EXCLUSIVE: Comer hails DOJ's Biden probe as House investigation heats up

EXCLUSIVE: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is welcoming the Trump administration's backup arsenic helium continues to probe the alleged "cover-up" of erstwhile President Joe Biden's cognitive decline.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating pardons granted by the Biden White House, specifically whether the ex-president "was competent and whether others were taking vantage of him done usage of autopen oregon different means," according to Reuters.

"The Trump DOJ is close to unfastened a probe into the imaginable unauthorized usage of autopen astatine the Biden White House for sweeping pardons and different enforcement actions," Comer told Fox News Digital. "Americans request transparency and accountability astir who was calling the shots astatine the White House."

The Kentucky Republican launched a House Oversight Committee probe into the anterior medication past month, requesting appearances and accusation from 5 erstwhile elder Biden aides, including his doc Kevin O'Connor.

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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is probing erstwhile President Joe Biden’s White House. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File and Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

A root acquainted with the substance antecedently told Fox News Digital that lawyers for each 5 erstwhile staffers were successful connection with the committee, but Comer signaled that helium would not regularisation retired compelling their quality if those talks fell through.

"The House Oversight Committee is investigating the cover-up of President Biden’s intelligence diminution and volition beryllium talking soon with a ample radical of erstwhile medication and run officials, nether subpoena if necessary. We invited the DOJ’s further efforts to guarantee accountability," Comer said.

The DOJ declined to remark erstwhile reached by Fox News Digital.

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Reuters reported that President Donald Trump's medication is besides investigating Biden's pardons. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Republicans person unleashed a tidal question of scrutiny connected the erstwhile Democratic White House arsenic caller reports – arsenic good arsenic aged concerns antecedently dismissed by mainstream media – aboveground astir Biden's intelligence authorities portion successful bureau and what lengths those closest to him took to allegedly fell it from others. 

It was considered each but taboo successful Washington's governmental circles to sermon Biden's intelligence acuity until his disastrous statement against then-candidate Donald Trump successful 2024.

Since then, myriad accounts astir the erstwhile president misremembering longtime allies oregon losing absorption successful meetings person flooded the media.

It's brought caller scrutiny connected immoderate of the unprecedentedly wide pardons helium issued during his waning days successful office, including for his son, Hunter Biden, contempt antecedently saying helium would not bash so.

President Joe Biden's intelligence acuity was a taxable of speech successful the last months of his term. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Biden is besides presently dealing with signifier 4 prostate cancer, which helium announced past month, though helium told reporters successful caller days helium was "optimistic."

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Like the DOJ, Comer's probe is focused connected Biden's intelligence diminution and usage of autopen for pardons and different enforcement actions.

"The Committee connected Oversight and Government Reform is investigating the relation of erstwhile elder Biden White House officials successful perchance usurping authorization from erstwhile President Joe Biden and the ramifications of a White House unit intent connected hiding his rapidly worsening intelligence and carnal faculties," Comer said successful letters to the erstwhile Biden officials.