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…
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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>
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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’

Ex-White House Staff Secretary and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden was told that executive privilege is &#8220;not justified&#8221; in her testimony on Tuesday for a congressional investigation into former President Joe Biden&#8217;s mental state and whether he authorized the use of autopen signatures for major executive actions.
Gary Lawkowski, the deputy counsel to President Donald Trump, wrote to Tanden on the same day she appeared before the GOP-led House Oversight Committee for a closed-door interview. The letter, <a href="https://x.com/ShelbyTalcott/status/1937543246827188731" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by Semafor, said the &#8220;extraordinary nature&#8221; of the inquiry permitted an &#8220;accommodation&#8221; for Congress and noted that the White House counsel was not requesting that an agency counsel be permitted to attend.
&#8220;[T]he President authorizes you to provide unrestricted testimony to the House Oversight Committee, irrespective of potential privilege,&#8221; Lawkowski wrote.
Still, Tanden was advised that she was not given the go-ahead to disclose classified information or any other details that would violate the law or court orders, according to a footnote in the letter.
Tanden is one of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-officials-to-testify-about-former-presidents-mental-fitness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several</a> top former staffers in Biden&#8217;s White House who are scheduled to speak with the House Oversight Committee over the next several weeks. The others include former Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the First Lady Anthony Bernal, Former Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Oval Office Operations Ashley Williams, and Former Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini.
Chairman James Comer (R-KY), who <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-demands-testimony-from-bidens-doctor-former-white-house-aides-on-cover-up-of-mental-decline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> their testimony, has also <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> former White House physician Kevin O’Connor.
&#8220;I think there is a huge level of curiosity in the press corps with respect to who was calling the shots in the Biden administration,&#8221; Comer <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1937532798606229520" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters before the interview with Tanden. &#8220;So this is the first of many people we&#8217;re going to bring in to try to get the answers for the American people.&#8221;
Lawkowski suggested that executive privilege would be waived for the other former Biden White House staffers and contended that Trump&#8217;s view on the matter is &#8220;consistent with the practice established under&#8221; the previous administration.
In her opening statement, <a href="https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/1937557095605502278" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> by Axios, Tanden noted that in her role as staff secretary from October 2021 to May 2023, she was authorized to direct autopen signatures for &#8220;certain categories&#8221; of documents — part of a system &#8220;inherited&#8221; from prior administrations. She denied having any further role in the use of the autopen while serving as head of the Domestic Policy Council from May 2023 until the end of Biden&#8217;s term.
Tanden also emphasized that her &#8220;cooperation should not be taken to mean that I think the Committee&#8217;s &#8216;investigation&#8217; is a worthy subject.&#8221; She added that Biden was &#8220;in command as President&#8221; and claimed not to have any &#8220;experience in the White House&#8221; that would raise doubts about his ability to lead.
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.
Biden, now 82, abandoned his 2024 re-election bid following a faltering debate against now-President Trump amid pressure from allies. A new <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’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’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.
Senate Republicans are <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 as well. 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.
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’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;

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Trump Waives Executive Privilege Protection For Biden Aide Ahead Of Cognitive Fitness Hearings

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Several of former President Joe Biden&#8217;s White House staffers are poised to testify before the House Oversight Committee in the coming weeks for an investigation into Biden&#8217;s mental state and whether he authorized the use of autopen signatures for major executive actions.
Former Director of the Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden and Former Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the First Lady Anthony Bernal have agreed to voluntarily appear for transcribed interviews on June 24 and June 26, respectively, according to a House Oversight Committee aide.
Additionally, the aide said, Former Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Oval Office Operations Ashley Williams is scheduled to participate in a voluntary transcribed interview on July 11 and Former Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini is expected to show up for the same kind of session on July 18.
House Republicans are looking into efforts to cover up Biden&#8217;s fitness and the potential unauthorized use of an autopen for official presidential acts, including pardons. Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-demands-testimony-from-bidens-doctor-former-white-house-aides-on-cover-up-of-mental-decline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> testimony from various former White House aides and revealed last week that he <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> former White House physician Kevin O’Connor to testify on Capitol Hill on June 27.
Democrats have <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/house-oversight-committee-expands-inquiry-bidens-mental-condition-122513493" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scoffed at</a> the GOP&#8217;s probe.
Biden, now 82, abandoned his 2024 re-election bid following a faltering debate against now-President Donald Trump amid pressure from allies. A new <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’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’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 last week 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.
In a <a href="https://x.com/brittanys/status/1930450375699583244" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, Biden 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’t is ridiculous and false,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans.&#8221;

