moments later, the two were all smiles, with Trump cracking a joke as they shook hands.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Biden Autopen Questions Grow</h2>
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Topline: The House Oversight Committee has recommended that the Justice Department investigate the Biden White House’s use of an autopen to sign official presidential actions. In a 100-page <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-committee-releases-report-on-the-biden-autopen-presidency/">report</a> released this week, Republicans charged Biden staffers with covering up for an increasingly senile president and taking action without his knowledge.
Republicans want the DOJ to take a deep look at former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen because many of the actions Biden took – or appeared to take – may not have been valid. Committee Chairman James Comer asked Attorney General Pam Bondi for a “comprehensive review of all executive actions taken during the Biden presidency.”
Comer also asked for special attention to be paid to White House doctor Kevin O’Connor, deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini, and senior adviser to the first lady Anthony Bernal. They all pleaded the Fifth during the House investigation.
Comer v. O’Connor: Comer sent a letter to the D.C. Board of Medicine asking for a review of O&#8217;Connor’s work as the chief White House doctor. The report says testimony indicates that O’Connor “may have succumbed to political pressure” and hid Biden’s health decline from the American people.
Comer said the medical board should consider whether O’Connor “issu[ed] misleading medical reports, misrepresent[ed] treatments, or [failed] to conform to standards of practice” in violation of D.C. law. If any violations are found, the D.C. Board of Medicine could discipline O’Connor or even <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/us-news/biden-white-house-doctor-kevin-oconnor-referred-for-investigation-of-ex-prez-health-cover-up-could-lose-license/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter">revoke</a> his medical license.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Canada&#8217;s Growing Euthanasia Movement</h2>
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Topline: Canada’s euthanasia program is rapidly expanding, with some groups calling for minors as young as 12 years old to be included in the government-funded program. 
MAiD, or Medical Assistance in Dying, is effectively an euthanasia program funded by the Canadian government. It began in 2016 for people whose natural death was “reasonably foreseeable” and who wanted to end their lives. The program has only expanded since, particularly in 2021, when chronic illness and disability became included as reasons for someone to be euthanized. 
Since its inception, more people have undergone these procedures. Thousands of Canadians now do this annually.
Efforts to expand MAiD: Advocates want children 12 years and older to have access to MAiD. Current rules state that one must be 18 years old to be considered for this procedure.
The general argument is that children need more autonomy in health care, and the MAiD program is supposedly about “compassion.” Advocates also noted that minors can already consent or refuse certain treatments, so permitting this would be consistent. Finally, advocates will point to the Netherlands, where assisted dying for “mature minors” has been legal since 2002.
As for consent, one advocacy group called “Dying With Dignity Canada” recommends that minors between 12 and 15 years old have parental permission to be euthanized. It does not recommend that as a requirement for minors aged 16 and 17, however.
Morning Wire spoke to Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a psychiatrist, author, and a director at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, about the euthanasia movement.
“Once you cross the line of allowing doctors to kill patients, once you cross the line of accepting the basic premise of the euthanasia movement, which is that some lives are not worth living and therefore these people should be killed by the medical profession, then it&#8217;s very hard to argue that there should be any limitations to that,” said Kheriaty.
In addition to advocating for minors to be permitted in the program, there is a strong push to include people who suffer solely from mental health issues. That section is set to take effect in 2027. 
Euthanasia is not legal in the U.S.; however, several states do permit assisted suicide. This is a domestic movement that is worth watching closely and has undoubtedly been influenced by our neighbors up north.

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The retirement savings of millions of federal workers are being weaponized to push climate change and DEI mandates, a watchdog warned lawmakers. 
Financial asset giants BlackRock and State Street are leveraging their management over billions of dollars in federal employees’ retirement savings to push left-wing politics, according to a Monday <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/Hild-Letter-to-SCHSGA-and-HCOGR-RE-TSP.pdf">letter</a> to top Republican lawmakers from Consumers’ Research obtained by The Daily Wire. The pair manages around $668 billion in federal retirement savings through the Thrift Savings Plan, the federal government’s version of a 401(k) plan. 
“Asset managers like BlackRock using Americans’ hard-earned money to unfairly and illegally push radical political agendas without consent is hardly a new problem, but their control of most of the Thrift Savings Plan takes the scandal to a new level,” Consumers’ Research executive director Will Hild told The Daily Wire. “Flagrantly violating fiduciary duty with federal employee dollars begs for congressional scrutiny and more.”
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The letter was sent to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chair James Comer (R-KY) and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chair Rand Paul (R-KY). It requested that the lawmakers investigate the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB), the agency that administers the Thrift Savings Plan program. 
The letter says that the agency “has contracted with asset managers and proxy advisors that have pursued goals to impose emissions reductions and diversity quotas on companies, rather than focus solely on financial returns as required” by federal law. 
“Examples of BlackRock’s and State Street’s harmful conduct include: (1) using proxy voting power to push companies to adopt emissions targets; (2) maintaining commitments to climate-activist organizations in pursuit of Paris Agreement goals; (3) using internal proxy-voting guidelines that require using engagement and voting to pressure companies to align with net zero; (4) using pension fund assets to advance a net-zero agenda; and (5) succumbing to activist pressure to join climate groups and change their proxy voting to support activist proposals,” Hild wrote in the letter. 
An example of political policies being pushed by BlackRock included <a href="https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/publication/annual-stewardship-report-2024.pdf">voting</a> in 2024 for a shareholder proposal to require Cracker Barrel to establish and publish greenhouse gas emissions targets. It backed similar proposals for companies like Jack in the Box, Wingstop, and Denny’s. 
Hild cited previous <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241226122512/https:/www.ssga.com/library-content/assets/pdf/global/asset-stewardship/proxy-voting-and-engagement-policy.pdf">policies</a> by State Street to generally oppose company boards that are not “composed of at least 30-percent female directors” and “at least one director from an underrepresented racial/ethnic community.”
