Anthony Bernal is the second Biden staff member who argues for a fifth amendment to the GOP-led House Oversight Committee.
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- Anthony Bernal told the committee he refused to answer the question “in honor.”
- Dr. Kevin O’Connor, a former Biden White House doctor, refused to answer last week’s questions.
- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chair of the oversight committee, alleged that Biden’s aide “takes unauthorized enforcement actions during his presidency amid his cognitive decline.”
WASHINGTON – First Lady Gil Biden’s former chief of staff Anthony Bernal called the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions during a July 16th closed depository in an investigation into President Joe Biden’s mental vision and autopen use.
Bernal, a key member of Joe Biden’s White House Inner Circle, became the second person to insist on a fifth amendment to the Republican-led House Oversight Committee after Biden’s former White House doctor, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, refused to answer questions last week.
The Republican-led committee released footage of Bernal’s sworn testimony after the deposit.
“On the advice of my lawyer, I refuse to answer questions in honor, in accordance with the fifth amendment under the Constitution,” Vernal told the panel when he asked if Biden was suitable to exercise his presidential duties and in response to other questions raised by Republicans, including whether other unelected civil servants had performed those duties on their behalf.
The fifth amendment to the Constitution protects citizens from being forced to testify in official cases.
In a statement that Biden’s aides “obsessed with the presidency amid his decline in cognitive function,” added “it’s not surprising that Anthony Bernal is suing a fifth amendment to protect himself from criminal liability.”
All recent US presidents, including President Donald Trump, have used autopens to sign several letters and documents.
But Trump and House Republicans accused Biden of neutralising him when his aides used signing devices to register for pardons and conflicts during the final months of the presidency. The generous actions included a blanket pardon for his son Hunter Biden, a preemptive pardon for other families and Trump’s enemies, and a cleaning up of non-violent drug offenders.
Joe Biden, now 82, dropped out of the 2024 presidential election last July after struggling to articulate consistent thoughts during a discussion with Trump that accelerated concerns about his mental fitness. Six months after Biden left the White House, his mental vision has been revisited in a book on his presidency, and is at the heart of the probe by House Republicans, the Justice Department and the White House.
Biden, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May, was pushed back to the Republican attack during an interview with the New York Times published on July 13, calling Republicans “liars” and claiming that all generous actions were his decision.
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