Biden Officials To Testify About Former President’s Mental Fitness

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has issued a subpoena compelling former White House physician Kevin O&#8217;Connor to testify on Capitol Hill at the end of June.
A probe into the Biden White House — and any attempts that were made to hide the former president&#8217;s physical and cognitive decline from the American people — was announced earlier in the week. The investigation will also explore the extensive use of an autopen during Biden&#8217;s presidency, with particular attention paid to whether or not Biden was aware of what was being signed when the autopen was in use.
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🚨 COMER SUBPOENAS BIDEN&#8217;S DOCTOR TO TESTIFY ON AUTOPEN AND MENTAL DECLINE SCANDAL!
&#8220;The Committee expressed its interest in whether your financial relationship with the Biden family affected your assessment of former President Biden’s physical and mental fitness to fulfill his… <a href="https://t.co/ynYm8j0iuC">pic.twitter.com/ynYm8j0iuC</a>
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1930735148708032954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;COMER SUBPOENAS BIDEN&#8217;S DOCTOR TO TESTIFY ON AUTOPEN AND MENTAL DECLINE SCANDAL!&#8221; the X post from the Oversight Committee read.
The remainder of the message was directed at O&#8217;Connor, noting that the Committee had already requested that he appear voluntarily to address the issues at hand. Since he had refused to do so, the subpoena was the next logical step toward getting the necessary information.
Comer directed a <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025.05.06-Subpoena-Cover-Letter-to-Dr.-Kevin-OConnor.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to O&#8217;Connor, which stated in part, &#8220;On May 22, 2025, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform requested that you — because of your role as former Physician to the President for President Joe Biden — appear for a transcribed interview on June 25, 2025, broadly regarding ‘the circumstances surrounding your assessment in February 2024 that former President Biden was ‘a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency.’&#8221;
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&#8220;The Committee expressed its interest in whether your financial relationship with the Biden family affected your assessment of former President Biden’s physical and mental fitness to fulfill his duties as President,&#8221; the letter continued. &#8220;Given your connections with the Biden family, the Committee sought to understand if you contributed to an effort to hide former President Biden’s fitness to serve from the American people. You refused the Committee’s request.&#8221;
&#8220;On June 4, 2025, your counsel responded to the Committee’s request for testimony. Instead of complying with the Committee’s legitimate request, they wrote that you &#8216;cannot appear for the requested interview,&#8217; citing your legal obligations pursuant to &#8216;the provisions of D.C. Code § 14-407 [sic],&#8217; your ethical obligations pursuant to &#8216;Principal No. IV of the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association (AMA),&#8217; and the &#8216;physician-patient privilege.&#8217; These arguments lack merit.&#8221;
&#8220;To advance the Committee’s oversight and legislative responsibilities and interests, your testimony is critical,&#8221; Comer concluded. &#8220;Accordingly, please see the attached subpoena for testimony at a deposition on June 27, 2025.&#8221;