In recent years, BlackRock has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blackrock-makes-major-change-after-backlash-against-woke-investing">backed away</a> from some of its more recent pushes for activist investing after widespread backlash. In April 2024, the Committee to Unleash Prosperity gave BlackRock a &#8220;B&#8221; for its voting record on &#8220;extreme&#8221; shareholder proposals, up from a &#8220;C&#8221; the previous year. The same report grades State Street as a &#8220;C.&#8221;
&#8220;BlackRock’s CEO, Larry Fink, had been one of the leading voices in support of ESG a few years ago. But last year, under pressure from groups like ours and others, he began to retreat from its ESG advocacy on proxy voting as shareholder proposals have become more extreme,&#8221; the report found.
BlackRock&#8217;s recent global voting <a href="https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/publication/2025-investment-stewardship-voting-spotlight.pdf">spotlight</a> also highlighted that it voted with corporate management on 209 out of 214 votes in the Americas on climate and natural capital. &#8220;We again found that many of these proposals were over-reaching, lacked economic merit, or sought outcomes that were unlikely to promote long-term financial value,&#8221; the report said.
The letter also states that the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board relies on the Institutional Shareholder Services, a proxy advisory firm, for analysis of BlackRock and State Street’s proxy voting record. The firm is also “committed to environmental activism and imposing quotas on company boards,” Hild wrote. 
The agency utilizes quarterly analysis from the Institutional Shareholder Services to ensure that BlackRock and State Street vote in line with their written guidelines. 
“Reliance on ISS is contrary to [federal law’s] sole-interest standard, as ISS pursues an agenda that is incompatible with shareholder value and has made commitments to incorporate ESG into its processes. Contracting with ISS also raises concerns about ISS’s role in recommending votes that would inject race- and sex-based considerations into companies’ practices, which potentially violates federal and state civil rights laws,” Hild wrote. 
Hild wants Congress to press the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to ensure that federal workers’ retirement savings are not being used to push politics. 
“The [FRTIB] owes the public answers, starting with whether it broke the law by allowing these notoriously woke firms to fund their ESG activism with millions of federal workers&#8217; savings. The longer that firms like BlackRock freely manage Thrift Saving Plan assets, the greater the danger to so many Americans&#8217; retirement security,” he said.

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The Republican-led House Oversight Committee released tens of thousands of documents related to the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday.
The Department of Justice provided the <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-committee-releases-epstein-records-provided-by-the-department-of-justice/">records</a> under subpoena from committee chairman James Comer of Kentucky. The document dump consisted of 33,295 pages.
Speaking to reporters following the release, Comer <a href="https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1963011925358608801">said</a> that the committee continues to expand its investigation into notable figures, such as former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, who, as a prosecutor, negotiated a controversial plea deal with Epstein in 2008. The committee is working on releasing other records, as well.
“We&#8217;re gonna continue to bring in more people. We learned of some additional names today,” said Comer. “We&#8217;re gonna do everything we can to give the American public the transparency they seek, as well as provide accountability in memory of the victims who have already passed away, as well as those that were in the room, and many others who haven&#8217;t come forward.”
Comer thanked the White House for working with House lawmakers to make the documents available for release.
“The White House is working with us. I wanna publicly thank the White House for turning over so many documents thus far,” said Comer.
The committee has subpoenaed a number of high-profile figures already, including former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Comer <a href="https://x.com/DailyCaller/status/1962989269351309574">added</a> that the committee plans to subpoena Epstein’s madam Ghislaine Maxwell, as well.
The Department of Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-reveals-whether-she-believes-epstein-committed-suicide">interviewed</a> Maxwell and released the tapes of that interview last month. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted the interview, and Maxwell’s testimony backs up some of what the Justice Department has said about Epstein’s case, such as the lack of an Epstein “client list.”
Maxwell also told Blanche that she never saw any man, including President Donald Trump nor Clinton, behave inappropriately around Epstein.
“I never, ever saw any man doing something inappropriate with a woman of any age. I never saw inappropriate habits,” Maxwell told Blanche. “Now somebody’s inappropriate and mine may be different.”
“Trump was always very cordial and very kind to me,” she added. “And I just want to say that I find — I — I admire his extraordinary achievement in becoming the president now. And I like him, and I’ve always liked him. So that is the sum and substance of my entire relationship with him.”

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) will begin handing over documents regarding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to Congress by the end of the week, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced on Monday.
Comer shared the development one day before the deadline listed in the <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025.08.05-Subpoena-and-Schedule-to-DOJ.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoena</a> he issued to the DOJ.
“Officials with the Department of Justice have informed us that the Department will begin to provide Epstein-related records to the Oversight Committee this week on Friday,&#8221; Comer said in a statement.
&#8220;There are many records in DOJ’s custody, and it will take the Department time to produce all the records and ensure the identification of victims and any child sexual abuse material are redacted,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I appreciate the Trump Administration’s commitment to transparency and efforts to provide the American people with information about this matter.&#8221;
A spokesperson for the DOJ declined to comment.
Comer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-subpoenas-clintons-doj-records-and-former-officials-in-sweeping-epstein-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> the DOJ on August 5, the same day he issued subpoenas demanding Epstein-related testimony from former President Bill Clinton, his wife and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and several ex-law enforcement leaders on dates ranging from mid-August to mid-October.
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The Oversight Committee also issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-subpoenas-epstein-associate-ghislaine-maxwell">subpoena</a> to Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse">a 20-year prison sentence</a> after being found guilty of conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls, but has yet to finalize details for a deposition after she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-sends-congress-list-of-demands-for-deposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> immunity and other &#8220;conditions.&#8221;
All of the subpoenas were approved by members of the Oversight Committee before Comer sent them out.
Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in 2019 — after being arrested on sex trafficking charges involving young girls. In addition to the Clintons, Epstein had connections to a variety of high-profile people, including President Donald Trump. The Clintons and Trump have sought to distance themselves from Epstein over the years.
In his <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025.08.05-Subpoena-Cover-Letters.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cover letters</a>, Comer explained how the Clinton family &#8220;appears to have had a close relationship&#8221; with Epstein and Maxwell. To the former law enforcement heads, the chairman noted the various ways the FBI and DOJ were involved in investigations, litigation, and other matters related to Epstein and Maxwell during their tenures.
The first deposition took place on Monday with former Attorney General William Barr, who was cooperative while answering questions from both Republican and Democratic staff and members, a source familiar with the matter told The Daily Wire.
Barr made clear that Trump never provided any views or instructions related to the criminal case against Epstein or his death, and that he never saw any evidence suggesting Trump committed a crime, according to the source, who added that Barr further stated that he believed the Biden DOJ would have released any incriminating evidence against Trump if such evidence existed.
The Daily Wire confirmed with a House Oversight Committee aide that the panel intends to withdraw its subpoena to former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who also served as special counsel of the Trump-Russia investigation from 2017 to 2019, because it learned that health issues preclude him from being able to testify. The Daily Caller was the first to <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/18/robert-mueller-house-oversight-committee-subpoena-james-comer-jeffrey-epstein-fbi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> the development.
Lawmakers have increasingly pushed for transparency after the DOJ claimed it had no evidence that Epstein had a client list, blackmailed powerful people, or was murdered — despite earlier <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shes-great-trump-backs-bondi-wants-top-officials-to-end-conflict-over-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hints</a> from Attorney General Pam Bondi that major bombshells would be revealed.
At the behest of Trump, who has argued that people are falling for a “hoax” spun by the Democrats, Bondi asked multiple judges to unseal grand jury testimony from the cases against Epstein and Maxwell. So far, those requests have been denied.
The DOJ held a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justice-department-meets-with-ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting</a> with Maxwell in July.

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The Democrats gave Republicans in command of Congress a trump card should former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, fight their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-subpoenas-clintons-doj-records-and-former-officials-in-sweeping-epstein-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenas</a> for testimony related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY).
During an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376766065112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview on Fox News</a>, Comer explained to &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; anchor Maria Bartiromo that a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-panel-votes-to-subpoena-epstein-files-clintons-ex-law-enforcement-leaders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bipartisan vote</a> underlying the subpoenas demanding an October 9 deposition with Hillary Clinton and October 14 deposition with Bill Clinton could be a valuable asset in a potential court battle. Comer also subpoenaed the Department of Justice (DOJ) for documents related to Epstein as well as several ex-law enforcement leaders for testimony.
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&#8220;What makes these subpoenas special and historical is that they came as a result of a bipartisan vote,&#8221; Comer said. &#8220;The Democrats made a motion, like we knew they would, to subpoena the Epstein documents, which Republicans support. Scott Perry from Pennsylvania amended that motion to include subpoenas for both Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as six former attorneys generals — and the Democrats voted for it.&#8221;
He continued, &#8220;Now they&#8217;re scared and trying to say they didn&#8217;t vote for it, but they did. It&#8217;s on record. And that helps us in court. If the Clintons try to fight this subpoena, which we presume they will, this &#8230; subpoena came as a result of a bipartisan vote, which has never happened before in the House Oversight Committee.&#8221;
The Clintons have sought to distance themselves from Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who was found dead at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in 2019 — after being arrested on sex trafficking charges involving young girls. Bill Clinton&#8217;s spokesperson released a statement in 2019 that acknowledged some trips on Epstein&#8217;s plane and meetings with him, but <a href="https://x.com/angelurena/status/1148357927625023490" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> the former president had knowledge of Epstein&#8217;s crimes or made trips to his private island.
In his subpoena <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025.08.05-Subpoena-Cover-Letters.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cover letters</a>, Comer said there were &#8220;conflicting reports&#8221; about whether Bill Clinton did visit Epstein&#8217;s island. The chairman noted Bill Clinton was &#8220;allegedly close&#8221; to Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and &#8220;attended an intimate dinner with her in 2014, three years after public reports about her involvement in Mr. Epstein’s abuse of minors.&#8221; Maxwell, who is serving <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse">a 20-year prison sentence</a> after being found guilty of conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls, is another person Comer has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-sends-congress-list-of-demands-for-deposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a>. Comer further pointed out that Maxwell’s nephew worked for Hillary Clinton&#8217;s 2008 presidential campaign and was hired by the State Department shortly after she became secretary of state.&#8221;
&#8220;So we&#8217;re looking forward to hearing from the Clintons,&#8221; Comer told Bartiromo. &#8220;The American people want to know what went on on Epstein island. We know Clinton went there many times. We just want to ask Bill Clinton what he saw when he was there and who all was involved.&#8221;

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President Trump&#8217;s push to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/22/republicans-free-market-energy-00465122">boost energy</a> affordability by slashing green regulations and climate lawfare has been a powerful yet undercovered plank of his second term. Drastically changing course from the energy-restrictive policies of “Bidenomics” is a key factor that propelled Trump back to the White House. To keep pace with MAGA on energy independence, Congress is launching a fresh <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-investigates-bloomberg-philanthropies-for-partisan-activism-with-state-attorneys-general/">probe</a> into the complex network and funding of lawsuits aimed at undermining affordable energy projects.
It’s a move that could finally reset climate and energy policies to benefit the American consumer above lawyers.
For the last decade, state attorneys general&#8217;s offices across the country have waged lawfare against energy producers and suppliers, using state statutes to <a href="https://www.eenews.net/articles/state-ags-rebuked-for-soliciting-billionaires-in-climate-cases/">issue lawsuits</a> seeking maximum financial penalties for climate liability, including <a href="https://stateline.org/2024/04/04/after-a-long-slog-climate-change-lawsuits-will-finally-put-big-oil-on-trial/">high-profile cases</a> in Hawaii and Minnesota against oil and gas giants.