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Former President Joe Biden may have unknowingly crippled fossil fuel projects because staffers may have abused their authority to sign orders the president never approved. 
Daniel Turner, founder of Power The Future, testified to Congress on Wednesday that White House staff may have used an autopen of Biden’s signature in a major “deceit of the American people.” Turner’s group has <a href="https://www.powerthefuture.com/shocking-new-report-raises-questions-about-bidens-awareness-of-sweeping-climate-orders/">called</a> for an investigation into eight of Biden’s executive orders over suspicions that they may have been signed without the president’s knowledge.
“This is impersonation of the president,” Turner explained to GOP Rep. James Comer. “Staffers, of course, have a lot of leniency in what they do working on behalf of the president, but these executive orders that we identified, there&#8217;s no evidence of Joe Biden in first person, in his voice as president talking about them.”
“When you ban the export of liquid natural gas and you never get asked about it in person, one has to wonder if Joe Biden did it or if a staffer did it on his behalf?” Turner continued.
Comer, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, is leading a congressional investigation into the Biden administration&#8217;s use of an autopen to sign executive orders as part of a larger probe into a White House cover-up of the former president&#8217;s precipitous health decline.
Turner cited an anecdote from House Speaker Mike Johnson about a meeting the speaker had with Biden. Earlier this year, Johnson relayed that he once met with Biden and questioned the former president on an order pausing liquified natural gas exports to non-Free Trade Agreement countries. Biden had denied ever signing the order.
“He genuinely didn’t know what he had signed,” Johnson <a href="https://x.com/TheFP/status/1880413292251984065">said</a>. “I walked out of that meeting with fear and loathing because I thought, ‘we are in serious trouble — who is running the country?’ Like, I don’t know who put the paper in front of him, but he didn’t know.”
The story at the time had been taken as more evidence of the former president’s mental decline. But, Biden may also have been honestly ignorant that his signature was on the order, Turner said.
“Two things can be true: maybe he really didn&#8217;t know what Speaker Johnston was talking about. Maybe he had no idea he passed this executive order,” said Turner. “If the president was never asked about it, and he hides from the press, and there&#8217;s no opportunity for him to get asked in public about it, how do we know he actually did it?”
Turner said that in the course of these questionable executive orders being carried out, “lives were destroyed.”
“When you ban the export of liquid natural gas, there are hundreds of thousands of men and women who work in the natural gas industry. Lives are destroyed. People went bankrupt because of” an order Biden may not have knowingly signed, Turner said.
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🚨 Chairman Comer (<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJamesComer</a>) and <a href="https://twitter.com/DanielTurnerPTF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanielTurnerPTF</a> raise SERIOUS questions about Biden’s executive orders and the AUTOPEN SCANDAL.
COMER: “Your group expressed concerns that over six of the Biden admin’s executive actions, signed by the autopen, related to climate policy… <a href="https://t.co/LgNz3MiE59">pic.twitter.com/LgNz3MiE59</a>
&mdash; Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1930351332856345072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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‘This Is Impersonation Of The President’: Expert Lays Out The Stakes Of Biden’s Autopen Controversy

On Thursday, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/05-22-2025-Letter-to-Dr.-OConnor.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to former White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor, alerting him that he is being investigated for his medical assessments of former President Joe Biden, who has been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer that has spread to his bones.
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating the accuracy, transparency, and credibility of your medical assessments of former President Joe Biden given his recent acknowledgment of an advanced physical condition and a publicly apparent cognitive decline,” Comer wrote, noting that the Committee had first written to O’Connor on July 7, 2024, 10 days after the Trump-Biden debate in which Biden had shown clear signs of a mental decline.
“Biden White House officials stalled all attempts by the Committee to obtain your testimony,” Comer recalled. “In light of mounting evidence that confirms the Committee’s initial observation that President Biden was significantly unwell while serving in office, the Committee seeks information to ensure accurate information was provided to the American people and your health reports were not subject to any improper influence.”
Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday if the White House would further scrutinize O&#8217;Connor.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MaryMargOlohan</a>: &quot;Is there interest in further scrutiny of Kevin O&#39;Connor, the former president&#39;s physician?&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a>: &quot;[President Trump] wanted to extend his warmest wishes to the former president &#8230; as for any further action, I&#39;ll let the President speak on that first.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/XTogdSMjSQ">pic.twitter.com/XTogdSMjSQ</a>
&mdash; Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1924461438095016436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In early July 2024, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said, “Dr. O’Connor is a world class medical professional” whose “unique expertise is sought across the medical community, in which he is respected for his candor, attention to detail, and work ethic,” The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/06/kevin-oconnor-biden-doctor-cognitive-tests-debate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
O’Connor, an osteopathic physician who <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/06/kevin-oconnor-biden-doctor-cognitive-tests-debate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">became</a> Biden’s doctor in 2009, said in February 2024 that Biden was “a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency.”
The committee is also investigating whether O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s “financial relationship with the Biden family affected [his] assessment” of the former president&#8217;s fitness to serve. 
“Given your connections with the Biden family, the Committee seeks to understand if you contributed to an effort to hide former President Biden’s fitness to serve from the American people,” Comer warned, mentioning Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with Biden that had depicted Biden as deteriorating mentally.
Looking forward, Comer stated, “The Committee seeks information about your assessment of and relationship with former President Biden to explore whether the time has come for Congress to revisit potential legislation to address the oversight of presidents’ fitness to serve pursuant to its authority under Section 4 of the Twenty-Fifth <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxv">Amendment</a>.”
In August 2020, Biden, then 77, was asked whether he had taken a cognitive test. “Why the hell would I take a test?” he answered testily.
“We request you make yourself available for a transcribed interview on June 25, 2025,” Comer concluded.

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