Many lawyers and staff in these offices have been trained by ideological climate change university <a href="https://stateimpactcenter.org/ag-work/ag-actions">programs</a> like the State Energy &amp; Environmental Impact Center at NYU, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the giving arm of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s financial empire.
In the probe announced <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-investigates-bloomberg-philanthropies-for-partisan-activism-with-state-attorneys-general/">in July</a>, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is putting the congressional microscope on these shady programs, revealing how harmful they have been to keeping energy costs low. They’ve already demonstrated the significant influence these programs had within President Biden’s administration.
“The Bloomberg-NYU partisan agenda will likely hurt working-class Americans in the name of the partisan globalist climate-agenda,” said Comer, adding that the partisan climate law agenda “undermines faith” in the impartial justice system.
It’s no coincidence that David Hayes, the former executive director of NYU’s climate litigation program, was a <a href="https://www.law.nyu.edu/news/david-hayes-biden-special-assistant-president-climate">top climate advisor</a> to Biden in his single term.
It’s the right moment to seek <a href="https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/22/house-gop-takes-aim-at-dcs-climate-lawsuit-eed-00465782">accountability</a> for the failed energy policies of the Biden Administration and the well-funded law school networks that sustain and push petty climate litigation, and both the legislative and executive branches are right to do so.
Our judicial system has been captured by ideological interests that seek to force consumers to live with fewer and costlier options when it comes to powering their homes and businesses.
The climate lawfare brigade purports to care about climate change and the environment, but their only goal so far has been to try to extract high-dollar settlements from energy suppliers. These symbolic wins for climate activists serve to drive up energy and electricity prices for consumers, as energy companies divert more resources to legal fees than to innovation and investment in new solutions.
Who is the winner in this scenario? Not everyday Americans.
Although consumers read headlines about “<a href="https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2018/03/case-questions-climate-change-culpability">climate culpability</a>&#8221; and <a href="https://stateimpactcenter.org/ag-work/pro-environment-federal-litigation">settlements</a> with energy companies brokered by blue-state AGs, these are cases about money and ideological points more than proving wrongdoing.
There is no attention paid to actual climate solutions that would benefit society at large. As we’ve seen from climate lawsuits <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article296546349.html">filed</a> against nuclear energy providers, a power source that is close to the most renewable and <a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R48480/R48480.2.pdf">sustainable</a> energy source on the planet, it’s really not about finding cleaner power sources either.
This is the same movement that notched a big win <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165475">last week</a> with the International Court of Justice issuing a ruling to mandate all countries curb their emissions or be held economically and legally liable in international law, a laughable case that the US will rightly <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/rubio-eliminates-climate-office-00308505">ignore</a>.
Ultimately, radical activists must reconcile with the fact that no one entity or person will ever be found to be the singular cause of climate change, because we’ve all been clients and willing customers. That&#8217;s why the Environmental Protection Agency is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/winning-trumps-epa-wrecks-the-radical-green-agenda">now moving to scrap</a> the 2009 &#8220;endangerment finding&#8221; for greenhouse gas emissions. A lawless administrative state has created a set of policies that incentivize the petty lawsuits being funded by fringe climate activists.
This makes the Comer investigation even more critical to all Americans concerned about the cost of living, and further underscores why we should consider federal lawfare liability reforms that would put most of these frivolous cases to rest. <a href="https://consumerchoicecenter.org/floridas-liability-lawfare-reform/">Some states,</a> such as Florida and Georgia, have already done this.
The Trump Administration and Congress have to stay laser-focused on this issue, as well as other kitchen-table concerns that drove Americans to the polls last November. Affordability, particularly when it comes to keeping consumers’ lights on, should always be top of mind.
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Yaël Ossowski writes about energy policy and is deputy director of the Consumer Choice Center in Washington, D.C.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ghislaine Maxwell</a>, a longtime companion to deceased sex offender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeffrey Epstein</a>, is threatening to refuse cooperation with Congress if she is not granted immunity or given other concessions for a deposition.
The demands were outlined in a <a href="https://x.com/yashar/status/1950250996946633126" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> sent on Tuesday to House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) after he issued a subpoena last week to Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls.
David Oscar Markus, Maxwell&#8217;s attorney, wrote that their &#8220;initial reaction&#8221; to the subpoena, which seeks a deposition with at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee, Florida, on August 11, was that his client would &#8220;invoke her Fifth Amendment rights and decline to testify at this time.&#8221; But, he added, &#8220;further reflection&#8221; led them to offer &#8220;conditions&#8221; that would make it possible for Maxwell to cooperate.
The committee questioning Maxwell in prison and without a grant of immunity are &#8220;non-starters,&#8221; Markus warned. He said Maxwell &#8220;cannot risk further criminal exposure in a politically charged environment&#8221; and warned the potential for leaks from prison would create &#8220;real security risks and undermines the integrity of the process.&#8221; Markus also wrote that Maxwell would require questions in advance and requested the deposition be scheduled after the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/epstein-accomplice-rolls-dice-with-supreme-court-appeals-to-get-conviction-tossed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decides</a> on his client&#8217;s petition seeking to overturn her conviction.
&#8220;Of course, in the alternative, if Ms. Maxwell were to receive clemency, she would be willing — and eager — to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress in Washington, D.C.,&#8221; Markus wrote. &#8220;She welcomes the opportunity to share the truth and to dispel the many misconceptions and misstatements that have plagued this case from the beginning.&#8221;
So far, it does not appear Comer is willing to accept the full extent of Maxwell&#8217;s demands, which follow <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justice-department-meets-with-ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meetings</a> with the Department of Justice.
&#8220;The Oversight Committee will respond to Ms. Maxwell’s attorney soon, but it will not consider granting congressional immunity for her testimony,&#8221; a spokesperson for the panel <a href="https://x.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1950246277163196701" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters.
A House Oversight panel also voted last week to subpoena files regarding Epstein and testimony from former President Bill Clinton, his wife and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and several ex-law enforcement leaders. Comer later <a href="https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1948458870721884243" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> his committee was preparing to comply with the decision.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ghislaine Maxwell</a>, a longtime companion to deceased sex offender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeffrey Epstein</a>, has been subpoenaed to address Congress next month.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced the move one day after members of his panel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-panel-votes-to-subpoena-ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> to authorize him to issue a subpoena. A <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025.07.23-Subpoena-Cover-Letter-to-Maxwell-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cover letter</a> to Maxwell says Comer seeks a deposition at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee, Florida, on August 11. The chairman&#8217;s office said the Department of Justice (DOJ) is &#8220;cooperating&#8221; and would &#8220;help facilitate&#8221; the interview.
&#8220;The facts and circumstances surrounding both your and Mr. Epstein&#8217;s cases have received immense public interest and scrutiny,&#8221; Comer wrote on Wednesday.
&#8220;At the outset of the 119th Congress, on February 11, 2025, the Committee and the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice requesting a briefing regarding documents in the Department&#8217;s possession regarding &#8216;the investigation into and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein,'&#8221; Comer added. &#8220;On May 8, the Task Force sent another letter to the Department requesting the public release of &#8216;the entirety of the Epstein files&#8217; and a briefing regarding the release of these files.&#8221;
Comer&#8217;s team noted in a press release that The Daily Mail had reported on July 13 that Maxwell was open to speaking with Congress about Epstein&#8217;s criminal activities. The news outlet cited <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14901591/Jeffrey-Epstein-Ghislaine-Maxwell-trump-congress.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unnamed sources</a> close to Maxwell.
Maxwell is serving <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a 20-year prison sentence</a> after being found guilty of conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls.
Her attorney, David Oscar Markus, <a href="https://x.com/kaitlancollins/status/1948103871802315038" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told CNN</a> in response to the subpoena, &#8220;Ms. Maxwell is taking this one step at a time. She looks forward to her meeting with the Department of Justice, and that discussion will help inform how she proceeds.&#8221; He also <a href="https://x.com/kaitlancollins/status/1948104188975796703" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that concerns about Maxwell&#8217;s credibility are &#8220;unfounded&#8221; while stressing that his client would speak &#8220;truthfully&#8221; and not plead the Fifth if a deposition with Congress were to occur.
The vote to subpoena Maxwell happened shortly after the DOJ <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justice-dept-anticipates-ghislaine-maxwell-meeting-in-coming-days-amid-epstein-fallout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that it anticipated a meeting with Maxwell in the &#8220;coming days.&#8221; That followed Attorney General Pam Bondi filing a formal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-requests-judge-unseal-grand-jury-testimony-in-epstein-maxwell-cases-at-trumps-behest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">request</a> last week for judges to unseal grand jury testimony from the cases against Epstein and Maxwell at the behest of President Donald Trump, who has argued that people are falling for a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-explains-trumps-epstein-hoax-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;hoax&#8221;</a> perpetuated by Democrats.
On Wednesday, just before Comer&#8217;s announcement, a federal judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hands-are-tied-federal-judge-denies-dojs-request-to-unseal-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=%E2%80%98Hands+Are+Tied%E2%80%99%3A+Federal+Judge+Denies+DOJ%E2%80%99s+Request+To+Unseal+Epstein+Grand+Jury+Transcripts">denied</a> the Trump administration&#8217;s request to unseal grand jury materials from investigations conducted in the 2000s regarding Epstein. CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-florida-federal-judge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that judges who oversaw other cases in New York were still undecided as of the time of publication.
A growing number of lawmakers have been pushing for the disclosure of more information on Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who was found dead at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in 2019 after being arrested on sex trafficking charges involving young girls. Democrats have accused GOP leadership of balking on pressing the Trump administration harder for disclosure, while Republicans have raised questions about why their colleagues across the aisle did not seem interested in the issue when they had power.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://x.com/mkraju/status/1947371871776731167" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters this week that Congress needs to give the Trump administration &#8220;space,&#8221; but would consider action if it became necessary. He also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JVI9uLRFwo">said</a> House Republicans want &#8220;maximum transparency.&#8221;
A potential vote on demanding the Trump administration release secret documents it has on Epstein, the focus of a <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/581/cosponsors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discharge petition</a> from Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) that would force leadership&#8217;s hand, likely will not happen until after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-a-vacation-house-leaders-unveil-rival-game-plans-for-most-important-work-month" target="_blank" rel="noopener">August recess</a>. More immediately, as of publication of this article, it appeared that a House Oversight subcommittee was on its way to <a href="https://x.com/mkraju/status/1948103513436778927" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passing</a> a motion to subpoena Epstein files.
&#8220;While the Justice Department undertakes efforts to uncover and publicly disclose additional information related to your and Mr. Epstein&#8217;s cases, it is imperative that Congress conduct oversight of the federal government&#8217;s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of you and Mr. Epstein,&#8221; Comer wrote.
He continued, &#8220;In particular, the Committee seeks your testimony to inform the consideration of potential legislative solutions to improve federal efforts to combat sex trafficking and reform the use of non-prosecution agreements and/or plea agreements in sex-crime investigations.&#8221;

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A top aide to former First Lady Jill Biden pleaded the Fifth Amendment at his deposition on Wednesday, opting not to answer any questions regarding former President Joe Biden&#8217;s health and cognitive state during his term in the White House.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) said that he&#8217;d only asked Anthony Bernal — Jill Biden&#8217;s chief of staff — two questions about the former president, and revealed that Bernal had pleaded the Fifth instead of offering an answer to either.
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Anthony Bernal — Jill Biden’s Chief of Staff — just invoked the Fifth Amendment during his congressional deposition.
This week new reporting confirms President Biden’s aides took unauthorized executive actions during his presidency amid his cognitive decline. It’s no…
— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1945494393773080998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Anthony Bernal — Jill Biden’s Chief of Staff — just invoked the Fifth Amendment during his congressional deposition,&#8221; Comer said, referencing a New York Times report that revealed just how many of the pardons and sentence commutations allegedly signed off by then-President Biden had actually been signed using the autopen — and questions had been raised as to who had given the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admits-he-used-autopen-for-mass-criminal-pardons-says-he-didnt-review-every-case">final approval</a> for the autopen to be used. &#8220;This week new reporting confirms President Biden’s aides took unauthorized executive actions during his presidency amid his cognitive decline.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s no surprise that Anthony Bernal is pleading 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,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;This is a historic scandal and Americans demand transparency and accountability. We will continue to pursue the truth on their behalf and examine options to get the answers we need.&#8221;
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Watch the moment Anthony Bernal takes the 5th at our deposition today.
• Did you advise President Biden to pardon Hunter? 
&#8211; FIFTH!
• Was President Biden fit to exercise the duties of President? 
&#8211; FIFTH!
• Did any unelected official or family member execute… <a href="https://t.co/NmPQLwXrnl">pic.twitter.com/NmPQLwXrnl</a>
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Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) took his assessment a step further, noting that in addition to not answering any questions, Bernal would not even read his own statement before the committee.
&#8220;This morning, I attended the deposition of Anthony Bernal – Jill Biden&#8217;s &#8216;work husband.&#8217; These are my takeaways,&#8221; Donalds said. &#8220;He couldn&#8217;t answer A SINGLE QUESTION; He refused to read his own statement; This is corruption at the highest level; Joe was not in charge of his own admin; Every order, bill, &amp; memo is NULL &amp; VOID; The Democrats can&#8217;t hide from this; We must subpoena ALL BIDEN STAFF; @DrBiden must be called to testify; @KamalaHarris must be called to testify.&#8221;
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This morning, I attended the deposition of Anthony Bernal–Jill Biden&#8217;s &#8220;work husband.&#8221; These are my takeaways:
🚩He couldn&#8217;t answer A SINGLE QUESTION 
🚩He refused to read his own statement 
🚩This is corruption at the highest-level 
🚩Joe was not in charge of his own admin 
🚩Every… <a href="https://t.co/moix6gOcVu">pic.twitter.com/moix6gOcVu</a>
— Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDonaldsPress/status/1945521276711575980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Just days earlier, the former president&#8217;s doctor, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-now-clear-there-was-a-conspiracy-bidens-doctor-pleads-the-fifth-as-gop-probes-cover-up">Kevin O&#8217;Connor</a>, also pleaded the Fifth Amendment, answering no questions about Biden&#8217;s health or cognitive abilities while in the White House.

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Conservatives criticized NBC News over a report comparing a Republican congressman&#8217;s use of a digital signature with former President Joe Biden&#8217;s use of an autopen to grant presidential pardons.
In an <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/lead-investigator-james-comer-biden-autopen-digital-signature-rcna216719">article</a> published on Tuesday with the headline, &#8220;Lead investigator into Biden&#8217;s use of an autopen signed letters with a digital signature,&#8221; the outlet examined letters from Rep. James Comer (R-KY) in Adobe Acrobat and found they were signed digitally. Comer is the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating Biden&#8217;s use of the autopen.
Biden recently admitted he used the autopen for mass pardons, but &#8220;did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that applied to large numbers of people,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admits-he-used-autopen-for-mass-criminal-pardons-says-he-didnt-review-every-case?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Biden+Admits+He+Used+Autopen+For+Mass+Criminal+Pardons%2C+Says+He+Didn%E2%80%99t+Review+Every+Case">according</a> to The New York Times. Instead, the former president &#8220;signed off on the standards he wanted to be used to determine which convicts would qualify for a reduction in sentence.&#8221;
A Comer spokesperson called the comparison &#8220;absurd.&#8221;
&#8220;Using digital signatures for official correspondence is a common practice for both Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives. Chairman Comer has never hidden the fact that he uses a digital signature when appropriate, and he approves all official correspondence that is signed digitally,&#8221; a spokeswoman from the House Oversight Committee told NBC News. &#8220;Legally binding subpoenas issued by Chairman Comer always bear a wet signature and are never signed using an autopen or digital signature. Comparing Chairman Comer’s use of digital signatures for letters to the unauthorized use of an autopen in the Biden White House for legally binding executive actions is absurd and misleading. The two are not even remotely comparable.&#8221;
Later in the story, NBC News noted digital signatures are widely used in Congress.
&#8220;The use of digital signatures has been common in Washington for decades, both in the White House and in Congress,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;Members of Congress and their staff regularly use printed versions of their signatures to respond to the voluminous amount of correspondence they receive.&#8221;
Comer responded to the story on social media.
&#8220;There&#8217;s still time to delete this, Ryan,&#8221; he said in response to one of the report&#8217;s authors, Ryan Nobles. The post included a photoshopped image of Nobles in clown makeup.
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There’s still time to delete this, Ryan. <a href="https://t.co/61bly5fTsW">https://t.co/61bly5fTsW</a> <a href="https://t.co/PIcuiBRpIj">pic.twitter.com/PIcuiBRpIj</a>
&mdash; Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1945128228298924064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Conservatives tore into the outlet on social media.
&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to understand why this was written, other than to push Democrat propaganda and avoid covering the investigation into Biden&#8217;s decline,&#8221; Mollie Hemingway, editor in chief of The Federalist, said. &#8220;Is the argument from @ryanobles and @MZanona that Comer doesn&#8217;t know he&#8217;s sending these letters/subpoenas he talks about all the time?&#8221;
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I&#39;m trying to understand why this was written, other than to push Democrat propaganda and avoid covering the investigation into Biden&#39;s decline. Is the argument from <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanobles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ryanobles</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MZanona?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MZanona</a> that Comer doesn&#39;t know he&#39;s sending these letters/subpoenas he talks about all the time?
&mdash; Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1945117695168373138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is easily one of the media&#8217;s lamest attempts to downplay a Democrat scandal,&#8221; GOP communications specialist Greg Price posted.
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&quot;Using Adobe Acrobat to sign a letter is totally the same thing as Biden&#39;s un-elected staff using his autopen to issue presidential pardons without his knowledge.&quot; 🤡
This is easily one of the media&#39;s lamest attempts to downplay a Democrat scandal. <a href="https://t.co/cmaHV0B2B1">https://t.co/cmaHV0B2B1</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1945120324955046162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;NBC News has no idea how Adobe Acrobat works. Just amazing,&#8221; conservative pundit Stephen L. Miller said.
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NBC News has no idea how Adobe Acrobat works. Just amazing. <a href="https://t.co/8kEq7dWAlY">https://t.co/8kEq7dWAlY</a> <a href="https://t.co/ImoJS7VcM8">pic.twitter.com/ImoJS7VcM8</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1945099770802082232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Imagine being so stupid and corrupt as to write this article and think it’s even remotely analogous to a cabal of White House staffers taking advantage of a president with dementia and using his mental infirmity as an excuse to commandeer the powers of the presidency,&#8221; said The Federalist CEO Sean Davis.
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Imagine being so stupid and corrupt as to write this article and think it’s even remotely analogous to a cabal of White House staffers taking advantage of a president with dementia and using his mental infirmity as an excuse to commandeer the powers of the presidency. <a href="https://t.co/qMidPL7v03">https://t.co/qMidPL7v03</a>
&mdash; Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href="https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1945120352943673402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Joe Biden&#8217;s White House physician, Kevin O&#8217;Connor, repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-now-clear-there-was-a-conspiracy-bidens-doctor-pleads-the-fifth-as-gop-probes-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declined</a> to answer questions during a deposition before Congress on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the alleged &#8220;cover-up&#8221; of the former president&#8217;s mental state and whether he authorized the use of autopen signatures for major executive actions.
Republicans who lead the House Oversight Committee released video of the closed-door interview showing O&#8217;Connor declaring his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-now-clear-there-was-a-conspiracy-bidens-doctor-pleads-the-fifth-as-gop-probes-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refusal to cooperate</a> when pressed on whether he was ever told to lie about Biden&#8217;s health and if he ever believed Biden was unfit to executive his duties as president.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: Joe Biden&#8217;s White House doctor, Kevin O&#8217;Connor, PLEADS THE FIFTH and REFUSES to answer if he was ever told to lie about Biden&#8217;s health or whether he believed Biden was unfit to execute his duties as president.
What are they hiding? WATCH THE DEPOSITION 👇🏻 <a href="https://t.co/4OvvCfpLoQ">pic.twitter.com/4OvvCfpLoQ</a>
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1943063181490032905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;On the advice of counsel,&#8221; O&#8217;Connor said each time, &#8220;I must respectfully decline to answer based upon the physician-patient privilege and in reliance on my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. I am not a lawyer and I must follow my lawyer&#8217;s advice in this matter.&#8221;
The video showed O&#8217;Connor, who had been <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-subpoenas-dr-oconnor-over-cover-up-of-bidens-mental-decline/?highlight=o%26%23039%3Bconnor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> to appear for the deposition, did state his name and said &#8220;yes&#8221; as he swore to be truthful in his testimony. Otherwise he stuck to saying he would not be answering questions, including those related to whether he understood instructions. O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s attorney stressed that his client&#8217;s responses would not change.
While the GOP majority tried — and failed — to get O&#8217;Connor to say whether his non-answers were meant to avoid self-incrimination, the Democrat minority pointed out for the record that O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s attorneys had explained to Republicans that responses violating doctor-patient confidentiality might place the witness in breach of his legal and ethical obligations.
O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s attorney read a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-investigation-into-biden-autopen-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> telling House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and the other members of the panel the witness would not violate his oath of confidentiality to his patients, including Biden, and insisted that a &#8220;pending&#8221; Department of Justice criminal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-investigation-into-biden-autopen-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> left O&#8217;Connor &#8220;no choice&#8221; but to assert his Fifth Amendment rights. It was also noted that O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s assertion of his Fifth Amendment privilege did not imply that he committed any crimes.
The video was a little less than 21 minutes in total, but there were breaks in the footage for off-the-record portions of the deposition.
After the interview, a GOP House Oversight aide rejected the claim of doctor-patient confidentiality.
&#8220;Dr. O’Connor would not answer any questions other than his name. Doctor-patient objection would have meant he would have stayed and answered questions that didn’t implicate such privilege,&#8221; the aide said. &#8220;Instead, he took the Fifth to all and any potential questions.&#8221;
Republicans interpreted O’Connor&#8217;s conduct as evidence of there being an effort to conceal evidence of Biden&#8217;s diminishing health while he was in office.
&#8220;It&#8217;s now clear there was a conspiracy to cover up President Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline after Dr. Kevin O&#8217;Connor, Biden&#8217;s physician and family business associate, refused to answer any questions and chose to hide behind the Fifth Amendment,&#8221; Comer <a href="https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1942970278381838547" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X.
&#8220;The American people demand transparency but Dr. O&#8217;Connor would rather conceal the truth,&#8221; Comer added. &#8220;Dr. O&#8217;Connor took the Fifth when asked if he was told to lie about President Biden&#8217;s health and whether he was fit to be President of the United States. Congress must assess legislative solutions to prevent such a cover-up from happening again. We will continue to interview more Biden White House aides to get the answers Americans deserve.&#8221;
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, took the opportunity to swipe at GOP colleagues over the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; that recently passed through Congress.
&#8220;The only person&#8217;s health that Republicans care about is Joe Biden&#8217;s – even as 17 million Americans lose access to health care thanks to their budget betrayal,&#8221; Garcia <a href="https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/1942986945216549149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s deposition took place after President Donald Trump <a href="https://x.com/AlexThomp/status/1942754126707712045" target="_blank" rel="noopener">waived</a> his executive privilege, which also happened for former White House Staff Secretary and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/201-trump-waives-executive-privilege-protection-for-biden-aide-ahead-of-cognitive-fitness-hearings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> for several hours last month and <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1937630075190415551" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> there was an effort to cover up Biden&#8217;s condition. Other former Biden aides are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-officials-to-testify-about-former-presidents-mental-fitness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to testify before the House Oversight Committee in the coming weeks.
Biden, now 82, abandoned his 2024 re-election bid following a faltering presidential debate against Trump amid pressure from allies. A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jake-tapper-flails-when-confronted-with-his-role-in-biden-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">book</a> by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on Biden&#8217;s &#8220;decline&#8221; and the &#8220;cover-up,&#8221; alongside the former president&#8217;s recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-form-of-prostate-cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;aggressive&#8221;</a> prostate cancer diagnosis and the release of audio from special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s interview with him, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-proposal-panel-biden-health-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">intensified</a> scrutiny. However, the former president has pushed back on the notion that he did not dictate his executive actions.
&#8220;Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn&#8217;t is ridiculous and false,&#8221; Biden said in a <a href="https://x.com/brittanys/status/1930450375699583244" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans.&#8221;
Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-investigation-into-biden-autopen-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> a separate investigation into whether aides improperly used an autopen for executive actions in an effort to conceal Biden&#8217;s health issues, suggesting there could be &#8220;implications&#8221; for the legality and validity of the presidential acts in question. Senate Republicans are also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-duck-biden-mental-fitness-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">looking into</a> Biden&#8217;s mental fitness.

Joe Biden and Kevin O’Connor

VIDEO: Biden Doc ‘Respectfully Declines’ To Answer Questions In ‘Cover-Up’ Deposition

Former President Joe Biden&#8217;s physician, Kevin O&#8217;Connor, pleaded the Fifth during a closed-door deposition before Congress on Wednesday.
The interview, part of an investigation into Biden&#8217;s mental state and whether he authorized the use of autopen signatures for major executive actions, lasted roughly an hour on Capitol Hill.
In a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-investigation-into-biden-autopen-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s attorneys told House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and the other members of the Oversight Committee that their client would not violate his oath of confidentiality to his patients, including Biden. They also insisted that a &#8220;pending&#8221; Department of Justice criminal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-investigation-into-biden-autopen-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> left O&#8217;Connor &#8220;no choice&#8221; but to assert his Fifth Amendment rights.
Comer, who had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-hits-bidens-doc-with-subpoena-as-part-of-cover-up-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> O&#8217;Connor to testify, <a href="https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1942958035724370069" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> that the witness declined to cooperate.
&#8220;It&#8217;s now clear there was a conspiracy to cover up President Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline after Dr. Kevin O&#8217;Connor, Biden&#8217;s physician and family business associate, refused to answer any questions and chose to hide behind the Fifth Amendment,&#8221; Comer <a href="https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1942970278381838547" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X.
&#8220;The American people demand transparency but Dr. O&#8217;Connor would rather conceal the truth,&#8221; Comer added. &#8220;Dr. O&#8217;Connor took the Fifth when asked if he was told to lie about President Biden&#8217;s health and whether he was fit to be President of the United States. Congress must assess legislative solutions to prevent such a cover-up from happening again. We will continue to interview more Biden White House aides to get the answers Americans deserve.&#8221;
O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s deposition took place after Trump <a href="https://x.com/AlexThomp/status/1942754126707712045" target="_blank" rel="noopener">waived</a> his executive privilege, which also happened for former White House Staff Secretary and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/201-trump-waives-executive-privilege-protection-for-biden-aide-ahead-of-cognitive-fitness-hearings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> for several hours last month and <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1937630075190415551" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> there was an effort to cover up Biden&#8217;s condition. Other former Biden aides are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-officials-to-testify-about-former-presidents-mental-fitness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to testify before the House Oversight Committee in the coming weeks.
Democrats have dismissed the House Oversight Committee&#8217;s probe as baseless.
&#8220;The only thing extraordinary that came out of that deposition was it was an extraordinary waste of time,&#8221; Rep. Wesley Bell (D-MO) <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1937542202906857853" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters on the day Tanden gave testimony.
Biden, now 82, abandoned his 2024 re-election bid following a faltering presidential debate against Trump amid pressure from allies. A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jake-tapper-flails-when-confronted-with-his-role-in-biden-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">book</a> by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on Biden&#8217;s &#8220;decline&#8221; and the &#8220;cover-up,&#8221; alongside the former president&#8217;s recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-form-of-prostate-cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;aggressive&#8221;</a> prostate cancer diagnosis and the release of audio from special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s interview with him, has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-proposal-panel-biden-health-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">intensified</a> scrutiny.
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-investigation-into-biden-autopen-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> a separate investigation into whether aides improperly used an autopen for executive actions in an effort to conceal Biden&#8217;s health issues, suggesting there could be &#8220;implications&#8221; for the legality and validity of the presidential acts in question. Senate Republicans are also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-duck-biden-mental-fitness-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">looking into</a> Biden&#8217;s mental fitness.
Biden has pushed back on the notion that he did not dictate his executive actions.
&#8220;Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn&#8217;t is ridiculous and false,&#8221; Biden said in a <a href="https://x.com/brittanys/status/1930450375699583244" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans.&#8221;

‘It’s Now Clear There Was A Conspiracy’: Biden’s Doctor Pleads The Fifth As GOP Probes ‘Cover Up’

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